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Bioremediation and Phytoremediation Technologies in Sustainable Soil Management, Volume 1
Fundamental Aspects and Contaminated Sites

Editors: Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD
Megh R. Goyal, PhD
Khursheed Ahmad Wani, PhD

Bioremediation and Phytoremediation Technologies in Sustainable Soil Management, Volume 1

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: June 2022
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781774637180
E-Book ISBN: 9781003280651
Pages: 360pp w/index
Binding Type: Hardback / ebook
Series: Innovations in Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Notes: 11 color and 20 b/w illustrations

This 4-volume set focuses on the use of microbial bioremediation and phytoremediation to clean up pollutants in soil, such as pesticides, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, and chlorinated solvents, which reduce the soil’s fertility and renders it unfit for plant growth. The four volumes cover the diverse eco-friendly microbial bioremediation and phytoremediation techniques for sustainable soil management.

Bioremediation and Phytoremediation Technologies in Sustainable Soil Management, Volume 1: Fundamental Aspects and Contaminated Sites begins with an overview of phytoremediation and phytotechnologies and the role of environmental factors. It goes on to introduce soil assessment techniques and offers methods of remediation designed to combat soil and agricultural degradation. Attention is given to specific types of sites and soil pollution, such as soils contaminated by heavy metals; microbial and phytoremediation-based removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from coal, crude oil, and gasoline; microbial bioremediation and amelioration of pesticide-contaminated soils; phytoremediation techniques for biomedical waste contaminated sites; as well as biomediation processes for human waste sites. Biopesticides are also explained in the book as an alternative to conventional pesticides as well as the possibilities for the improvement of modern bio-pesticides.

Volume 2: Microbial Approaches and Recent Trends focuses on new and emerging techniques and approaches to address soil pollution. These include the use of rhizobacteria, archae, cyanobacteria, and microalgae as biofertilizers and for soil bioremediation efforts. New technologies for assessment of soil bioremediation are explored also. The chapters provides in-depth coverage of the mechanisms, advantages, and disadvantages of the technologies used and highlights the use of different microbial enzymes that are used in the process of bioremediation and phytoremediation to clean up different pollutants without causing damage to the natural environment.

Volume 3: Inventive Techniques, Research Methods, and Case Studies is organized in three themes: plants in green remediation, tools and techniques in bioremediation and phytoremediation, and special sites and their remediation techniques. Innovative new techniques that advance the use of molecular biological approaches, nanotechnology, immobilization, vermicomposting and genetic modification developments are investigated to take advantage of these possibilities.

Volume 4: Degradation of Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls addresses pesticide degradation, PCBs degradation, and genetic interventions. It begins by describing environment pesticide degradation, mechanisms and sustainability, microbes and microbial enzymes, plant microbe interactions, organophosphorus degradations and endosulfan degradation. It then goes on to discuss PCBs and degradation, cypermethrin, degradation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium, carvone and surfactants for degradation of PCBs. The book also advocates for genetic systems for degradation of PCBs and pesticides, with discussion of the different advantages and disadvantages for each strategy and the various techniques.

Together, these four volumes provide in-depth coverage of the mechanisms, advantages, and disadvantages of the bioremediation and phytoremediation technologies for safe and sustainable soil management. The diverse topics help to arm biologists, agricultural engineers, environmental and soil scientists and chemists with the information and tools they need to address soil toxins that are a dangerous risk to plants, wildlife, humans and, of course, the soil itself.

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CONTENTS:

Preface

PART I: FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS
1. Phytoremediation and Phytotechnologies: An Overview
Irfan-Ur-Rauf Tak and Sofi Mohammad Zuber

2. Phytoremediation and Environmental Factors
Muhammad Zubair Akram, Samreen Nazeer, Anila Sadia, and Muhammad Abdullah Saleem

PART II: TECHNOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
3. Role of Phytoremediation to Clean Up Heavy Metal Polluted Soils
Joan Nyika

4. Phytoremediation Technique for PAH-Polluted Soils: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities
Arunima Nayak, Brij Bhushan, and Shreya Kotnala

5. Assessment and Overview of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Bioremediation
Naga Raju Maddela, M. Subhosh Chandra, M. Srinivasulu, and Pallaval V. Bramhachari

PART III: CONTAMINATED SITES AND XENOBIOTICS
6. Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated by Heavy Metals (Mercury, Cadmium, and Lead)
Mohd Yousuf Rather, Ashaq Ahmad Dar, and Mohammed Latif Khan

7. Microbial and Phytoremediation-Based Removal of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Soil Environments
Podduturi Sindhura, Podduturi Vanamala, Tanaji Vasavilatha, and Mir Zahoor Gul

8. Microbial Bioremediation and Amelioration of Pesticide-Contaminated Soils
M. Srinivasulu, M. Subhosh Chandra, and Naga Raju Maddela

9. Bioremediation of Petroleum Contaminated Soils
Vikrant B. Berde, Pallaval V. Bramhachari, and Chanda Parulekar Berde

10. Phytoremediation of Biomedical Waste Contaminated Sites
Pimpi Sahu, Kumar Kritartha Kaushik, Caiyun Zheng, Qingyan Zeng, Zhuangzhuang Zhao, Kai Dong, and Tingli Lu

11. Bioremediation of Waste Dumping Sites
Trinath Biswal

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Junaid Ahmad Malik, PhD
Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Government Degree College, Bijbehara, Kashmir (J&K), India

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
Retired Professor in Agricultural and Biomedical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus; Senior Acquisitions Editor, Biomedical Engineering and Agricultural Science, Apple Academic Press, Inc.

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 100 books.

Khursheed Ahmad Wani, PhD
Lecturer, Department of Environmental Science, Government Degree College, Bijbehara, J & K, India

Khursheed Ahmad Wani, PhD, is a Lecturer in the Department of Environmental Science, Government Degree College, Bijbehara, J & K, India, and is actively involved in teaching and research. He was formerly Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science ITM University, Gwalior, India, for more than five years. He has more than 13 years of research experience. He has worked in the area of environmental monitoring, occupational health, vermicomposting, and environmental impact assessment. Dr. Wani has published 40 research papers in peer-reviewed journals and has edited or authored books, book chapters, over 50 popular articles, and more than 50 conference abstracts. He has successfully guided five PhD students. He has worked as principal investigator in research projects sanctioned by the Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology. He is a member of several national and international organizations and is on the editorial board of various journals. He has organized different programs on environmental awareness and field trips. He has also completed two projects of Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Indonesia. He received his BSc degree from Kashmir University, Srinagar, India; his MSc degree in Environmental Science from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India; and his PhD in Environmental Science from Jiwaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.




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