Bioremediation and Phytoremediation Technologies in Sustainable Soil Management

4-volume set
Herausgeber: Malik, Junaid Ahmad; Goyal, Megh R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 4-volume set focuses on the use of diverse eco-friendly microbial bioremediation and phytoremediation to clean up pollutants in soil, such as pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, and chlorinated solvents, which reduce soil fertility and makes it unfit for plant growth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apple Academic Press Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 1578
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781774911006
• ISBN-10: 1774911000
• Artikelnr.: 70159874

Autorenporträt

Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD, is a Lecturer with the Department of Zoology at Government Degree College, Bijbehara, Kashmir (J&K), India, and is actively involved with teaching and research activities. He has more than eight years of research experience. His areas of interest are ecology, soil macrofauna, wildlife biology, conservation biology, etc. Dr. Malik has published 21 research articles and technical papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has authored and edited books, book chapters, and more than 10 popular editorial articles. He also serves as an editor and reviewer of several journals. He has participated in several state, national, and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposia and has more than 20 conference papers to his credit. He is a life member of the Society for Bioinformatics and Biological Sciences. Dr. Malik received his BSc degree from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K; his MSc in Zoology from Barkatullah University, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh; and a PhD in Zoology from the same university. He completed his BEd program at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India. Megh R. Goyal, PhD, PE, is a Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering from the General Engineering Department in the College of Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus. He has worked as a Soil Conservation Inspector and as a Research Assistant at Haryana Agricultural University and Ohio State University. He was the first agricultural engineer to receive the professional license in Agricultural Engineering from the College of Engineers and Surveyors of Puerto Rico, and was proclaimed as the "Father of Irrigation Engineering in Puerto Rico for the twentieth century" by the ASABE, Puerto Rico Section, for his pioneering work on micro irrigation, evapotranspiration, agroclimatology, and soil and water engineering. During his professional career of over 52 years, he has received many prestigious awards. A prolific author and editor, he has written more than 200 journal articles and several textbooks and has edited over 85 books.

Inhaltsangabe

Volume 1: Fundamental Aspects and Contaminated Sites Preface Foreword by
Münir Öztürk PART I: FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS 1. Phytoremediation and
Phytotechnologies: An Overview 2. Phytoremediation and Environmental
Factors PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 3. Role of Phytoremediation to
Clean Up Heavy Metal Polluted Soils 4. Phytoremediation Technique for
PAH-Polluted Soils: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities 5.
Assessment and Overview of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Bioremediation PART III:
CONTAMINATED SITES AND XENOBIOTICS 6. Phytoremediation of Soils
Contaminated by Heavy Metals (Mercury, Cadmium, and Lead) 7. Microbial and
Phytoremediation-Based Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
in Soil Environments 8. Microbial Bioremediation and Amelioration of
Pesticide-Contaminated Soils 9. Bioremediation of Petroleum Contaminated
Soils 10. Phytoremediation of Biomedical Waste Contaminated Sites 11.
Bioremediation of Waste Dumping Sites Index Volume 2: Microbial Approaches
and Recent Trends Preface Foreword by Münir Öztürk PART I: RHIZOREMEDIATION
AND ARCHAEA 1. Role of Rhizobacteria in Phytoremediation of
Metal-Contaminated Lands 2. Role of Archaea in the Remediation of
Contaminated Soils PART II: ROLE OF MICROALGAE AND FUNGI IN BIOREMEDIATION
3. Microalgae and Cyanobacteria: Potential Biofertilizers 4. Microalgae as
Biofertilizer for Sustainable Agricultural Productivity 5. Microbial
Biotechnology: Potential of Fungal Enzymes in Soil Bioremediation 6. Soil
Bioremediation Strategies Based on Fungal Enzymes PART III: RECENT TRENDS
AND APPROACHES IN BIOREMEDIATION 7. Assessment of Current Soil
Bioremediation Technologies 8. Sustainable Agro-Ecosystems: Recent Trends
and Approaches in Phytoremediation and Rhizoremediation 9. Sustainable Soil
Health and Crop Improvement: Recent Trends in Bioremediation Tools 10.
Assessment of Remediation Efficiency: Microbial Indicators of Soil Health
11. Recent Trends in Transgenic Plants for Enhanced Phytoremediation 12.
Nanobioremediation: An Integrated Approach for Management of Contaminated
Sites Volume 3: Inventive Techniques, Research Methods, and Case Studies
Preface PART I: POTENTIAL OF PLANTS IN GREEN REMEDIATION 1. Bioremediation
Potential of Pteridophytes 2. Potential of Ornamental Plants for
Phytoremediation 3. Bioremediation Potential of Helianthus annuus 4.
Potential of Biofertilizers for Soil Enhancement: Study on Growth and
Physiological and Biochemical Traits of Medicago sativa PART II: TOOLS AND
TECHNIQUES FOR BIOREMEDIATION 5. Fungal Nanoparticles for Soil Health and
Bioremediation 6. Exploring Toxic Heavy Metals Using Engineered
Nanomaterials via Immobilization 7. Vermicomposting and Its Role in
Agricultural Waste Management 8. Applications of Horizontal Gene Transfer
in Soil Bioremediation 9. In Vitro Screening of Heavy Metals: Seed
Germination and Seedling Growth of Sorghum and Horse Gram 10. Potential of
Agricultural Waste (Rice Husk and Sweet Lime Peel) in Bioremediation of Se
(IV) Ions from Wastewater PART III: REMEDIATION TECHNIQUES FOR SPECIAL
SITES 11. Bioremediation of Polyethylenes and Plastics 12. Bioremediation
of Pesticides Using Actinobacteria 13. Fungal Remediation Technology for
Refinery Waste Contaminated Soil 14. Biodegradation and Ecotoxicity of
Petroleum Hydrocarbons: Methodology for Lab- and Field-Scale Studies 15.
Bioreclamation of Sodic Soils for Sustainable Agriculture 16. Applications
of Gut Microbiota of Insects in Degradation of Lignocellulosic Biomass 17.
Plant-Mediated Techniques in Detoxification of Mercury Contaminated Soils
Index Volume 4: Degradation of Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Preface PART I: MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PESTICIDES 1. Environmental
Pesticide Degradation: Mechanisms and Sustainability 2. Microbial
Degradation of Pesticides 3. Microbial Remediation of Persistent
Agro-Chemicals by Soil Bacteria 4. Microbes and Microbial Enzymes for
Degradation of Pesticides 5. Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological
Perspectives and Degradation of Pesticides 6. Microbial Degradation of
Organophosphorus Pesticides 7. Microbial-Assisted Degradation of Endosulfan
PART II: POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS) DEGRADATION 8. Degradation
Mechanisms of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Environment 9.
Bioremediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Plastics) and Cypermethrin 10.
Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Phanerochaete chrysoporium 11.
Role of Carvone and Surfactant Producing Bacteria in Bioremediation of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls PART III: GENETIC INTERVENTION 12. Genetic
Systems in Soil Bacteria for Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls 13.
Toxicity and Genetic Basis of Microbial Degradation of Organophosphorus
Pesticides