Developing countries are faced with a serious challenge of wastewater management that
has resulted in large volumes of partially, or untreated wastewater being released into the …

Phytoremediation, a form of bioremediation, is one viable option for removing pollution from
contaminated soil and water. Bioremediation was developed as an inexpensive …

Root exudates play a key role in mediating plant–plant and plant–rhizomicrobiome
interactions, including regulating biochemical/physiological aspects of plant-associated …

Root exudate from seedlings of Cicer arietinum L. was collected in a chamber under aseptic
conditions. The exudate was fractionated into anion, cation and neutral fractions. The …

Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) are extensively used as biofertilizers to
improve the soil nutrition for a variety of crop plants. The plant-PGPR interaction, with special …

Water soluble organic molecules synthesized in the plant may make their way to the surface
of the root and be lost into the surrounding medium. Photosynthates from leaves are …

Soil pollution is an unavoidable evil; many crude-oil exploring communities have been
identified to be the most ecologically impacted regions around the world due to hydrocarbon …

This book was conceptualized during finalizing the Soil Biology volume “Root engineering:
Basic concepts and Applications” edited by Asuncion Morte and Ajit Varma (2014). Soon it …

Bioremediation is a biological mechanism of recycling wastes in to another form that can
used and reused by other organisms. Nowadays, the world is facing the problem of different …