Meet the editors

Kassio Ferreira Mendes is a Professor of Biology and Integrated Management of Weeds, Department of Agronomy, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. He graduated from the State University of Mato Grosso in 2011 and received a Master's in Agronomy (Crop Science) from the Federal University of Viçosa in 2013. He obtained a doctorate and post-doctorate degrees in Sciences - Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (Chemistry in Agriculture and

Environment) from the Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, Luiz de Queiroz Campus, University of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2017 and 2019, respectively. He completed research fellowships at the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Minnesota, USA, and the United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS). Dr. Mendes is a member of the Brazilian Society of Weed Science.

Rodrigo Nogueira de Sousa obtained an undergraduate degree in Agronomic Engineering and a master's in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition from the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, in 2016 and 2018, respectively. He obtained a Ph.D. in Soil Science and Plant Nutrition from the University of São Paulo. From 2014 to 2015, he studied at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA. He also completed an internship at the De-

partment of Crop and Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University, USA, in 2015, for which he studied the management of nitrogen fertilization in corn crops. During his doctorate program, he studied the feasibility of alternative sources of phosphate fertilizers in tropical soils.

Kamila Cabral Mielke is an agronomic engineer who graduated from the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rondônia, Brazil, in 2016. She obtained a master's degree in Tropical Agriculture from the Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil, and a Ph.D. in Crop Science from the Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil. She is currently a member of the Integrated Weed Management (IPM) research group where she studies the

behavior and fate of herbicides in the environment, their impact on soil microbiological activity, and remediation of environments contaminated with herbicides using phytoremediation and carbonaceous materials such as biochar and bonechar.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Preface XIII**

Organic Pollutants **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 25**

**Chapter 3 39**

**Chapter 4 61**

**Chapter 5 79**

**Chapter 6 89**

**Chapter 7 107**

**Chapter 8 119**

Aquatic Plants as Bioremediators in Pollution Abatement of Heavy Metals *by Aaltharackal Vikraman Meera, Manorama Thampatti KC, Jacob John,* 

*by Eustace Fernando, Godfrey Kyazze, Ahmed Ahsan and Pavithra Fernando*

Degradation Process of Herbicides in Biochar-Amended Soils:

*Rodrigo Nogueira de Sousa and Bruna Aparecida de Paula Medeiros*

Effects of Biochar in Soil and Water Remediation: A Review

Pesticide Residues: Impacts on Fauna and the Environment *by Muzafar Riyaz, Rauf Ahmad Shah and Kuppusamy Sivasankaran*

Persistant Organic Pollutants in Soil and Its Phytoremediation *by Mahima Begum, Bhaswati Sarmah, Gayatri Goswami Kandali, Sontara Kalita, Ipsita Ojha, Raktim Bhagawati and Lipika Talukdar*

*by Nibal Khaleel Mousa, Abdul-Jabbar Ali and Maha Hussein*

Biodegradation by Fungi for Humans and Plants Nutrition

Expedited Biodegradation of Organic Pollutants and Refractory

Impact on Persistence and Remediation

*by Kamila Cabral Mielke, Kassio Ferreira Mendes,* 

*by Adelaide Perdigão and José Luís da Silva Pereira*

*Bacillus megaterium* Biodegradation Glyphosate

*by Chandan Singh and Deepak Vyas*

*Bhadra Sudha and Abdulmajeed Sajeena*

Compounds Using Bio-Electrochemical Systems
