Advanced technologies for the remediation of pesticide-contaminated soils

E Morillo, J Villaverde - Science of the total environment, 2017 - Elsevier
The occurrence of pesticides in soil has become a highly significant environmental problem,
which has been increased by the vast use of pesticides worldwide and the absence of …

Phytodegradation of organic compounds

LA Newman, CM Reynolds - Current opinion in Biotechnology, 2004 - Elsevier
The phytodegradation of organic compounds can take place inside the plant or within the
rhizosphere of the plant. Many different compounds and classes of compounds can be …

Concurrent plant uptake of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants from soil

MJI Mattina, W Lannucci-Berger, C Musante… - Environmental …, 2003 - Elsevier
Concurrent plant uptake of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants from soil -
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Plant–bacteria partnerships for the remediation of persistent organic pollutants

M Arslan, A Imran, QM Khan, M Afzal - Environmental Science and …, 2017 - Springer
High toxicity, bioaccumulation factor and widespread dispersal of persistent organic
pollutants (POPs) cause environmental and human health hazards. The combined use of …

Transgenic plants for enhanced biodegradation and phytoremediation of organic xenobiotics

PC Abhilash, S Jamil, N Singh - Biotechnology advances, 2009 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation—the use of plants to clean up polluted soil and water resources—has
received much attention in the last few years. Although plants have the inherent ability to …

The role of root exuded low molecular weight organic anions in facilitating petroleum hydrocarbon degradation: current knowledge and future directions

BC Martin, SJ George, CA Price, MH Ryan… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
Rhizoremediation is a bioremediation technique whereby enhanced microbial degradation
of organic contaminants occurs within the plant root zone (rhizosphere). It is considered an …

The environmental issues of DDT pollution and bioremediation: a multidisciplinary review

A Mansouri, M Cregut, C Abbes, MJ Durand… - Applied biochemistry …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract DDT (1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane) is probably the best known
and most useful organochlorine insecticide in the world which was used since 1945 for …

Root exudation: the ecological driver of hydrocarbon rhizoremediation

F Rohrbacher, M St-Arnaud - Agronomy, 2016 - mdpi.com
Rhizoremediation is a bioremediation technique whereby microbial degradation of organic
contaminants occurs in the rhizosphere. It is considered to be an effective and affordable …

Combined effects of maize straw biochar and oxalic acid on the dissipation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and microbial community structures in soil: a …

X Li, Y Song, F Wang, Y Bian, X Jiang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Whether the rhizodegradation of organic contaminants occurs in biochar-amended soil and
its potential mechanisms have rarely been reported. Therefore, a study was conducted to …

Role of organic acids on the bioavailability of selenium in soil: A review

QT Dinh, Z Li, TAT Tran, D Wang, D Liang - Chemosphere, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Organic Acids (OAs) are important components in the rhizosphere soil and
influence Se bioavailability in soil. OAs have a bidirectional contrasting effect on Se …