Theresa's Biotech / Biomedical Blog
By Theresa Phillips
Tuesday June 30, 2009
Phytoremediation is a form of bioremediation that makes use of plants to degrade or sequester contaminants in soil and groundwater. While the technology is not new, it seems current trends suggest its popularity is growing. This may be due to several factors. One is that the technology has seen some significant developments and a variety of different types of phytoremediation now exist. Genetic studies and cloning technologies have helped us learn more about plant physiology and how to improve uptake or degradation rates, and the use of genetically engineered plants, better suited to the environments to which they are subjected, has improved the phytoremediation process.
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