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Pesticide Interactions with Soil Microflora: Importance in Bioremediation
Munees Ahemad,Mohammad Saghir Khan +1 more
- pp 393-413
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The present review focuses on the role of naturally occurring rhizosphere microbes involved in degradation or transformation of insecticides.Abstract:
Modern application of insecticides belonging to different chemical families to boost agricultural productivity has led to their accumulation in soils to levels that affect, directly and indirectly, soil enzyme activities and physiol-ogical characteristics of nontarget soil microflora including plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, and, consequently the performance of crop plants. Various biological strategies can be applied for removing toxic substances, including insecticides, from the environment and are collectively known as bioremediation. Among biological approaches, the use of microbes with degradative ability is considered the most efficient and cost-effective option to clean pesticide-contaminated sites. The present review focuses on the role of naturally occurring rhizosphere microbes involved in degradation or transformation of insecticides.read more
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Implications of bacterial resistance against heavy metals in bioremediation: a review
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Antibacterial and cytotoxic efficacy of extracellular silver nanoparticles biofabricated from chromium reducing novel OS4 strain of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
Mohammad Oves,Mohammad Saghir Khan,Almas Zaidi,Arham S. Ahmed,Faheem Ahmed,Ejaz Ahmad,Asif Sherwani,Mohammad Owais,Ameer Azam,Ameer Azam +9 more
TL;DR: A novel bacterial strain OS4 of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia significantly reduced hexavalent chromium, an important heavy metal contaminant found in the tannery effluents and minings and is likely to provide broad spectrum benefits for curing chromium polluted sites, for biofabrication of AgNPs and ultimately in the nanoparticle based drug formulation for the treatment of infectious diseases.
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Evaluation of plant-growth-promoting activities of rhizobacterium Pseudomonas putida under herbicide stress
TL;DR: It is concluded that herbicides should be screened before field application for their degree of toxicity to PGP traits of beneficial microorganisms.
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Effects of pesticides on plant growth promoting traits of Mesorhizobium strain MRC4
TL;DR: Generally, the maximum toxicity to plant growth promoting traits of Mesorhizobium was shown by glyphosate, thiamethoxam and hexaconazole, at three times the recommended rate among herbicides, insecticides and fungicides, respectively.
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Pesticide Pollution in Agricultural Soils and Sustainable Remediation Methods: a Review
TL;DR: An overview of the pollution in agricultural soils by pesticides, and the remediation techniques for pesticide-contaminated soils can be found in this article, where the microbial functions in rhizosphere including gene analysis tools are fields in remediation of contaminated soil which has generated a lot of interest lately.
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Biodegradation of chlorpyrifos by enterobacter strain B-14 and its use in bioremediation of contaminated soils.
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Plant growth promotion by phosphate solubilizing bacteria
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