This volume is an exhaustive compilation of recent studies encompassing genomics, metabolomics, ionomics, proteomics and transcriptomics in metal non-hyper-accumulators and hyper-accumulators in response to different metals.

1. Heavy Metals in our Ecosystem 2. Heavy Metal Contamination in Plants: An Overview 3. Heavy Metal Contamination in Plants: Sources and Effects 4. Heavy Metal Contamination in Plants: Present and Future 5. Heavy Metal Contamination in Crop Plants 6. Heavy Metal Perception in Plants 7. Plant Response to Heavy Metals (at the Cellular Level) 8. Photosynthetic Response of Plants Against Heavy Metals 9. A Mechanistic Overview of Heavy Metal Detoxification in Plants 10. Amelioration of Heavy Metal Toxicity by Natural and Synthetic Hormones 11. Heavy Metal Sequestration in Plants 12. Ionomics vis à vis Heavy Metals Stress and Amelioration 13. Understanding Heavy Metal Stress in Plants Through Mineral Nutrients 14. Genomics (Characterization of Genes) and Molecular Aspects of Metal Tolerance and Hyperaccumulation 15. Stress-inducible Proteins and their Roles under Heavy Metal Stress 16. Metallophytes 17. Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals