Algae Mediated Pesticides Bioremediation: Mechanisms, Approaches, Limitations, and Prospects for Future Research

Singh, Meenakshi; Unadkat, Krupa; Parikh, Punita; Chandrasekhar, K.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-97000-0_13

Meenakshi Singh^4,5,
Krupa Unadkat⁴,
Punita Parikh⁴ &
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K. Chandrasekhar⁶

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Abstract

The advent of the green revolution boosted agricultural practices’ use to suffice the food demand. However, due to their highly accumulative and permanent nature, the repeated use of pesticides caused significant environmental problems. Microalgae technology has recently made enormous progress in the effective treatments of contamination from pesticides. This chapter brings introductory insights on pesticides and their inevitable need in agricultural practices to control pest’s population. The global pesticide market share according to geographic region and their commercial consumption by the key manufacturers are discussed briefly. Based on previous research, the metabolic pathways involved in pesticide elimination are outlined in this chapter. Different strategies employed to increase the capability of algae to extract pesticides are discussed. Also, the reuse of algae biomass after pesticide removal for charcoal production and biodiesel production was also studied. Besides, we discuss probable future research lines to show the prospects for microalgae research in pesticide removal and value-added product manufacture.

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Singh, M., Unadkat, K., Parikh, P., Chandrasekhar, K. (2022). Algae Mediated Pesticides Bioremediation: Mechanisms, Approaches, Limitations, and Prospects for Future Research. In: Siddiqui, S., Meghvansi, M.K., Chaudhary, K.K. (eds) Pesticides Bioremediation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97000-0_13

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