Biotechnology

Bioremediation and Phytoremediation
Technologies for Toxic Pollution

Editor: Ashwini A. Waoo, PhD

Bioremediation and Phytoremediation

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: February 2024
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781774913840
E-Book ISBN: 9781003409595
Pages: 406pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / eBook
Notes: 13 color, 43 b/w illustrations


Reviews
“A wealth of valuable information . . . Concise and comprehensive . . . Captivating chapters highlight different techniques of bioremediation and phytoremediation crafted to showcase such a wide and dynamic topic. . . . Features attractive illustrations, simplicity of the language. Very well organized, very provocative . . . This book can bring awareness to all sectors of society and introduce this eco-friendly concept worldwide in implementation mode.”
—From the Foreword by Professor B. A. Chopade, Chairman, PAC, SEED Division, DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India; Former Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India



Human health and wildlife are both affected by environmental contaminants. Plant-based bioremediation offers a cost-effective, non-intrusive, and natural alternative to chemical contamination by using plants and associated soil microbes to help reduce contaminants and their effects on the environment. This new volume, Bioremediation and Phytoremediation: Technologies for Toxic Pollution, provides an informative overview of the emerging issues related to bioremediation and phytoremediation.

The author explains key concepts and aspects that underlie environmental awareness that has resulted in regulatory measures aimed at rectifying past mistakes and at protecting the environment from future contamination and exploitation. The book goes on to discuss alternative technologies for the removal of pollutants from the environment, restoring contaminated sites, and preventing further pollution using bioremediation. The multitude of bioremediation and phytoremediation technologies and methods covered include biochar for remediation, cyanobacteria, biosensors and bioindicators, rhizoremediation, and plant tissue culture studies such as dyes and plastics, mine waste, contaminated soil, heavy metals, wastewater, etc.

As the use of bioremediation and phytoremediation technologies continues to be seen as an effective method to combat toxic pollution, this volume will be informative for research scholars and professors/researchers as well as for upper-level students in biotechnology, agriculture, botany, and environmental science.

CONTENTS:
Foreword by Professor B. A. Chopade

Introduction

PART I: BIOREMEDIATION
1. Consequences of Toxic Pollution

2. Bioremediation

3. Immobilization for Bioremediation

4. Bioremediation of Dyes and Plastics

5. Biochar for Remediation of Contaminated Soil

6. Cyanobacterial Bioremediation

7. Bioremediation of Mine Waste

8. Biosensors and Bioindicators in Bioremediation

PART II: PHYTOREMEDIATION
9. Concept of Phytoremediation

10. Rhizosphere

11. Rhizoremediation Research

12. Soil Analysis

13. Phytoremediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Soils

14. Phytoremediation of Wastewater

15. Plant Tissue Culture Studies for Enhancing Phytoremediation

16. Novel Insights of Phytoremediation

17. Phytoremediation: Case Study

18. Implementation of Phytoremediation and Heavy Metal Recovery

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editor: Ashwini A. Waoo, PhD
Professor, Department of Biotechnology, AKS University, Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India

Ashwini A. Waoo, PhD, is currently a Professor in the Department of Biotechnology in the Faculty of Life Science and Technology at AKS University in Satna, Madhya Pradesh, India. She has over 21 years of academic and research experience and has published more than 30 research papers in international journals. She has also contributed to many international journals as a reviewer. Dr. Waoo was honored with a Women Researcher Award at the 1st International Scientist Awards in Engineering, Science and Medicine, organized by the VD Good Association in Chennai, India. Dr. Waoo has made research contributions, including a major University Grants Commission research project. She has supervised several PhD students and has overseen over 100 dissertations at the under- and postgraduate levels. Dr. Waoo has undertaken many responsibilities, such as academic coordinator of PG and PhD biotechnology courses, coordinator of the academic committee, and member of the training and placement cell. She was recently appointed a Bentham Ambassador to India for Bentham Science journals. She is also an academic coordinator of postgraduate biotechnology courses, coordinator on academic committees, and a member of training and place-ment cells. Dr. Waoo’s credentials include a doctorate, GATE, CSIR-NET Life Science, MPhil (Biotechnology), and MSc (Biotechnology) along with IIT-Bombay and SWAYAM certifications. She earned a young scientist’s scholarship from the MP Council of Science and Technology.




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