Pesticides Bioremediation (eBook)

This volume offers the latest theory, procedures, techniques and applications pertaining to the bioremediation of pesticides, as well as current case studies. The book is composed of chapters written by global experts and is divided into three topical sections. Section A deals with concepts and mechanisms of pesticides bioremediation; Section B examines latest tools and techniques; Section C offers global case studies of pesticides bioremediation. The novel methods described here are timely, as traditional pesticide usage leads to high wastage via decay, vaporization and seepage. This of course leads to environmental contamination and has necessitated the development and use of novel technologies like bioremediation for minimizing the impact of pesticides on the environment. This volume will be of relevance to academics, researchers and students who are working in the realm of pesticide bioremediation, and will enable policy makers and managerial experts across the globe in drafting policies and strategies for the management and treatment of pesticides.

Dr. Sazada Siddiqui, PhD (Botany) has more than fifteen years of research/teaching experience. She obtained her PhD in 2002 from Barkatullah University, Bhopal (India) and joined subsequently as a faculty in botany department at Bundelkhand University, Jhansi (India). Currently, she is serving as an Associate Professor, King Khalid University, Abha (Saudi Arabia). She has more than fifty international and national publications (research articles, review articles, and book chapters) to her credit. Her research interest includes phytoremediation, biological nutrient removal, cytotoxicity and allelopathy. She is reviewers for many international journals. Her another book entitled 'Laboratory Techniques of Cytogenetics and Microbiology' (ISBN 1530332222) is used as a reference book in King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for undergraduate and post graduate students.