Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment

1. Xenobiotics, Types, and Mode of Action
Abdul Qadir, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Adeel Mahmood

2. Atmospheric Pollutants and Its Transport Mechanisms in Soil Along the Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau, and Its Surroundings: A Brief Note
Dambaru Ballab Kattel, Kalim Ullah, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Lekhendra Tripathee, Ashutosh Mohanty, Tandong Yao

3. HCH and DDT Residues in Indian Soil: Atmospheric Input and Risk Assessment
Paromita Chakraborty, Sanjenbam Nirmala Khuman, Bhupandar Kumar, Bommanna Loganathan

4. Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) in Soil: Occurrence, Fate, and Effects
Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Adeel Mahmood, Dambaru Ballab Kattel, Sohaib Khan, Ahmad Hasnain, Zulkifl Ahmed

5. Human Being as Biomonitor of Soil Xenobiotics
Atif Kamal, Riffat Naseem Malik

6. Use of Earthworms in Biomonitoring of Soil Xenobiotics
Muhammad Dawood, Abdul Wahid, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Sidra Mukhtar, Zaffar Malik

7. Emerging Metagenomic Strategies for Assessing Xenobiotic Contaminated Sites
Srujana Kathi

8. An Overview of Extraction, Clean-up and Instrumentation Techniques for Quantification of Soil-Bound Xenobiotic Compounds
Srujana Kathi

9. Xenobiotics in the Food Chain: Quantitative Analysis, Toxic Impact, and Usage History
Adeel Mahmood, Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Abdul Qadir

10. Biphasic Dose–Response Phenomenon Induced by Xenobiotics and Its Application in Soil Risk Assessment
Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi, Adeel Mehmood, Sohaib Khan, Ahmad Hasnain, Zulkifl Ahmed

11. Agrochemicals and Soil Microbes: Interaction for Soil Health
Zaffar Malik, Maqshoof Ahmad, Ghulam Hassan Abassi, Muhammad Dawood, Azhar Hussain, Moazzam Jamil

12. Soil Microbial and Enzymatic Diversity as Affected by the Presence of Xenobiotics
Liliana Gianfreda, Maria A. Rao

13. Current Approaches for the Assessment of In Situ Remediation of Xenobiotics
Safdar Bashir, Zeshan, Waseem Hassan, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Irshad Bibi, Niaz Ahmad

14. Transgenic Approaches for Building Plant Armor and Weaponry to Combat Xenobiotic Pollutants: Current Trends and Future Prospects
Umesh B. Jagtap, Vishwas A. Bapat

15. Bioavailability/Phytostabilization of Xenobiotics in Soil
Biljana Balabanova

16. Biodegradation of Xenobiotics in Soil by Fungi
Fariha Khan, Abida Farooqi, Mazhar Iqbal Zafar

17. The Use of Enzymes in Bioremediation of Soil Xenobiotics
Anna Piotrowska-Długosz

18. Soil Xenobiotics and Their Phyto-chemical Remediation
Haythum M. Salem, Ali Abdel-Salam, Mohamed A. Abdel-Salam, Mahmoud F. Seleiman

19. Soil–PCB–PGPR Interactions in Changing Climate Scenarios
Saeed Ahmad Asad

20. Impact of Biochar on Soil Fertility and Behaviour of Xenobiotics in Soil
Hossain M Anawar, Vladimir Strezov, Farjana Akter, Md Abdul Kader, Zakaria M. Solaiman

21. Environmental Biodegradation of Xenobiotics: Role of Potential Microflora
Manoj Kumar, Ram Prasad, Pankaj Goyal, Priyanku Teotia, Narendra Tuteja, Ajit Varma, Vivek Kumar

22. Biotransformation of Xenobiotic Compounds: Microbial Approach
Rupesh Kumar Basniwal, Nim J. Singh, Manoj Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Narendra Tuteja, Ajit Varma, Pankaj Goyal

23. Environmental Bioremediation: Biodegradation of Xenobiotic Compounds
Pankaj Goyal, Rupesh Kumar Basniwal

24. Prominences on Xenobiotic Degradation Underneath of Ecological Sanitary
Vivek Kumar, Ram Prasad, Pankaj Goyal, Narendra Tuteja, Joginder Singh, Ajit Varma, Manoj Kumar

Keywords: Life Sciences, Agriculture, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis, Soil Science & Conservation, Applied Microbiology, Ecotoxicology