Phytoremediation, 1st ed. 2018
Management of Environmental Contaminants, Volume 6

Coordinators: Ansari Abid A., Gill Sarvajeet Singh, Gill Ritu, R. Lanza Guy, Newman Lee

Language: English

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This text details the plant-assisted remediation method, ?phytoremediation?, which involves the interaction of plant roots and associated rhizospheric microorganisms for the remediation of soil contaminated with high levels of metals, metalloids, fuel and oil hydrocarbons,  nano particles, pesticides, solvents,  organic compounds and various other contaminants. Many chapters highlight and compare the efficiency and economic advantages of phytoremediation and nano-phytoremediation to currently practiced soil and water treatment practices.

Volume 6 of Phytoremediation: Management of Environmental Contaminants continues the series. Taken together, the six volumes provide a broad?based global synopsis of the current applications of phytoremediation using plants and the microbial communities associated with their roots to decontaminate terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.
SECTION-1: PHYTOREDIATION APPLICATIONS: AN UPDATE
1. Phytoremediation as green infrastructure: an overview
Dr. Frank Sleegers
Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning, 109 Hills North, University of Massachusetts, 111 Thatcher Road , Ofc 1, Amherst, MA 01003-9357
E-mail: sleegers@larp.umass.edu

2. Overview of phytoremediation applications
Dr. Fares Khairy Khalifa
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
E-mail: fkkhalifa@kau.edu.sa

3. Phyto and bioremedition strategies for soils and wastewaters
Dr. A.P. Pinto
Universidade de Évora, Departamento de Química, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologia, Rua Romão Ramalho, 59, 7000-671 Évora, Portugal.
E-mail: app@uevora.pt

SECTION-2: PHYTOREMEDIATION APPLICATIONS FOR CONTAMINATED SOILS
4. Sorption – release processes in soil: the basis of phytoremediation efficiency
Dr. G. Petruzzelli
Institute of Ecosystem Study CNR Pisa Italy
Email: gianniantonio.petruzzelli@ise.cnr.it

5. Assisted phytoremediation technology with soil amendments
Dr. Tiziana Lai
DICAAR, Department of Civil-Environmental Engineering and Architecture, University of Cagliari, Piazza d’Armi, 09123 Cagliari (Italy)
E-mail: lai.tiziana@gmail.com

6. Phytoextraction of metals from contaminated soils.
Dr. Luís Novo
GeoBioTec Research Center, Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
E-mail: novo@ua.pt

7. Phytoremediation of Boron-Contaminated Soils
Dr. Consuelo D.P. Rámila
Ingeniero en Biotecnología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile
E-mail: consueloramila@gmail.com

8. Phytoremediation and necrophytoremediation of petrogenic hydrocarbon-contaminated soils.
Dr. Esmaeil Shahsavari
School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia 
E-mails: esmaeil.shahsavari@rmit.edu.au

SECTION-3: PHYTOREMEDIATION APPLICATIONS FOR CONTAMINATED WATERS 
9. Phytoremediation of contaminated water
Dr. G. Anusha
Department of Civil Engineering, Bannari Amman Institute of Technology, Sathyamangalam-638401, Tamilnadu, India
E-mail: anushanivasbit@gmail.com

10. PGPR assisted phytoremediation of heavy metal from municipal waste water
Dr. Asghari Bano
Department of Plant Sciences Quaidi- azam University Islamabad, Pakistan 
E-mail: banoasghari@gmail.com. 

11. Constructed Wetland technology to treat water contaminated with fuel and oil hydrocarbons
Dr. Alexandros I. Stefanakis
Constructed Wetlands Competence Centre, BAUER, Muscat, Oman, Visiting Lecturer, Department of Engineering, German University of Technology in Oman
E-mail: stefanakis.alexandros@gmail.com; alexandros.stefanakis@bauer.de 

12. Phytoremediation of waste and wastewater: On-site and full-scale applications
Dr. G. Basilico
MuseoArgentino de CienciasNaturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" – CONICET, Av. Angel Gallardo 470 - C1405DJR - Buenos Aires - Argentina 
E-mail: gabrielomarbasilico@hotmail.com

SECTION-4: PHYTOREMEDIATION AND MICROBIAL APPLICATIONS
13. Fungi  in the bioremediation of contaminants in water 
Dr. Demet Cansaran-DUMAN
Ankara University, Biotechnology Institute, Ankara, Turkey. 
E-mail: dcansaran@yahoo.com

14. Phytoremediation of chromium polluted soil using plants in conjunction with microbes
Dr. Muhammad Faisal
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, university of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
E-mail: mohdfaysal@yahoo.com

15. Microorganisms in the phytoremediation applications
Dr. Laura. de Cabo
MuseoArgentino de CienciasNaturales “Bernardino Rivadavia” – ConsejoNacional de Investigaciones Científicasy Técnicas. Av. Ángel Gallardo 470, CABA, Argentina. 
E-mail: ldecabo@macn.gov.ar

16. Phytoremediation using microbial assemblages in soil and water
Dr. Anna Grobelak
Czestochowa University of Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology, J.H. Dabrowskiego 71, 42 200 Czestochowa
E-mail: agrobelak@is.pcz.czest.pl

17. Microbe assisted enhancement of phytoremediation: Prospects
Dr. Paulo J. C. Favas
University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, School of Life Sciences and the Environment, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal.
E-mail: pjcf@utad.pt

SECTION-5: PHYTOREMEDIATION APPLICATIONS OF ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS 
18. Phytoremediation of organic pollutants using aquatic and terrestrial plant species 
Dr. Jesitha K
Dept. of Chemistry, Sree Sankara College, Kalady, Ernakulam, Kerala, India
E-mail: jessysreejith@gmail.com

19. Phytoremediation of landfill leachates
Dr. Enrique Javier Pena Salamanca
Calle 13 Nº 100 – 00, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
E-mail: enrique.pena@correounivalle.edu.co

20. Nicotine contamination of agricultural crops: sources, risks and solutions
Dr. T. Alshaal
Soil Ecology, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt
E-mail: alshaaltarek@gmail.com

SECTION-6: SPECIALIZED PLANT SPECIES FOR PHYTOREMEDIATION
21. Salix spp. in the phytoextraction of heavy metals.
Dr. Milan Župunski
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Novi Sad, Serbia
E-mail: milan.zupunski@dbe.uns.ac.rs

22. Brassica spp. in the phytoextraction of heavy metals
Dr. Shafaqat Ali
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Government College University, AllamaIqbal Road, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan
E-mail: shafaqataligill@yahoo.com
23. Dendroremediation - important role of trees in environment decontamination
Dr. M. Mleczek
Dept. of Chemistry, PULS, Poznań, Poland
E-mail: miroslaw.mleczek@up.poznan.pl


24. The possibility of use of oilseeds plants and grasses for phytoremediation 
Dr. Saule Atabayeva
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
E-mail: sauleat@yandex.kz

25. Woody species in phytoremediation applications for contaminated soils
Dr. Elena Masarovicova
Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Ilkovicova 6, SK-84215 Bratislava, Slovak Republic
E-mail: masarovicova@nic.fns.uniba.sk

SECTION-7: NANO-PHYTOREMEDIATION APPLICATIONS
26. Nano-phytoremediation: An update
Dr. Xiaoqin Nie
Southwest University of Science and Technology, Qinglong Av. 59, Fucheng Dist., Mianyang, Sichuan Pro., P. R. China, 621010 
Email: xiaoqin_nie@163.com;niexiaoqin@swust.edu.cnr

27. Impact of engineered nanoparticles on the phytoextraction efficiency of environmental pollutants
Dr. Samuel Ma, P.E.
Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3136 TAMU, College Station, TX, 77843-3136
Email: xma@civil.tamu.edu

28. Application of nano-phytoremediation technology for the remediation of  soil polluted with pesticide residues and heavy metals
Dr. P.S. Harikumar
Senior Principal Scientist  and Head, Water Quality Division Centre for Water Resources Development & Management(CWRDM) Calicut (Kozhikode) Kerala, India. 
E-mail: drpshari@yahoo.co.in, hps@cwrdm.org  

29. Enhanced Phytoremediation of Contaminated Soil Using Engineered Nano-Materials
Dr. Weilan Zhang 
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
E-mail: zhangweilan88@tamu.edu

30. Nano-phytoremediation applications for contaminated waters
Dr. Madhulika Bhati
National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, K.S.Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, Delhi 110012, India.
E-mail:  madhupratya@gmail.com

Abid A. Ansari is assistant professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Ansari’s research work is concerned with phytoremediation and eutrophication. Dr. Ansari has to his credit a number of research articles of national and international repute, eleven edited books, and a number of book chapters on varied aspects of his field of research. He has been awarded Scientist of the Year and Environmentalist of the Year by the National Environmental Science Academy, India, and Research Excellence by the University of Tabuk.

Dr. Sarvajeet Singh Gill is currently working as Professor (Asstt.) at Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Dr. Sarvajeet Gill’s research includes abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants, reactive oxygen species signaling and antioxidant machinery, gene expression, helicases, crop improvement, transgenics, nitrogen & sulfur metabolism and plant fungal symbiotic interactions. Together with Dr. Narendra Tuteja at ICGEB, New Delhi, he worked on plant helicases for abiotic stress tolerance. His research uncovered new pathways to plant abiotic stress tolerance and indicates the potential for improving crop production at sub-optimal conditions. Sarvajeet Gill has edited several books with Springer, Wiley, Elsevier, CABI etc and has a number of research papers, review articles, and book chapters to his name. Recently, Dr. Sarvajeet Gill conferred with INDIA Research Excellence & Citation Award – 2017 from Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science).

Dr. Ritu Gill is currently working as Professor (Asstt.) at Centre for Biotechnology, Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, Haryana, India. Dr. Gill is working on phytoremediation, plant abiotic stress and molecular aspects of host-parasite relations. She has published a number of refereed journal articles, book chapters, books. She has been awarded with various research

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