Bioremediation and Phytoremediation Technologies in Sustainable Soil Management: Volume 4: Degradation of Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Bioremediation and Phytoremediation Technologies in Sustainable Soil Management: Volume 4: Degradation of Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls - Innovations in Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Publisher's Synopsis

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 volumes cover the many diverse eco-friendly microbial bioremediation and phytoremediation techniques for sustainable soil management.

Volume 4: Degradation of Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls addresses pesticide degradation, PCBs degradation, and genetic interventions. It begins by describing environmental 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, and 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.

Other volumes in the 4-volume set:
 Volume 1: Fundamental Aspects and Contaminated Sites
 Volume 2: Microbial Approaches and Recent Trends
 Volume 3: Inventive Techniques, Research Methods, and Case Studies

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781774910382
Publisher: CRC Press
Imprint: Apple Academic Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 628.55
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 444
Weight: 471g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 27mm