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Title: | Bio- and Phytoremediation of Pesticide-Contaminated Environments: A Review | Authors: | EEVERS, Nele White, Jason C. VANGRONSVELD, Jaco WEYENS, Nele |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS INC | Source: | Advances in Botanical Research, 83, p. 277-318 | Abstract: | Pesticide-contaminated fields can be found worldwide due to excessive use of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides. Many of the pesticides that were once used intensively are now forbidden and have been shown to have deleterious health effects. Plants, bacteria and fungi have been shown to possess pesticide-degrading capacities, which can be applied in the successful remediation of contaminated fields and water. This article will first provide an overview of the different types of pesticides, their application and their key characteristics, followed by an analysis of their behaviour in the environment. Pesticides that are introduced into the environment seldom stay where they were applied. A complex system of transport, transfer and transformation of pesticides throughout different environmental compartments often takes place. These processes all influence the possible remediation of the pesticide-contaminated media. We will then review several possible remediation strategies that are currently available. Bioremediation is the first technology that is reviewed. With bioremediation, the focus is on the remediation of pesticides by microorganisms in bulk soil, without the aid or presence of plants. Second, plant-associated remediation is discussed. When focussing on plant-associated remediation, a distinction has to be made between rhizoremediation in the rhizosphere and phytoremediation within the plant tissues. While rhizoremediation and phytoremediation processes are possible solely with the use of plants, many of these processes are optimized by associations between plants and microorganisms. Plants and bacteria or fungi often live in a symbiotic relationship that aids them in surviving contaminated environments, as well as with the degradation of the contaminants they encounter. In the last part of the review, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of "natural"remediation strategies as compared to more classical industrial approaches. | Notes: | [Eevers, Nele; Vangronsveld, Jaco; Weyens, Nele] Hasselt Univ, Diepenbeek, Belgium. [White, Jason C.] Connecticut Agr Expt Stn, New Haven, CT USA. | Keywords: | Bioremediation; Pesticides; Phytoremediation; Plant-associated microorganisms; Plants | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/25757 | ISSN: | 0065-2296 | e-ISSN: | 2162-5948 | DOI: | 10.1016/bs.abr.2017.01.001 | ISI #: | 000414255500008 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2018 |
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