Bioremediation of Emerging Contaminants from Soils

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.

CHAPTER 1 Exponential population growth and global food security: challenges and alternatives CHAPTER 2 Agricultural soil contamination due to industrial discharges: challenges for public health protection and food security CHAPTER 3 Traditional approaches of agriculture soil remediation: boon or bane for global food security CHAPTER 4 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons bioremediation mechanisms by nonligninolytic fungi: a multiscale approach CHAPTER 5 Phenolic compounds: a significant threat to agricultural soils CHAPTER 6 Pharmaceutical compounds: a recent threat to agricultural soils (sources, transport, and negative impacts on the crop’s quality and other adjacent ecosystems) CHAPTER 7 Sources of inorganic nonmetallic contaminants (synthetic fertilizers, pesticides) in agricultural soil and their impacts on the adjacent ecosystems CHAPTER 8 Sources of inorganic metallic contaminants (lead, cadmium, arsenic, etc.) in agricultural soil and their impacts on the adjacent ecosystems CHAPTER 9 Environmental threats posed by xenobiotics CHAPTER 10 Bioremediation of xenobiotic contamination in soil CHAPTER 11 Transgenic plants as a source of xenobiotic remediation CHAPTER 12 Xenobiotic stress management by microbial endophytes CHAPTER 13 Case studies on emerging contamination of soil CHAPTER 14 Bioremediation of metal-contaminated soil: comparison of microbial agents with plants CHAPTER 15 Phytoremediation of metal contaminated soil using energy crops: soil health maintenance along with biofuel production CHAPTER 16 Phytoremediation of phenolic compounds from soil CHAPTER 17 Phytoremediation of pharmaceutical compounds in soil CHAPTER 18 Alternative natural options of synthesized agrochemicals CHAPTER 19 Role of enzymes in the optimization of traditional phytoremediation processes of soil CHAPTER 20 Optimized phytoremediation process for the sustainable management radionuclides CHAPTER 21 Role of indigenous knowledge in agricultural soil reclamation without disturbing other ecosystems CHAPTER 22 Role of hyperaccumulators in the reduction of emerging industrial pollutants from soil CHAPTER 23 Microbes-assisted bioaugmentation process in the reduction of emerging industrial pollutants from soil CHAPTER 24 Application of genetically modified crops against metallic contaminations CHAPTER 25 Crop rotation patterns and soil health management CHAPTER 26 Application of microphytes for soil reclamation CHAPTER 27 Utilization of genetically modified weed plants against industrial contaminants: a promising tool of phytoremediation CHAPTER 28 Case studies on management practices for emerging contamination of soil, challenges and future scope