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Land is fundamental to the human life. The upper layer of land is a
non-renewable resource, and source of food. Therefore, land health
is essential to long-term food security and to promote sustainable
livelihoods. On account of urbanization, industrialization and
population growth, land pollution is one of the major issues
worldwide. As a result, land pollution is continuing across the
world, and has been linked with a wide range of potentially toxic
contaminants at rates that deteriorate land quality. Land pollution
can result either anthropogenic activities or natural activities.
The major contaminants of land pollution are metalloids, petroleum
hydrocarbon, radioactive elements, polyaromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs), Pesticide, other organic pollutants, etc. that comes from
different types of sources. In urban and peri-urban areas,
irrigation of agricultural land with polluted water is also a
reason of land pollution. Therefore, land security is an important
issue for future sustainability. Its remediation and management are
important issue worldwide to protect land quality and functions.
Land pollution means degradation of earth's surface. Polluted land
comes under the category of degraded land. Hence, the remediation
of polluted land is essential for regaining biodiversity and
ecosystems services and thereby achieving United
Nations-Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs).This fact showed
the need to develop research into land remediation. Bio-inspired
land remediation has undergone a huge development. Therefore,
Biomanagement has a lot of potential to secure upper earth's
surface through the land remediation programs targeted during the
United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (2021-2030). This
book explores the remediation of land pollution that includes
Phytoremediation, Bioremediation (bacterial remediation and fungal
remediation), Vermiremediation, Biochar-based remediation and other
Bio-inspired remediation. This book will be a remarkable asset for
research scholars, environmentalists, ecological scientist,
agriculturist, practitioners, policy makers, entrepreneurs, and
other stakeholders alike.
Nutraceutical Fruits and Foods for Neurodegenerative Disorders
presents food-based strategies, specifically related to
nutraceuticals, in delaying the onset and slowing down of the
propensity of neuronal devastation. In addition to highlighting the
positive effects of nutraceutical fruits and foods on brain health,
the book also explores the medicinal properties of fruits,
vegetables, berries and nutraceuticals, along with their
contribution to environmental factors, potential hazards and the
need for specific regulatory actions. This book will be a welcomed
reference for nutrition researchers, dieticians, nutritionists and
academicians studying related fields. Users will find this book to
be a solid foundation on which scientific knowledge in the field of
aromatic crop-based phytoremediation can grow and expand. It will
also be a good and instructive text with a format that is easy to
grasp and read.
Fiber Crop-Based Phytoremediation: Socio-economic and Environmental
Sustainability provides an informative source of information on
using fiber crops for phytoremediation. Phytoremediation is gaining
attention globally due to ever-increasing numbers and areas of
industrially polluted sites. The major challenge is to develop new
and cost-effective solutions to decontaminate polluted sites. In
this regard, plant-based remediation, especially using fiber crops,
is a promising and cost-effective approach for environmental
remediation on a large-scale due to its socio-economic and
ecological sustainability. Furthermore, changing environmental
conditions also cause various biotic and abiotic stresses in fiber
crops and thereby negatively affect the fiber crop establishment,
growth and yield. This book will be specifically important to these
readers who need to be able to select specific fiber crop species
according to site-specificity of the contaminated site.
Algae and Aquatic Macrophytes in Cities: Bioremediation, Biomass,
Biofuels and Bioproducts introduces the concept of using the
natural ability of plants such as algae and aquatic macrophytes to
remediate pollutants from water. The book provides scientists with
a green, economical and successful option when tackling rising
water pollution. The book's chapters cover a range of areas,
including bioremediation, biomass, biofuels and bioproducts during
the remediation of polluted water systems. It draws together
research from eminent scientists from across the globe and includes
case studies to help researchers, students, scientists,
stakeholders, policymakers and environmentalists understand and
perform their research with greater ease.
Adaptive Phytoremediation Practices: Resilience to Climate Change
discusses current phytoremediation practices under an ever-pressing
need for environmental remediation due to increasing pollution in a
changing climate. Phytoremediation is increasingly relevant due to
plants' high effectiveness and sustainability during remediation
and the ability of potential phytoremediation plants to adapt to
changes in climate. Changing climatic conditions cause various
biotic and abiotic stresses in plants and thereby negatively affect
a plant's establishment, growth, and yield. Therefore, the
integration of suitable climate-resilient plants and adaptive
remedial practices along with proper agro-biotechnological
interventions is of paramount importance to mitigate the rapidly
growing pollution. This book is an important reference for
environmental scientists, particularly those working in pollution
management and remediation, forming an up-to-date collection of
phytoremediation practices that provide sustainable solutions as a
holistic approach for carrying out phytoremediation under changing
climatic conditions.
Assisted Phytoremediaion covers a wide range of uses of plants for
remediation of environmental pollutants. It includes coverage of
such techniques as root engineering, transgenic plants, increasing
the biomass, use of genetic engineering and genome editing
technology for rapid phytoremediation of pollutants. In order to
improve the efficiency of plant remediation, genetic engineering
plays a vital role in the overexpression of genes or gene clusters,
which are responsible for degradation and uptake of pollutants. The
book presents state-of-the-art techniques of assisted
phytoremediation to better manage soil and water pollution in large
amounts. This book is a valuable resource for researchers,
students, and engineers in environmental science and
bioengineering, with case studies and state-of-the-art research
from eminent global scientists. This book serves as an excellent
basis from which scientific knowledge can grow and widen in the
field of environmental remediation.
Phytomanagement of Polluted Sites: Market Opportunities in
Sustainable Phytoremediation brings together recent and established
knowledge on different aspects of phytoremediation, providing this
information in a single source that offers a cutting-edge synthesis
of scientific and experiential knowledge on industrially
contaminated site restoration that is useful for both practitioners
and scientists. The book gives interested groups, both non-profit
and for-profit, methods to manage dumpsites and other contaminated
areas, including tactics on how to mitigate costs and even profit
from ecological restoration.
Designer Cropping Systems for Polluted Land explores the processes
and techniques of making polluted land safe for planting edible and
non-edible crops. The book provides readers and practitioners with
a comprehensive understanding of contaminated land use through
designer cropping systems. It seeks to present promising and
affordable practices for transforming polluted lands while also
providing an excellent basis from which scientific knowledge can
grow and widen in the fields of phytoremediation-based
biofortification.
Phytoremediation Potential of Perennial Grasses provides readers
with the knowledge to select specific perennial grass species
according to site-specific needs. In addition, it demonstrates the
potential opportunities for grass-based phytoremediation to yield
phytoproducts, especially biomass-based bioenergy and aromatic
essential oils as a green economy while in the process of
remediating contaminated sites. The book brings together recent and
established knowledge on different aspects of grass-based
phytoremediation, providing this information in a single source
that offers a cutting-edge synthesis of scientific and experiential
knowledge on polluted site restoration that is useful for both
practitioners and scientists in environmental science and ecology.
Phytomanagement of Fly Ash brings together the recent and
established knowledge of different aspects of fly ash management,
providing a cutting-edge synthesis of scientific and experiential
knowledge on contaminated site restoration. Phytomanagement of Fly
Ash provides readers with ecologically friendly and cost-effective
solutions to decontaminate fly ash polluted sites, along with
potential opportunities in phytoremediation that also yield
biodiesel, aromatic oil, bio-fortified products and pulp-paper
biomass. The book also focuses on novel topics, such as
afforestation on fly ash catena, adaptive management, potential
sink for carbon sequestration, and ecosystem goods and services.
This book is a useful reference for environmental professionals in
the coal industry, ecological planners and managers, students,
practitioners and policymakers involved in phytoremediation.
Bioremediation of Pollutants: From Genetic Engineering to Genome
Engineering provides insights into genetic and genome engineering
strategies in bioremediation, covering a wide range of
microorganisms that are key to the removal of pollutants. The book
includes discussions on root engineering, transgenic plants,
metagenomics, bioreactors, molecular biology tools, genome editing,
synthetic biology, microbial indicators, biosurfactants, biofilms,
genetically modified organisms, and engineered fungi and bacteria.
Presented by top experts in the field, this resource captures the
essence and diversity of bioremediation methodologies in a single
source. Students and beginners in environmental science,
researchers, soil scientists, genetic and genome engineers,
stakeholders and policymakers interested in improving this rapidly
growing area of research will find this resource extremely useful.
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