chapter 1 Coal Fly Ash Application to Soils and its Effect on Boron Availability to Plants -- chapter 2 Bioavailability of Trace Elements in Relation to Root Modification in the Rhizosphere -- chapter 3 Availability of Heavy Metals Applied to Soil through Sewage Sludge -- chapter 4 Influence of Fly Ash Application on Heavy Metal Forms and Their Availability -- chapter 5 Arsenic Concentration and Bioavailability in Soils as a Function of Soil Properties: a Florida Case Study -- chapter 6 Solubility, Mobility, and Bioaccumulation of Trace Elements: Abiotic Processes in the Rhizosphere -- chapter 7 Appraisal of Fluoride Contamination of Groundwater through Multivariate Analysis: Case Study -- chapter 8 Geochemical Processes Governing Trace Elements in CBNG-Produced Water -- chapter 9 Temporal Trends of Inorganic Elements in Kentucky Lake Sediments -- chapter 10 Chemical Association of Trace Elements in Soils Amended with Biosolids: Comparison of Two Biosolids -- chapter 11 Microbial Genomics as an Integrated Tool for Developing Biosensors for Toxic Trace Elements in the Environment -- chapter 12 Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Heavy Metals: Tolerance Mechanisms and Potential Use in Bioremediation -- chapter 13 Role of Arbuscular Mycorrhiza and Associated Microorganisms in Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Polluted Sites -- chapter 14 Plant Metallothionein Genes and Genetic Engineering for the Cleanup of Toxic Trace Elements -- chapter 15 "Metallomics" - a Multidisciplinary Metal-Assisted Functional Biogeochemistry: Scope and Limitations -- chapter 16 Detoxification/Defense Mechanisms in Metal-Exposed Plants -- chapter 17 Bacterial Biosorption of Trace Elements -- chapter 18 Electroremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils - Processes and Applications -- chapter 19 Application of Novel Nanoporous Sorbents for the Removal of Heavy Metals, Metalloids, and Radionuclides -- chapter 20 Phytoremediation Technologies Using Trees -- chapter 21 Stabilization, Remediation, and Integrated Management of Metal-Contaminated Ecosystems by Grasses (Poaceae) -- chapter 22 Physiology of Lead Accumulation and Tolerance in a Lead-Accumulating Plant (Sesbania drummondii) -- chapter 23 Temperate Weeds in Russia: Sentinels for Monitoring Trace Element Pollution and Possible Application in Phytoremediation / D.I. Bashmakov, A.S. Lukatkin, and M.N.V. Prasad -- chapter 24 Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Elements by Aquatic and Wetland Plants: Relevance to Phytoremediation / M.N.V. Prasad, Maria Greger, and P. Aravind -- chapter 25 Metal-Tolerant Plants: Biodiversity Prospecting for Phytoremediation Technology / M.N.V. Prasad and H. Freitas -- chapter 26 Trace Elements in Plants and Soils of Abandoned Mines in Portugal: Significance for Phytomanagement and Biogeochemical Prospecting / M.N.V. Prasad, J. Pratas, and H. Freitas -- chapter 27 Plants That Accumulate and/or Exclude Toxic Trace Elements Play an Important Role in Phytoremediation / M.N.V. Prasad -- chapter 28 Phytoremediation of Trace Element Contaminated Soil with Cereal Crops: Role of Fertilizers and Bacteria on Bioavailability / Irina Shtangeeva -- chapter 29 Phytomanagement of Radioactively Contaminated Sites / H. Vandenhove -- chapter 30 Efficiency and Limitations of Phytoextraction by High Biomass Plants: the Example of Willows / Catherine Keller -- chapter 31 Risk Assessment, Pathways, and Trace Element Toxicity of Sewage Sludge-Amended Agroforestry and Soils / K. Chandra Sekhar and M.N.V. Prasad -- chapter 32 Trophic Transfer of Trace Elements and Associated Human Health Effects / Amit Love and C.R. Babu -- chapter 33 Trace Metal Accumulation, Movement, and Remediation in Soils Receiving Animal Manure / Karamat R. Sistani.