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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Prasad is Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (India). He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy, and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as a member of various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist for several international universities.
List of contents
Part One: Introductory chapters
1. Modernization in agriculture: Use of agrochemicals
2. Occurrence, sources, types and effects of agrochemicals on aquatic ecosystem a) Herbicides b) Insecticides c) Fungicides d) Soil fumigants, desiccants, harvest aids, and plant growth regulators
Part Two: Environmental Impact
3. Effects of agrochemicals on soil health and soil microbiology
4. Agrochemicals and human health: a global view
5. Acute systemic toxicity testing of agrochemical formulations
6. Chemical fertilizers and pesticide: role in ground water contamination
7. A green-analytical chemistry for agrochemical-residue analysis in vegetables
8. Mixtures of agrochemicals in urban environment and their risks
9. Indicators of toxicity of agrochemicals in environment
Part Three: Remediation
10. Physical and chemical method used for abatement of chemical fertilizers and pesticides from aquatic and land ecosystem
11. Bioremediation: a sustainable approach for remediation of agrochemicals (aerobic and anaerobic bacteria)
12. Mycoremediation of agrochemicals (Fungal degradation)
13. Earthworm assisted bioremediation of agrochemicals
14. Genetically engineered microbes for remediation of wide range of agrochemicals
15. Removal of agrochemicals by aquatic plants
Part Four: Advanced processes resource recovery to prevent pollution
16. Nanotechnology and remediation of agrochemicals
17. Removal of fluoride and calcium ions to recover phosphate from fertilizer industry wastewater
18. Biomonitoring of genotoxicity of industrial fertilizer pollutants
19. Fertilizer production from sewage sludge ash
20. Phosphorus recovery from wastewater
