Intro; Contents; About the Editors; 1: Nanobiotechnology Approaches for Crop Protection; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Nanoparticles Against Pathogens; 1.3 Nanoparticles for Plant Disease Suppression; 1.4 Nano-encapsulated Phytoextracts for the Control of Pest; 1.5 Nanoparticles in Bioremediation; 1.6 Nanosystems in Biofertilizers; 1.7 Conclusions; References; 2: Roles of Plants and Bacteria in Bioremediation of Petroleum in Contaminated Soils; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Fate of Petroleum in Soil; 2.3 Use Bacteria in Bioremediation; 2.3.1 Thermophilic Bacteria; 2.3.2 Bacterial Populations

2.3.3 Bioaugmentation2.3.4 Effects of Abiotic Factors; 2.3.4.1 Temperature; 2.3.4.2 pH; 2.3.4.3 Other Factors; 2.3.5 Genetic Engineering; 2.3.6 Tracking GMB; 2.4 Phytoremediation: Role of Plants; 2.4.1 The Rhizosphere; 2.4.2 Potential Use of Plants; 2.4.3 Plant-Bacteria Interactions; 2.4.4 Limitations of Petroleum Phytoremediation; 2.5 Conclusion; References; 3: Recent Advances in Microbial Remediation of Textile Azo Dyes; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Toxicity of Azo Dyes; 3.3 Biodegradation Azo Dyes; 3.3.1 Reduction of Azo Dye; 3.3.2 Degradation of Aromatic Amines; 3.3.3 Decolourisation

3.4 Congo Red, Bordeaux, Ranocid Fast Blue and Blue3.4.1 Reactive Red Black 5, Reactive Orange 16, Disperse Red 78 and Direct Red 81; 3.4.2 Reactive Black-B; 3.4.3 Reactive Blue 160; 3.4.4 C.I. Remazol Red; 3.4.5 Acid Maroon V; 3.4.6 Red 3BN; 3.4.7 Reactive Violet 5R; 3.4.8 Methyl Red; 3.4.9 Acid Orange 10; 3.4.10 Hexavalent Chromium and Reactive Black-5; 3.4.11 Metanil Yellow; 3.4.12 Remazol Black-B; 3.4.13 Scarlet R; 3.4.14 Reactive Yellow 107, Reactive Red 198, Reactive Black-5 and Direct Blue 71; 3.5 Conclusion and Future Prospective; References

4: Application of Plant-Microbe Interactions in Contaminated Agroecosystem Management4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions; 4.3 Harmful Plant-Microbe Interactions; 4.4 The Role of Plant Signal Molecules in Plant-Microbe Interactions; 4.5 Role of Microbial Signal Molecules in Plant-Microbe Interactions; 4.6 Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Signals; 4.7 Management of Contaminants in Agroecosystem; 4.8 Advances in Microbial Bioremediation; 4.9 Advances in Phytoremediation; 4.10 Relevance of Plant-Microbe Interactions to Agroecosystem

4.11 Plant-Microbe Interactions in Management of Phytopathogens4.12 Plant-Microbe Interactions for Enhanced Phytoremediation of Contaminants; 4.12.1 Organic Acids; 4.12.2 Biosurfactants; 4.12.3 Bioaccumulation/Biosorption; 4.12.4 Bioexclusion; 4.12.5 Bioleaching; 4.12.6 Oxidation and Reduction of Metals; 4.13 Conclusion; References; 5: Phytoremediation for the Elimination of Metals, Pesticides, PAHs, and Other Pollutants from Wastewater and Soil; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Phytoremediation of Soil; 5.3 Soil Phytoremediation Process; 5.3.1 Phytostimulation (Biodegradation of Enhanced Rhizosphere); 5.3.2 Phytoextraction or Phytoaccumulation