Plant Responses to Xenobiotics, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016

This book is compilation of studies related with the xenobiotics i.e. chemical or other substance that is not normally found in the ecosystems and get accumulated at higher concentration in the biological system due to rampant industrialisation and urbanisation activities. This book has tried to give information on various issues to give comprehensive and concise knowledge of the recent advancement in the field of environmental xenobiotics and how it disturbs the plants metabolism. Other key features of the book are related to xenobiotic toxicity and detoxification mechanism, biochemical tools toward its remediation processes, molecular mechanism for xenobiotics detoxification and effect on metallomics. It also focuses on recent development in the field of waste water remediation concerned with the xenobiotics involvement.  This book is different in such a way that it includes all the initial information along with the new researches. It includes the description of problem along with its solution. This volume describe the effects of xenobiotics at different levels i.e. biochemical, physiological and molecular, giving the details on signaling pathways to modify the responses of xenobiotics in plant system. Thus, it gives confirming crosstalk between xenobiotic effects and signalling pathways.

This book includes description about both the organic contaminants such as pesticides, solvents and petroleum products as well as inorganic xenobiotics that include heavy metals, non-metals, metalloids, and simple soluble salts. Here the plant is main objective and that have to deal with these kinds of compounds either by avoiding accumulation of these compounds or by exhibiting several enzymatic reactions for detoxification including oxidation, reduction, and conjugation reactions. Affected plants exhibit several enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidant and other reactions for detoxification of ROS including oxidation, reduction, hydrolysis and conjugation reactions. The book focuses on different forms and sources of xenobiotics including organic and inorganic xenobiotics. The matter of this book will definitely increase the knowledge about the impacts of xenobiotics on plants system. There must be potentially broad readership who could find this fruitful for their study as well as for their research. As this book has balance between basic plant physiology and toxicity caused by the xenobiotics so it can be widely used in several disciplines.

Overall, the book will bring deep knowledge in the field of xenobiotics toxicity in plants during recent years and it is definitely a compilation of interesting information which isn't fully covered elsewhere in the current market.

Chapter 1.  Environmental Xenobiotics and its Effects on Natural Ecosystem.- Chapter 2. Regulation of Heavy Metals in Plant: An Overview.- Chapter 3. Xenobiotics Regulation in Higher Plants:  Signaling and Detoxification.- Chapter 4. Metabolic Responses of Pesticides in Plants and their Ameliorative Processes.- Chapter 5. Assessment of Antioxidant Potential in Plants in Response to Heavy Metals.- Chapter 6. Heavy Metals and their Interaction with Physiological Processes of Plants: With Special Reference to Photosynthetic System.- Chapter 7. Impact, Metabolism and Toxicity of Heavy Metals in Plants.- Chapter 8. Heavy Metal Accumulation Potential and Tolerance in Tree and Grass Species.- Chapter 9. Microbes Mediated Management of Organic Xenobiotic Pollutants in Agricultural  Lands.- Chapter 10. Metals from Mining and Metallurgical Industries and their Toxicological Impacts on     Plants.- Chapter 11. The Risk Associated With the Xenobiotics Released Through Wastewater Reuse.- Chapter 12: Silver Nanoparticle in Agro-ecosystem: Applicability on Plant and Risk benefit assessment.- Chapter 13. The Significance of Plant Associated Microbial Rhizosphere for the Degradation of Xenobiotic Compounds.- Chapter 14. Biodegradable Polyhydroxyalkanoate Thermoplastics Substituting Xenobiotic  Plastics: A Way Forward for Sustainable Environment.

Award-winning botanist Anita Singh is developing economically viable soil remediation techniques and trying to mitigate the impact of heavy metals on plant physiology, plant yield and human health.

Dr. Anita Singh is currently working as a Young Scientist in University of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Research focus: Irrigation water as a source of heavy metal contamination in vegetable crops; soil remediation

Today a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Allahabad, India, Singh is now focusing her efforts on sustainable solutions to the problem. Because many conventional soil remediation technologies have proven expensive and disruptive, Singh is developing cost-effective techniques for reducing the bioavailability of heavy metals and mitigating their impact on plant physiology, plant yield and human health.

Awards:

• Winner of the 2012 BMBF-“Green Talents” Competition for Young Scientist organized by Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany.

First Prize in paper presentation in the conference organized by Indian Science congress Association, Allahabad Chapter, department of Chemistry, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 2013.

International Alice J. Murphy Outstanding Achievement Award for excellence in Research and Education leading to better Understanding of the Ecology of the Tropics 2007.

Qualified joint CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for Lectureship 2004

Her List of publications is:

International

1.      Agrawal S. B.,

Singh A., Sharma R.K., Agrawal M. (2007). Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Vegetables: A Threat to Human Health. Terrestrial and Aquatic Toxicology, 1(2), 13-23.
2.      Anita Singh

, Rajesh Kumar Sharma, Madhooli

Comprehensively covers plant interaction with xenobiotics Illustrates biochemical pathways and genetic expressions in response to xenobiototic interference Demonstrates biochemical tools in remediation and detoxification of xenobiotics