Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants from Soils
Soil Health Conservation for Improved Ecology and Food Security
- 1st Edition - May 8, 2024
- Latest edition
- Editors: Prasann Kumar, Veena Chaudhary, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Rosa Busquets, Arun Lal Srivastav
- Language: English
Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants from Soils: Soil Health Conservation for Improved Ecology and Food Security deals with current challenges of sustainable soil health us… Read more
Description
Description
Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants from Soils: Soil Health Conservation for Improved Ecology and Food Security deals with current challenges of sustainable soil health using eco-friendly approaches. This book provides ways of reducing the chemical burden on the soil by maintaining balance in terms of society, environment, and economy, which are considered basic pillars of sustainability.
Designed to highlight soil health best practices for both environmental and agricultural sustainability, these approaches are also considered important for improving global food security by ensuring safe growing conditions for crops for food and feed. Presented in two parts, this book first highlights emerging contaminants and their sources. The second part explores a variety of steps and tools for addressing contaminated soils, including bio- and phytoremediation options. Case studies in each part provide real-world insights for practical application.
Key features
Key features
- Contains the latest practical and theoretical aspects of the soil health crisis and its management
- Presents collective information to ensure the remediation of soil from emerging contaminants
- Serves as baseline information for environmental issues in agriculture along with their alternative eco-friendly solutions
Readership
Readership
Scientists, undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and professors of environmental science, environmental management, environmental engineering, soil science, ecology, environmental chemistry, plant science, agronomy, and food science
Table of contents
Table of contents
1 Exponential population growth and global food security: challenges and alternatives
2 Agricultural soil contamination due to industrial discharges: challenges for public
health protection and food security
3 Traditional approaches of agriculture soil remediation: boon or bane for global food security
4 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons bioremediation mechanisms by nonligninolytic fungi: a multiscale approach
5 Phenolic compounds: a significant threat to agricultural soils
6 Pharmaceutical compounds: a recent threat to agricultural soils (sources, transport, and negative impacts on the crop’s quality and other adjacent ecosystems)
7 Sources of inorganic nonmetallic contaminants (synthetic fertilizers, pesticides) in agricultural soil and their impacts on the adjacent ecosystems
8 Sources of inorganic metallic contaminants (lead, cadmium, arsenic, etc.) in agricultural soil and their impacts on the adjacent ecosystems
9 Environmental threats posed by xenobiotics
10 Bioremediation of xenobiotic contamination in soil
11 Transgenic plants as a source of xenobiotic remediation
12 Xenobiotic stress management by microbial endophytes
13 Case studies on emerging contamination of soil
14 Bioremediation of metal-contaminated soil: comparison of microbial agents with plants
15 Phytoremediation of metal contaminated soil using energy crops: soil health maintenance along with biofuel production
16 Phytoremediation of phenolic compounds from soil
17 Phytoremediation of pharmaceutical compounds in soil
18 Alternative natural options of synthesized agrochemicals
19 Role of enzymes in the optimization of traditional phytoremediation processes of soil
20 Optimized phytoremediation process for the sustainable management radionuclides
21 Role of indigenous knowledge in agricultural soil reclamation without disturbing other ecosystems
22 Role of hyperaccumulators in the reduction of emerging industrial pollutants from soil
23 Microbes-assisted bioaugmentation process in the reduction of emerging industrial pollutants from soil
24 Application of genetically modified crops against metallic contaminations
25 Crop rotation patterns and soil health management
26 Application of microphytes for soil reclamation
27 Utilization of genetically modified weed plants against industrial contaminants: a promising tool of phytoremediation
28 Case studies on management practices for emerging contamination of soil, challenges and future scope
2 Agricultural soil contamination due to industrial discharges: challenges for public
health protection and food security
3 Traditional approaches of agriculture soil remediation: boon or bane for global food security
4 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons bioremediation mechanisms by nonligninolytic fungi: a multiscale approach
5 Phenolic compounds: a significant threat to agricultural soils
6 Pharmaceutical compounds: a recent threat to agricultural soils (sources, transport, and negative impacts on the crop’s quality and other adjacent ecosystems)
7 Sources of inorganic nonmetallic contaminants (synthetic fertilizers, pesticides) in agricultural soil and their impacts on the adjacent ecosystems
8 Sources of inorganic metallic contaminants (lead, cadmium, arsenic, etc.) in agricultural soil and their impacts on the adjacent ecosystems
9 Environmental threats posed by xenobiotics
10 Bioremediation of xenobiotic contamination in soil
11 Transgenic plants as a source of xenobiotic remediation
12 Xenobiotic stress management by microbial endophytes
13 Case studies on emerging contamination of soil
14 Bioremediation of metal-contaminated soil: comparison of microbial agents with plants
15 Phytoremediation of metal contaminated soil using energy crops: soil health maintenance along with biofuel production
16 Phytoremediation of phenolic compounds from soil
17 Phytoremediation of pharmaceutical compounds in soil
18 Alternative natural options of synthesized agrochemicals
19 Role of enzymes in the optimization of traditional phytoremediation processes of soil
20 Optimized phytoremediation process for the sustainable management radionuclides
21 Role of indigenous knowledge in agricultural soil reclamation without disturbing other ecosystems
22 Role of hyperaccumulators in the reduction of emerging industrial pollutants from soil
23 Microbes-assisted bioaugmentation process in the reduction of emerging industrial pollutants from soil
24 Application of genetically modified crops against metallic contaminations
25 Crop rotation patterns and soil health management
26 Application of microphytes for soil reclamation
27 Utilization of genetically modified weed plants against industrial contaminants: a promising tool of phytoremediation
28 Case studies on management practices for emerging contamination of soil, challenges and future scope
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: May 9, 2024
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Prasann Kumar
Dr. Prasann Kumar, assistant professor cum research intensive faculty in the
Department of Agronomy, School of Agricultural (ICAR-Accredited), Lovely
Professional University, Punjab, specializes in stress physiology, plant tissue culture,
physiology of plantmicrobe/pathogen interaction, and biodiversity management.
Dr. Kumar has completed the International Agricultural Rural Development
Programme from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States. He has
received a doctorate from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. He also has
authored 40 books published by national and international publishers, which find
a place in national as well as various Overseas Institutions’ libraries. He has
guided 19 MSc students for their thesis.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Agronomy, School of Agricultural (ICAR-Accredited), Lovely Professional University, Punjab, IndiaVC
Veena Chaudhary
Prof. Veena Chaudhary is working as an associate professor in the Department
of Chemistry at Meerut College, Meerut, affiliated with CCS University, Meerut.
Dr. Chaudhary is deeply attached to chemistry, with a specialization in environmental
chemistry. She has to her credit more than 50 research papers, 2 book
chapters, and 20 abstracts. She received numerous awards, including a Young
Scientist Award, a Fellow Scientist Award, and numerous others, for her contributions
to the environmental field for the advancement of the social, welfare, and
agricultural sectors. She is a life member of several scientific societies. She also
visited abroad several times to attend international conferences and seminars for
the purpose of gathering and sharing scientific knowledge. She is handling several
research projects funded by DST, UP-CST, and higher education in Uttar
Pradesh.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Meerut College, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaEv
Eric D. van Hullebusch
Eric D. van Hullebusch is a Full Professor in Biogeochemistry of Engineered Ecosystems at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université Paris Cité, France. He holds a Ph.D. in Aquatic Chemistry and Microbiology from
Université de Limoges. After a Marie Curie fellowship at Wageningen University & Research, where he worked on optimizing anaerobic sludge reactorswith respect to trace metal
speciation and bioavailability, he was appointed Associate Professor in 2005 at Université Gustave Eiffel. A very prolific researcher and author, his key interests lie in the biogeochemistry of metals and metalloids in engineered systems, pollutant remediation, and circular resource recovery through biohydrometallurgical techniques. He is especially focused on sustainable strategies
for waste treatment, soil remediation, and recovering technology-critical elements
from agricultural and industrial wastes.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Université Paris Cité, Paris, FranceRB
Rosa Busquets
Dr. Rosa Busquets is currently working as an Associate Professor in the School
of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Faculty of Health Science Social Care
and Education, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road Campus, Kingston upon
Thames, United Kingdom. She works toward pushing the barriers of analytical
chemistry and achieving significant improvements in monitoring molecules of
special environmental relevance. Rosa is a specialist in chromatography-mass spectrometry and
in the analysis of complex matrices. She is particularly interested in environmental monitoring and
remediation. She carries out research to remove contaminants that pose a major
threat to ecosystems due to their toxicity and high mobility and can therefore contaminate
fresh water and affect our health. Nanoparticles, pesticides, plastic degradation
products, and pharmaceuticals are among these contaminants.
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Affiliations and expertise
Lecturer in Analytical and Forensic Chemistry, School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Faculty of Health Science Social Care and Education, Kingston University, UKAS
Arun Lal Srivastav
Dr. Arun Lal Srivastav is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Sciences at Chitkara University, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Affiliations and expertise
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