Handbook of Bioremediation

Mirza Hasanuzzaman is a professor of agronomy at Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received his PhD from the United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences. Later, he completed his postdoctoral research in the Center of Molecular Biosciences (COMB), University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. Subsequently, he became an adjunct senior researcher at the University of Tasmania with an Australian government’s Endeavour Research Fellowship. Over his career he has mentored numerous master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral researchers and has published widely on plant physiology, plant stress responses, and environmental challenges affecting plant species, including authored and edited books and book chapters. He serves as an editor and reviewer for many peer-reviewed international journals and was a recipient of the Publons Peer Review Awards (2017, 2018, and 2019). He is an active member of numerous professional societies and holds office as acting general secretary of the Bangladesh JSPS Alumni Association and as publication secretary of both the Bangladesh Society of Agronomy and the Weed Science Society of Bangladesh. His honors include the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Young Scientist Award (2014), the University Grants Commission (UGC) Gold Medal (2018), the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) Gold Medal Award (Senior Group, 2022), the Global Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists (GNOBB) Award (2021), and the Society for Plant Research Young Scientist Award (Agriculture, 2023). He is a fellow of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS), the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the Royal Society of Biology, and the International Society of Environmental Botanists, and a foreign fellow of the Society for Science of Climate Change and Sustainable Environment. Dr. Prasad is Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (India). He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy, and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as a member of various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist for several international universities.

• 1. Concept and types of bioremediation2. The use of industrial and food crops for the rehabilitation of areas contaminated with metal(loid)s: Physiological and molecular mechanisms of tolerance3. Mechanistic overview of metal tolerance in edible plants: A physiological and molecular perspective4. Phytoextraction of heavy metals by weeds: Physiological and molecular intervention5. Phytomanagement of As-contaminated matrix: Physiological and molecular B asses6. Metallothionein-assisted phytoremediation of inorganic pollutants7. Phytochelatins and their relationship with modulation of cadmium tolerance in plants8. Role of glutathione in enhancing metal hyperaccumulation in plants9. Thiol-dependent metal hyperaccumulation and tolerance in plants10. Role of redox system in enhancement of phytoremediation capacity in plants11. Role of reactive nitrogen species in enhancing metal/metalloid tolerance in plants: A basis of phytoremediation12. The antioxidant defense system and bioremediation13. Interplay between selenium and mineral elements to improve plant growth and development14. Physiological basis of arsenic accumulation in aquatic plants15. Alteration of plant physiology by the application of biochar for remediation of metals16. Plant-microbe interaction: Relevance for phytoremediation of heavy metals17. Molecular and cellular changes of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-plant interaction in cadmium contamination18. Potential use of efficient resistant plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in biofertilization and phytoremediation of heavy metal contaminated soil19. Ecological and physiological features of metal accumulation of halophytic plants on the White Sea coast20. Role of secondary metabolites in salt and heavy metal stress mitigation by halophytic plants: An overview21. Genetics of metal hyperaccumulation in plants22. Gene regulation in halophytes in conferring salt tolerance23. Recent advances toward exploiting medicinal plants as phytoremediators24. Can plants be considered as phytoremediators for desalination of saline wastewater: A comprehensive review25. Genomics in understanding bioremediation of inorganic pollutants26. Genetic engineering of plants to tolerate toxic metals and metalloids27. Metal-binding proteins and peptides in bioremediation and phytoremediation of heavy metals28. Physiological and molecular basis of bioremediation of micropollutants29. Plant enzymes in metabolism of organic pollutants30. Alteration of plant physiology by the application of biochar for remediation of organic pollutants31. Role of reactive nitrogen species in mitigating organic pollutant–induced plant damages32. Antioxidant defense systems in bioremediation of organic pollutants33. Role of glutathione in enhancing plant tolerance to organic pollutants34. Physiological and molecular basis for remediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons35. Physiological and molecular basis for remediation of pesticides36. Environmental concerns associated with explosives (HMX, TNT, and RDX), heavy metals and metal(loid)s from shooting range soils: Prevailing issues, leading management practices, and future perspectives37. Physiological and molecular basis of plants tolerance to linear halogenated hydrocarbons38. Molecular basis of plant-microbe interaction in remediating organic pollutants39. Microbial degradation of organic pollutants using indigenous bacterial strains40. Molecular basis of plant-microbe interaction in remediating pesticides41. Molecular and cellular changes of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi-plant interaction in pesticide contamination42. Biodegradation of explosives by transgenic plants43. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): Characteristics, toxicity, phytoremediation, and use of transgenic plants for PCBs degradation44. Remediation of organic pollutants by Brassica species45. Bioremediation of organic contaminants based on biowaste composting practices46. Bioremediation of organic dyes using plants