Phytoremediation and Bioremediation of Pesticide-Contaminated Soil
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Abstract
Management and destruction of obsolete pesticides and the remediation of pesticide-contaminated soil are significant global issues with importance in agriculture, environmental health and quality of life. Pesticide use and management have a history of problems because of insufficient knowledge of proper planning, storage, and use. This manuscript reviews recent literature with an emphasis on the management of obsolete pesticides and remediation of pesticide-contaminated soil. The rhizosphere of plants is a zone of active remediation. Plants also take up contaminated water and remove pesticides from soil. The beneficial effects of growing plants in pesticide-contaminated soil include pesticide transformation by both plant and microbial enzymes. This review addresses recent advances in the remediation of pesticide-contaminated soil with an emphasis on processes that are simple and can be applied widely in any country.
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OpenAlex topics: Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies · Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics · Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
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Affiliations
Department of Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agronomy and Agricultural Sciences, University of Dschang, Dschang B.P. 96, Cameroon
Department of Agronomy, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Hydrochrom Resources Limited, Lagos, Nigeria
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Almaty 050040, Kazakhstan
Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, 400 96 Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic
Funding
U.S. Department of State · NATO
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