Environmental biotechnology : role of plants, microbes and earthworms in environmental management and sustainable development

Pointer Publishers CONTENTS 4 SECTION - I : PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY - Rediscovering the Environmental, Social and Economic Virtues of Some Wonder Plants Through Researches into Environmental Biotechnology 8 PHYTOREMEDIATION OF POLLUTED AIR 10 PHYTOREMEDIATION OF POLLUTED LAND & SOIL 22 PHYTOREMEDIATION OF POLLUTED WATER 51 PLANTS COMBATING RADIOLOGICAL POLLUTION 79 VETIVER GRASS BIOTECHNOLOGY (VGBT) 86 SECTION - II : MICROBIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY - Small is Beautiful : Rediscovering the Environmental, Social and Economic Virtues of Some Friendly Microbes Through Researches into Environmental Biotechnology 96 MICROBES IN THE SERVICE OF MANKIND 99 MICROBIAL REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED LANDS & WATER 115 MICROBES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF WASTEWATER 134 MICROBIAL COMPOSTING OF SOLID WASTES 144 SECTION - III : VERMICULTURE BIOTECHNOLOGY - Rediscovering the Environmental, Social and Economic Virtues of the Wonder Worms-the Earthworms (Charles Darwin's Unheralded Soldier's of Mankind) Through Researches into Environmental Biotechnology 157 VERMICULTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE & SAFE FOOD 159 VERMICOMPOSTING OF SOLID WASTES BY EARTHWORMS 171 VERMIFILTRATION OF WASTEWATER BY EARTHWORMS 190 VERMISTABILIZATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE BY EARTHWORMS 203 VERMIREMEDIATION OF POLLUTED LANDS BY EARTHWORMS 219 SECTION - IV : RENEWABLE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES - Biological Products For Environmental Safety, Human Health &Sustainability : Achievements of Researches into Environmental Biotechnology 230 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES : POTENTIAL FOR BIG BUSINESS 232 HERBAL PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN HEALTH & SUSTAINABILITY 243 DEVELOPING BIO-FUELS FROM BIOMASS ENERGY 253 SECTION - V : ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: THE BACKBONE OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE : Producing Safe & Protective Foods for Mankind Without Recourse to Hazardous Agro-chemicals 261 AGRI-BIOTECHNOLOGY : THE REVOLUTION IN FOOD PRODUCTION 263 BIOFERTILIZERS : FOR FOOD SAFETY AND HEALTH SECURITY 275 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL CONTROL OF CROP PEST & DISEASES 297 HYDROPONICS : THE SOIL-LESS SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 305 APPENDIX 309 AUTHOR AND INSTITUTION INDEX 313 SUBJECT INDEX 316 8179102297,9788179102299 section 1. Plant biotechnology : rediscovering the environmental, social and economic virtues of some wonder plants through researches into environmental biotechnology section 2. Microbial biotechnology : small is beautiful : rediscovering the environmental, social and economic virtures of some friendly microbes through researches into environmental biotechnology section 3. Vermiculture biotechnology : rediscovering the environmental, social and economic virtures of the wonder worms : the earthworms (Charles Darwin's Unheralded soldiers of mankind) through researches into environmental biotechnology section 4. Renewable biological resources : biological products for environmental safety, human health & sustainability : achievements of researches into environmental biotechnology section 5. 'Environmental biotechnology : the backbone of sustainable agriculture' : producing safe & protective foods for mankind without recourse to hazardous agro-chemicals.