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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. environmental protection
  3. pollution control
  4. remediation
  5. bioremediation
  6. phytoremediation
  1. Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment
  2. environmental protection
  3. pollution control
  4. remediation
  5. bioremediation
  6. phytoremediation

Preferred term

phytoremediation

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information The use of plants to uptake, store, degrade, immobilize, transform, or volatilize harmful substances in order to mitigate damage to human health or the environment.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Related concepts

Synonyms

  • phyto-amelioration
  • phytoamelioration
  • phytodegradation
  • phytoexcretion
  • phytofiltration
  • phytomelioration
  • phytostabilisation
  • phytostabilization
  • phytovolatilisation
  • phytovolatilization
  • rhizodegradation
  • rhizofiltration

In other languages

  • fitoremediación

    Spanish

  • fito-remediación
  • fitodecontaminación
  • fitomejoramiento del terreno

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/17229

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