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The book discusses ways to overcome the side effects of using hydrocarbon-based products as energy sources. Hydrocarbons produce raw crude oil waste of around 600,000 metric tons per annum, with a range of uncertainty of 200,000 metric tons per year. The various chapters in this book focus on approaches to reduce these wastes through the application of potential microbes, in a process called bioremediation. The book is a one-stop reference resource on the methods, mechanisms and application of the bio-composites, in the laboratory and field. Focusing on resolving a very pressing environmental issue, it not only provides details of existing challenges, but also offers deeper insights into the possibility of solving problems using hydrocarbon bioremediation.

Biomedical engineering. --- Microbiology. --- Biotechnology. --- Waste disposal. --- Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Fossil Fuels (incl. Carbon Capture). --- Waste Management/Waste Technology. --- Bioremediation. --- Environmental biotechnology --- Biodegradation --- Pollution

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This book highlights the implications of nanotechnology and the effects of nanoparticles on agricultural systems, their interactions with plants as well as their potential applications as fertilizers and pesticides. It also discusses how innovative, eco-friendly approaches to improve food and agricultural systems lead to increased plant productivity. Further, it offers insights into the current trends and future prospects of nanotechnology along with the benefits and risks and their impact on agricultural ecosystems. Nanomaterials in agriculture reduce the amount of chemical products sprayed by means of smart delivery of active ingredients; minimize nutrient losses in fertilization; and increase yields through optimized water and nutrient management. There is also huge potential for nanotechnology in the provision of state-of-the-art solutions for various challenges faced by agriculture and society, both today and in the future. .

Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Plant anatomy. --- Plant development. --- Sustainable development. --- Biomaterials. --- Nanotechnology. --- Life Sciences. --- Sustainable Development. --- Plant Anatomy/Development. --- Agricultural innovations. --- Agriculture --- Innovations, Agricultural --- Technological change in agriculture --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- Innovations --- Technological innovations --- High technology --- Technology transfer --- Botany --- Plant structure --- Plants --- Structural botany --- Vegetable anatomy --- Anatomy --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Biomedical engineering --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Structure --- Environmental aspects --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Development of plants --- Plant development --- Developmental biology --- Growth (Plants) --- Ontogeny --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)

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This book offers present-day retrospectives and future perspectives on ‘phytobiont’ studies in the context of phyto-micro restitution, filling some of the information gaps in this promising research field. It discusses several ecosystem restitution strategies using dissimilar groups of microbes alone or in association with plants, as well as advances in metagenomics technology for studying in situ micro and macro communities in contaminated soil. It addresses topics such as the status quo, and the perspectives of microbial researchers and scientists, foresters, students, environmentalists, agriculturists and professional engineers. The rising pollution levels caused by xenobiotics is one of the biggest problems of our times, and as such the book comprehensively elaborates the latest research in this field and describes how the issue can be tackled using micro-organisms. With detailed diagrams and illustrations, the book is a valuable resource for experts and novices in the field of microbial bioremediation, phyto-bioremediation and environmental microbiology.

Phytoremediation. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Microbiology. --- Biotechnology. --- Environmental pollution. --- Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Applied Microbiology. --- Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology. --- Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution. --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Medicine --- Chemical pollution --- Chemicals --- Contamination of environment --- Environmental pollution --- Pollution --- Contamination (Technology) --- Asbestos abatement --- Bioremediation --- Environmental engineering --- Environmental quality --- Factory and trade waste --- Hazardous waste site remediation --- Hazardous wastes --- In situ remediation --- Lead abatement --- Pollutants --- Refuse and refuse disposal --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Environmental aspects

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This book addresses “phyto-microbiome mediated stress regulation”. Fundamentally speaking, the microbial community’s importance for the survival of plants under stress conditions has already been confirmed. This book focuses on the roles of those rhizospheric microbiomes that are advantageous to plant developmental pathways. Gathering contributions by authors with specialized expertise in plant growth and health under stress conditions, as well as opportunistic pathogenic bacteria, the book reviews the functional aspects of rhizospheric microorganisms and how they impact plant health and disease. It offers a compendium of plant and microbial interactions at the level of multitrophic interactions, and identifies gaps between future demand and present research on plant stress. In closing, the authors highlight several directions for reshaping rhizosphere microbiomes in favor of microorganisms that are beneficial to plant growth and health.

Plant science. --- Botany. --- Oxidative stress. --- Plant ecology. --- Sustainable development. --- Microbial ecology. --- Plant Sciences. --- Oxidative Stress. --- Plant Ecology. --- Sustainable Development. --- Microbial Ecology. --- Environmental microbiology --- Microorganisms --- Ecology --- Microbiology --- Botany --- Plants --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Oxidation-reduction reaction --- Stress (Physiology) --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Environmental aspects --- Plant-microbe relationships. --- Plant-microbe interactions --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Floristic botany --- Floristic ecology