Pesticide contamination in agro-ecosystems: toxicity, impacts, and bio-based management strategies

UP Dhuldhaj, R Singh, VK Singh - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2023 - Springer
Continuous rise in application of pesticides in the agro-ecosystems in order to ensure food
supply to the ever-growing population is of greater concern to the human health and the …

Bioremediation: an emerging effective approach towards environment restoration

V Pande, SC Pandey, D Sati, V Pande… - Environmental …, 2020 - Springer
Environmental pollution and its remediation are one of the major problems around the
globe. Broad varieties of pollutants viz. pesticides, hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and dyes …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial communities in the plant phyllosphere harbour distinct responders to a broad-spectrum pesticide

X Chen, WA Wicaksono, G Berg, T Cernava - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pesticide application can be accompanied by harmful non-target effects that affect humans,
animals, as well as whole ecosystems. However, such effects remain mainly unaddressed in …

Evolution of atrazine-degrading capabilities in the environment

N Udiković-Kolić, C Scott, F Martin-Laurent - Applied microbiology and …, 2012 - Springer
Since their first introduction in the mid 1950s, man-made s-triazine herbicides such as
atrazine have extensively been used in agriculture to control broadleaf weed growth in …

Pesticide bioremediation in liquid media using a microbial consortium and bacteria-pure strains isolated from a biomixture used in agricultural areas

VR Góngora-Echeverría, R García-Escalante… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microorganisms' role in pesticide degradation has been studied widely. Insitu treatments of
effluents containing pesticides such as biological beds (biobeds) are efficient biological …

Rapid biodegradation of atrazine by Ensifer sp. strain and its degradation genes

L Ma, S Chen, J Yuan, P Yang, Y Liu… - International …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract A bacterial strain (CX-T) capable of utilizing atrazine as a nitrogen source for growth
was isolated from an industrial soil sample via enrichment culture. The isolate was identified …

Agronomic and environmental implications of enhanced s‐triazine degradation

L Jason Krutz, DL Shaner, MA Weaver… - Pest Management …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Novel catabolic pathways enabling rapid detoxification of s‐triazine herbicides have been
elucidated and detected at a growing number of locations. The genes responsible for s …

New aspects on atrazine biodegradation

L Sene, A Converti, GAR Secchi… - Brazilian Archives of …, 2010 - SciELO Brasil
The world practice of using agrochemicals for long periods, in an indiscriminated and
abusive way, has been a concern of the authorities involved in public health and …

Study on the isolation of two atrazine-degrading bacteria and the development of a microbial agent

J Zhu, L Fu, C **, Z Meng, N Yang - Microorganisms, 2019 - mdpi.com
Two bacteria capable of efficiently degrading atrazine were isolated from soil, and named
ATLJ-5 and ATLJ-11. ATLJ-5 and ATLJ-11 were identified as Bacillus licheniformis and …

Pseudomonas sp. ZXY-1, a newly isolated and highly efficient atrazine-degrading bacterium, and optimization of biodegradation using response surface methodology

X Zhao, L Wang, F Ma, S Bai, J Yang, S Qi - Journal of Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atrazine, a widely used herbicide, is increasing the agricultural production effectively, while
also causing great environmental concern. Efficient atrazine-degrading bacterium is …