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

PART I: MICROBIAL DEGRADATION OF PESTICIDES 1. Environmental Pesticide Degradation: Mechanisms and Sustainability Muzafar Riyaz, Pratheesh Mathew, Rauf Ahmad Shah, K. Sivasankaran, and S. M. Zuber 2. Microbial Degradation of Pesticides Dipika Jaspal and Arti Malviya 3. Microbial Remediation of Persistent Agro-Chemicals by Soil Bacteria Preetha Nair and Radha D. Kale 4. Microbes and Microbial Enzymes for Degradation of Pesticides Sumira Malik, Archna Dhasmana, Shristi Kishore, and Manisha Kumari 5. Plant-Microbe Interactions in Agro-Ecological Perspectives and Degradation of Pesticides Qamer Ridwan, Nahila Anjum, Shaista Rashid, Fareeda Akhter, and Mohd Hanief 6. Microbial Degradation of Organophosphorus Pesticides Nahila Anjum, Qamer Ridwan, Shaista Rashid, Fareeda Akhter, and Mohd Hanief 7. Microbial-Assisted Degradation of Endosulfan Vandana Patyal, Dipika Jaspal, and Kanchan Khare PART II: POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS) DEGRADATION 8. Degradation Mechanisms of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Environment Farah Elgudayem, Esra Golcu, and Ebru Kafkas 9. Bioremediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Plastics) and Cypermethrin Younis Ahmad Hajam, Raksha Rani, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, and Rajesh Kumar 10. Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls by Phanerochaete chrysosporium Zahid Nabi, Satinder Kaur, Javid Manzoor, Khursheed Ahmad Wani, and Junaid Ahmad Malik 11. Role of Carvone and Surfactant Producing Bacteria in Bioremediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Ruchi Dubey Sharma, Suparna Ghosh, Shweta Sharma, Anita K, Anita Singh, and Reena Antony PART III: GENETIC INTERVENTION 12. Genetic Systems in Soil Bacteria for Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Trinath Biswal 13. Toxicity and Genetic Basis of Microbial Degradation of Organophosphorus Pesticides Gopi Shankar Thirumoorthy, Swathi Pavithran, Vasantha Veerappa Lakshmaiah, and Praveen Nagella