Agricultural Chemicals: Examples

Agricultural Chemicals

Phytoremediation -Certain plants are able to extract hazardous substances such as arsenic, lead and uranium from soil and water. One example is alpine pennycress, a plant which naturally accumulates high levels of cadmium and zinc from the environment. Alpine pennycress is therefore known as a hyperaccumulator of these metals, which in unnaturally high levels would be poisonous to many plants.

Phytoextraction - Limiting the leaching of substances contaminating soil.

Bioaugmentation- Usually the step involves studying the indigenous varieties present in the location. If the indigenous variety do not have the metabolic machinery that can do the remediation process, exogenous varieties with such sophisticated pathways are introduced.