Bioremediation and Phytoremediation Technologies in Sustainable Soil Management: Volume 1: Fundamental Aspects and Contaminated Sites

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.

Volume 1: Fundamental Aspects and Contaminated Sites begins with an overview of phytoremediation and the role of  environmental factors. It goes on to introduce soil assessment  techniques and offers methods of remediation designed to combat soil and  agricultural degradation. It discusses soils contaminated by heavy  metals; microbial and phytoremediation-based removal of polycyclic  aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from coal, crude oil, and gasoline;  microbial bioremediation and amelioration of pesticide-contaminated  soils; phytoremediation techniques for biomedical waste contaminated  sites; as well as biomediation processes for human waste sites.  Biopesticides are also explained as an alternative to conventional  pesticides.

Other volumes in the 4-volume set:
• Volume 2: Microbial Approaches and Recent Trends
• Volume 3: Inventive Techniques, Research Methods, and Case Studies
• Volume 4: Degradation of Pesticides and Polychlorinated Biphenyls

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.