Bioremediation of Aquatic Environment Using Weeds

Water is a resource that supports life and contamination of water resulting from anthropogenic activities, is a matter of concern worldwide. Water defects and contamination of existing water supplies threaten to be critical environmental issues today for agricultural, domestic and industrial uses....

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Main Authors: N. T. Yadu Raju, M. Madhavi, T. Ram Prakash
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Language:English
Published: Puspa Publishing House 2015-08-01
Series:International Journal of Economic Plants
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Online Access:https://ojs.pphouse.org/index.php/IJEP/article/view/4431
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description Water is a resource that supports life and contamination of water resulting from anthropogenic activities, is a matter of concern worldwide. Water defects and contamination of existing water supplies threaten to be critical environmental issues today for agricultural, domestic and industrial uses. Discharge of municipal sewage and industrial activities deteriorate water quality in urban areas. Synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides and plant residues released from agricultural activities change the water quality in rural areas. Aquatic plants grow profusely in lakes and waterways all over the world and in recent decades their negative effects have been magnified by man’s intensive use of water bodies. Eradication of the weeds has proved almost impossible and even reasonable control is difficult. Turning these weeds to productive use would be desirable if it would partly offset the costs involved in mechanical removal. Among other uses, there has been considerable interest in using aquatic plants for pollution control. Aquatic macrophyteshave been reported to be very efficient in accumulation of heavy metal ions from the water in which they are growing. Bioremedetion is a waste management technique that involves the use of organisms to remove or neutralize pollutants from a contaminated site. Bioremediation exploits the natural capability ofliving organisms to clean environment. It aids in transformation and degradation of contaminants into non-hazardous or less hazardous substances.
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spelling doaj-art-67f0d4bd8ffe4c25bbdc12673c0e7fe62025-08-20T02:39:19ZengPuspa Publishing HouseInternational Journal of Economic Plants2349-47352015-08-012Aug, 3Bioremediation of Aquatic Environment Using WeedsN. T. Yadu Raju0M. Madhavi1T. Ram Prakash2NAIP, Gujarat (364 290), IndiaPJTSAU, Hyderabad (500 030), IndiaPJTSAU, Hyderabad (500 030), India Water is a resource that supports life and contamination of water resulting from anthropogenic activities, is a matter of concern worldwide. Water defects and contamination of existing water supplies threaten to be critical environmental issues today for agricultural, domestic and industrial uses. Discharge of municipal sewage and industrial activities deteriorate water quality in urban areas. Synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides and plant residues released from agricultural activities change the water quality in rural areas. Aquatic plants grow profusely in lakes and waterways all over the world and in recent decades their negative effects have been magnified by man’s intensive use of water bodies. Eradication of the weeds has proved almost impossible and even reasonable control is difficult. Turning these weeds to productive use would be desirable if it would partly offset the costs involved in mechanical removal. Among other uses, there has been considerable interest in using aquatic plants for pollution control. Aquatic macrophyteshave been reported to be very efficient in accumulation of heavy metal ions from the water in which they are growing. Bioremedetion is a waste management technique that involves the use of organisms to remove or neutralize pollutants from a contaminated site. Bioremediation exploits the natural capability ofliving organisms to clean environment. It aids in transformation and degradation of contaminants into non-hazardous or less hazardous substances. https://ojs.pphouse.org/index.php/IJEP/article/view/4431Aquatic environment, Bioremediation, phytoremediation, weeds
spellingShingle N. T. Yadu Raju
M. Madhavi
T. Ram Prakash
Bioremediation of Aquatic Environment Using Weeds
International Journal of Economic Plants
Aquatic environment, Bioremediation, phytoremediation, weeds
title Bioremediation of Aquatic Environment Using Weeds
title_full Bioremediation of Aquatic Environment Using Weeds
title_fullStr Bioremediation of Aquatic Environment Using Weeds
title_full_unstemmed Bioremediation of Aquatic Environment Using Weeds
title_short Bioremediation of Aquatic Environment Using Weeds
title_sort bioremediation of aquatic environment using weeds
topic Aquatic environment, Bioremediation, phytoremediation, weeds
url https://ojs.pphouse.org/index.php/IJEP/article/view/4431
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