Trinitrotoluene (TNT) is an explosive which through manufacture, use and decommissioning has polluted large areas of land. Because of the risk posed to human health and other living organisms, the remediation of TNT contaminated land is a priority. Plants have been proposed as a good clean-up system because of their innate ability to remove TNT from soil. Moreover, plant transformed TNT derivatives are sequestered within the plant and are difficult to extract. attenuating the activity of TNT in the environment. Genetic modification has been used to enhance the tolerance threshold and transformation capacity of tobacco, poplar, Arabidopsis and wheat grass to TNT.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:487838 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Beynon, Emily |
| Publisher | University of York |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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