This book “Phytoremediation: Sustainable Solutions for Environmental Pollution” presents a promising avenue for the degradation and detoxification of environmental contaminants from soil, water and air using plants. Plants can extract, degrade or immobilize contaminants like metals, pesticides, solvents, crude oil, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by acting as filters or traps. On the basis of the nature of the contaminant’s plants employ different techniques of phytoremediation namely phytoextraction, phytostabilization, phytovolatilization, phytodegradation, rhizofiltration, rhizodegradation and phytodesalination. This book is an attempt to offer an extensive and detailed overview about the fundamentals, opportunities, challenges, benefits and limitations of phytoremediation.

The book highlights technologies for phytoremediation of pesticides and xenobiotic compounds like heavy metals, antibiotics, dyes, plastics, dioxin, hydrocarbons, contaminated water from tannery, acid mine drainage etc. by using various plants. This book presents strategies for mitigation of urban area air pollutants through macrophytes and tree species, recent strategies and techniques to reduce toxicity of agricultural soil, phytoremediation solutions for emerging contaminants such as microplastics and antibiotics into terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and other related topics. We believe that this book will be beneficial for the students and researchers in the domains of botany, agriculture, biotechnology, and environmental sciences, additionally soil scientists, policymakers, non-governmental organizations working in area of environmental management.

Chapter 1. Phytoremediation Mechanisms for Environmental Cleanup: A Brief Overview  Girima Nagda, Payal Patel, Niharika Upadhyay, Kanupriya Dadheech, Jyoti Yadav and Tripta Jain
 

Chapter 2.Revitalizing farmland: bioremediation approaches for contaminated agricultural soils Anita Gajraj, Swati Tyagi and Jai Bahadur Singh Kachhawa
 

Chapter 3.Plant Biotechnology for Afforestation, bioremediation and Sustainable Development Dhaval Nirmal and Sagar Teraiya
 

Chapter 4.Potential and neglected plants for phytoremediation of dyes Anuya Verma, N. Gaur and Rohini Trivedi
 

Chapter 5.Wastewater Treatment using Moringa oelifera Lam.: A sustainable Ecofriendly Approach Lokeshwar Bhatt, Nikita Gautam, Priyanka Faroda, Khushbu Jangir, Shruti Jangir, Gauri Mali, Amit Kumar Gupta 
 

Chapter 6.Water Quality and Wastewater Treatment: A Study on Tannery Effluent Pooja Kumari and Bhanu Raj Meena
 

Chapter 7.Phytoremediation using Aquatic Plants for Ecological Restoration of Polluted Water Bodies Sunita Goyal and Jaya Mathur
 

Chapter 8.An Insight into Phytoremediation and Bioremediation Techniques for Wastewater and Polluted Water Treatment Pooja Suhalka, Chirmaie Nagda, Devendra Singh Rathore and Girima Nagda
 

Chapter 9.Harnessing Phytoremediation for eco strategic reclamation of acid mine drainage Priya Soni, Pushpa Gehlot, Jyoti Yadav, Akshat Dwivedi, Girima Nagda and Tripta Jain
 

Chapter 10.Plant-Based Strategies for Reducing Pesticide Contamination Shikha Verma and Pankti Patel 
 

Chapter 11.Phytoremediation and Microbial Synergy for Xenobiotic Detoxification Deepti Suhalka, Uttam Prakash Sharma
 

Chapter 12.Phytoremediation Strategies for Mitigating Air and Organic Pollutants Abhishek Rajpurohit and Seema Yadav
 

Chapter 13.Sustainable Management of Urban Area Pollution through Phytoremediation: Role of Macrophaytes and Trees in Gandhinagar, Gujarat State Aanal Maitreya, Anusha Maitreya, Bharat Maitreya
 

Chapter 14.Agricultural Soil Toxicity: Recent Advances in Bioremediation Strategies and Techniques  Ashaben Parmanand Joshi, Shaktika Choudhary, Uttam Prakash Sharma
 

Chapter 15.Phytoremediation of Microplastic and Antibiotics: A Green Approach for Emerging Contaminants Priya Soni, Pushpa Gehlot, Jyoti Yadav and Tripta Jain