[Research Progress on Mechanism of Phytoremediation for Heavy Metal-contaminated Soil].

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Authors: Liu-Ting Zhou, Wei Chu, Huang Xiao-yun, Xiao-Feng You, Tao Luo, Xi-Bai Zeng, Xiu-Sheng Huang
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Abstract

With increasing industrialization and agricultural activities, heavy metal pollution has emerged as a global environmental crisis, posing severe threats to soil quality, ecosystem functions, and biological health. Phytoremediation, as a green, cost-effective, and sustainable remediation strategy, demonstrates significant potential through plant-rhizosphere microbial systems to absorb, immobilize, or degrade heavy metals. This review systematically summarizes recent advances in phytoremediation technologies, with a focus on elucidating plant response mechanisms to heavy metal stress. Key aspects include: adaptive root architectural modifications and their interactions with rhizosphere microbial communities; root exudate-mediated regulation of metal mobilization; and physiological pathways governing heavy metal uptake, translocation, and hyperaccumulation, coupled with cellular compartmentalization and antioxidant defense strategies. The limitations of phytoremediation technology were analyzed from three aspects: restoration efficiency, application scope, and ecological risk. Further optimization strategies were proposed from aspects such as variety screening and improvement, elucidation of molecular mechanisms, plant-microbe synergistic remediation, and resource utilization, including technologies like gene editing, molecular breeding, and rhizosphere-enhanced phytoremediation. These findings provide theoretical foundations and technical pathways for soil heavy metal remediation while advancing innovative frameworks for ecological restoration and environmental governance.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance Heavy metals in environment Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Publication details

Journal / source
PubMed
Volume
47
Issue
4
Pages
2580–2594
Publication date
8 April 2026
Language
ZH