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Pesticides: Human Health, Environmental Impacts and Management

  • 1st Edition - March 9, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Joginder Singh Panwar, Ashok Pandey, Simranjeet Singh, Vinod Kumar Garg, Praveen C. Ramamurthy
  • Language: English

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Description

Pesticides: Human Health, Environmental Impacts and Management considers microbial degradation and environmental management of pesticides, covers microbial options as an alternative to chemical pesticides, explores plant-microbe interactions for reduced applications of pesticides in the agricultural fields, discusses the enhancement of microbial pesticides degradation, explains function of engineered microorganisms for effective pesticide degradation, describes potential indigenous/effective microbes for effective pesticide degradation processes, and presents research on microbes for sustainable agricultural and environmental practices.

Key features

  • Provides the latest developments and progress on pesticide management through sustainable practices
  • Describes the adverse effects of pesticides on human health and its precautionary control measures through biological agents
  • Introduces the aspects and advances of biological technologies in the environment for sustainable management of pesticides
  • Elaborates on advanced prospective, vide application, and modern practices of harnessing the potential of microbial resources in environment

Readership

University students, researchers, academician, industries interested in the application of biological resource-based pesticide management; Researchers and beginners pertaining to the area of biopesticides, environmental microbiology, microbial resources utilization, and technological advancement to achieve environmental sustainability

Table of contents

1.Impact and prospects of pesticides on human and Environment health
Vinod Kumar Garg

2.Pesticide pollution in freshwater and its impact on community health
Iswar Baitharu Sr

3.Pesticide Pollution in Freshwater: Occurrence, Distribution, Impact, and Remediation
Lal Singh

4.Persistence of pesticides residues with chemical food preservatives in fruits and vegetables
Liliana Aguilar-Marcelino and Laith Khalil Tawfeeq

5.Dietary intake of pesticide residues through vegetables
Joginder Singh Panwar

6.Dietary intake of pesticide residues through fruits
Pathma Jayakumar, Maimom Soniya, Guneshori Maisnam, Deepti Barak and Sudha Palanivel

7.Genome editing of microbes for degradation of pesticides
Jatinder Singh

8.Evolution of biodegradation pathways for efficient microbial based management of pesticides
Pathma Jayakumar

9.Plant hormones for the regulation of pesticide metabolism
Parul Parihar

10.Depleted mineralization of pesticides on soil microbial diversity
Joginder Singh Panwar, Nabila Shehata, Simranjeet Singh, Praveen C. Ramamurthy, Daljeet Singh Dhanjal, Ruby Angurana, Vaidehi Katoch, Harry Kaur and Tanveer Kour Raina

11.Health impacts of pesticides farm applicators
Shashwati Ghosh Sachan

12.Impact of pesticides on natural populations of insects in the agricultural field
Payal Mehtani, Charu Sharma, Pradeep Bhatnagar, and Leena Khurana

13.Microbial enzymes for biodegradation and detoxification of pesticides
Sougata Ghosh

14.Role of cloning and modification of genes pesticide decomposition
Sugumar Shobana and Osheen Sharma

15.Influence of subsoil microbial community across different depths on the biodegradation of pesticides
Sana Sheik

16.Use of pesticide and mechanism of resistance development in plants
Umesh Chandra Naik

17.Impact of pesticides on microbial diversity
Chayanika Putatunda, Preeti Solanki, Abhishek Walia and Rashmi Sharma

18.Removal pesticides in wastewater by Fenton systems: Enhanced degradation by chelating agents and solar irradiation
Nabila Shehata

19.Chronic and genetic effects of pesticide usage on humans and role of xenobiotic genes on its degradation
Kanu Priya

20.Environmental Impacts of Synthetic and Bio Fungicides
Binata Nayak and Showkat Mir

21. Pesticides Degrading Beneficial Microbes
A. Murugan, S. Dinesh Kumar, S. Umamaheswari and M. Rajaprabu

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 14, 2023
  • Language: English

About the editors

JP

Joginder Singh Panwar

Joginder Singh Panwar is a Professor in the Department of Botany at Nagaland University, Lumami, India. His previous appointments include a professorship at the School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, and a Young Scientist position at the Microbial Biotechnology and Biofertilizer Laboratory at Jai Narain Vyas University, funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He is an active member of several scientific societies, including the Association of Microbiologists of India and the European Federation of Biotechnology. Dr. Singh has an extensive publication record across books and journals, and he also regularly serves as a reviewer for numerous prestigious international journals He has published extensively with Elsevier and Springer both in journals and books. He serves as a reviewer for many prestigious journals. He actively participates and presents at national and international scientific conferences and events.

Affiliations and expertise
Nagaland University

AP

Ashok Pandey

Prof. Ashok Pandey is currently Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow. His major research and technological development interests are industrial and environmental biotechnology and energy biosciences, focusing on biomass to biofuels and chemicals, waste to wealth and energy, etc.

Affiliations and expertise
Executive Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability-India, Lucknow, India

SS

Simranjeet Singh

Dr. Simranjeet Singh is presently working as post-doctoral fellow in Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Previously he was working as Project Scientist at Punjab Biotechnology Incubators, Mohali (India). Dr. Singh has been conferred the “Young Scientist” award by the IOSRD in 2018. He has more than 65 research and review articles and 33 book chapters. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations including, Asian Chemical society, Society for the Green Environment and editorial board member of Mini Review in Organic chemistry.
Affiliations and expertise
Post-doctoral fellow, Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

VG

Vinod Kumar Garg

Prof. Vinod Kumar Garg is presently working as Professor at the Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India. Previously, he has worked at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology and CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India, in different capacities. He is an active member of various scientific societies and organizations including, Biotech Research Society of India, Indian Nuclear Society etc. He was elected Fellow of Biotech Research Society of India in 2011. He has completed several research projects funded by various funding agencies. He was awarded “Thomson Reuters Research Excellence – India Citation Awards 2012”.

Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Central University of Punjab, India

PR

Praveen C. Ramamurthy

Prof. Praveen C Ramamurthy received M. Sc. in Polymer science in 1995 from University of Mysore and PhD degree from Clemson University in the year 2004. He worked as a R&D Engineer in Therm-O-Disc, Mansfield, OH, USA and Research Scientist in Hoku Scientific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He joined IISc in the year 2007 and currently a Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering. He is also Associate faculty in Centre for Nano Science and Engineering and Inter Disciplinary Centre for Energy Research. His current research focuses on organic electronics including synthesis of conjugated polymer for the application in photovoltaics, and sensors and device package application with focus on stability and large area device fabrication. He has over 190 peer reviewed papers published and 18 patents to his credit.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

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