Naser A. Anjum and Iqbal Ahmad are Scientists at Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. M. Edurada Pereira and Armando C. Duarte are Professors in the Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; and Researchers at Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. Shahid Umar is Associate Professor in the Department of Botany, Division of Plant Stress Physiology, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India. Nafees A. Khan is a Professor of Plant Physiology in the Department of Botany, Division of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, U.P., India.

• 1. The Plant Family Brassicaceae: An Introduction.-  2. Current Status of Toxic Metals-Addition to Environment and Its Consequences.-  3. Cadmium Accumulation by Plants of Brassicaceae Family and Its Connection with Their Primary and Secondary Metabolism.-  4. Metal Hyperaccumulation and Tolerance in Alyssum, Arabidopsis and Thlaspi: An Overview.-  5. Brassica Rhizosphere-Microbe Interactions and their Role in Phytoremediation.-  6. Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals by Brassica juncea in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environment.-  7. Toxic Metals Accumulation, Tolerance and Homeostasis in Brassicaoilseed Species: Overview of Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms.-  8. The Role of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizosphere Bacteria in Toxic Metal Extraction by Brassica spp.-  9. Biochemical and Functional Responses of Arabidopsis thaliana Exposed to Cadmium, Copper and Zinc.-  10. Brassicas in Turkey and Their Potential Role for Degraded Habitats’ Remediation.-  11. Chelate Assisted Phytoextraction Using Oilseed Brassicas.-  12. Roles of Rhizospheric Processes and Plant Physiology in Applied Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soils using Brassica Oilseeds. ​

From the reviews: "This volume bringing together a review of the underlying fundamental mechanisms underpinning phytoremediation combined with translational aspects is both timely and of considerable interest. ... They are largely well written and give a good summary of the current scientific literature. ... I would recommend this volume to undergraduate and postgraduate students, and academic and applied scientists working in the field of phytoremediation. It would be a welcome addition in university libraries, and I will be recommending it to students that I teach and supervise." (Richard Mithen, Experimental Agriculture, Vol. 49 (1), 2013)