Haider Khazal Nazal

Al-Mustansiriya University · Department of History

Dear Researcher/Scientist I hope this e-mail finds you well! As book editors for Elsevier Press, we (Dr. Allah Ditta, Department of Environmental Sciences, Shaheed BB University Sheringal, Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; Dr. Sajid Mehmood, Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China; Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz, Soil and Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan and Prof. Dr. Mike S. Tu, Microelement Research Centre, College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China) are happy to invite you and your colleagues to contribute reviews/chapters to the upcoming book “Bio-organic amendments for heavy metal remediation: water, soil and plant approaches and technologies” to be published by Elsevier, 50 Hampshire Street, Cambridge MA 02139, USA. The book proposal has already been accepted by the Elsevier Press and scheduled for publication by the end of October 2023. We invite microbiologists, biotechnologists, and experts in the field of crop production especially involved in the bioremediation of heavy metals contaminated wastewaters and soils to contribute reviews/chapters to the above said book, for the benefit of research community. If you are interested in this venture, you may submit your proposed title with an abstract, contributing author list, and table of contents by replying this email. The topics may be selected from the following contents given or closely related to the topic. Clean up of heavy metals using ecotechnologies: 1 – Water Environment i. Heavy metals contamination of waters worldwide and their perspectives for remediation through ecotechnologies ii. Factors affecting the remediation of waters worldwide through ecotechnologies iii. Bioremediation of heavy metals from wastewater: a current perspective on microalgae-based future iv. Microalgal bioremediation of heavy metal pollution in water: Recent advances, challenges, and prospects v. The Utilization of Algae and Seaweed Biomass for Bioremediation of Heavy Metal-Contaminated Wastewater vi. Biosorption and removal of toxic heavy metals by metal tolerating bacteria for bioremediation of metal contamination: A comprehensive review vii. Efficacious bioremediation of heavy metals and radionuclides from wastewater employing aquatic macro- and macrophytes viii. Bioremediation of cadmium polluted soil using a novel cadmium immobilizing plant growth promotion strain Bacillus sp. TZ5 loaded on biochar ix. Bioremediation of heavy metals from industrial effluents by endophytes and their metabolic activity: Recent advances x. Influences of biochar on bioremediation/phytoremediation potential of metal-contaminated soils xi. Critical review on microbial community during in-situ bioremediation of heavy metals from industrial wastewater xii. Bioremediation of Heavy Metals and Toxic Chemicals from Muttukadu Lake, Chennai by Biosurfactant and Biomass Treatment Strategies xiii. Bacterial Biosorbents, an Efficient Heavy Metals Green Clean-Up Strategy: Prospects, Challenges, and Opportunities xiv. Toxicity and Bioremediation of Heavy Metals Contaminated Ecosystem from Tannery Wastewater: A Review xv. Bioreduction and biosorption of chromium by Undaria pinntifida Edgardo Ruben Donati xvi. Microorganisms relevant to bioremediation Kazuya Watanabe xvii. Resistant fungi isolated from contaminated uranium mine in Brazil shows a high capacity to uptake uranium from water xviii. Case studies and policy and regulatory aspects for heavy metals remediation of contaminated waters from different countries Clean up of heavy metals using ecotechnologies: 2 – Soil Environment i. Heavy metals contamination of world soils and their perspectives for remediation through ecotechnologies ii. Factors affecting the remediation of soils worldwide through ecotechnologies iii. Role of organic amendments on enhanced bioremediation of heavy metal(loid) contaminated soils iv. Bioremediation of diesel oil in a co-contaminated soil by bioaugmentation with a microbial formula tailored with native strains selected for heavy metals resistance v. Microbially Mediated Remediation of Contaminated Sediments by Heavy Metals: A Critical Review vi. Bioremediation Capacity of Edaphic Cyanobacteria Nostoc linckia for Chromium in Association with Other Heavy-Metals-Contaminated Soils vii. Biosurfactant is a powerful tool for the bioremediation of heavy metals from contaminated soils viii. Functional microbiome strategies for the bioremediation of petroleum-hydrocarbon and heavy metal contaminated soils: A review ix. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi as a potential tool for bioremediation of heavy metals in contaminated soil x. Bioremediation of Heavy Metal Ions Contaminated Soil xi. Uranium (U) source, speciation, uptake, toxicity and bioremediation strategies in soil-plant system: A review xii. Application of Technological Solutions for Bioremediation of Soils Contaminated with Heavy Metals xiii. PGPR assisted bioremediation of heavy metals and nutrient accumulation in Zea mays under saline sodic soil xiv. Genetically engineered microbial remediation of soils co-contaminated by heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: Advances and ecological risk assessment xv. A critical review on various remediation approaches for heavy metal contaminants removal from contaminated soils xvi. Understanding the holistic approach to plant-microbe remediation technologies for removing heavy metals and radionuclides from soil xvii. Nickel in terrestrial biota: Comprehensive review on contamination, toxicity, tolerance and its remediation approaches xviii. Microbial diversity and bioremediation of rhizospheric soils from Trindade Island – Brazil xix. Case studies and policy and regulatory aspects for heavy metals remediation of contaminated soils from different countries If you are interested in contributing to the volume in question, kindly reserve your topic immediately (first come first serve basis). Thereafter send a tentative Abstract (maximum of 200 words) of your intended chapter, mentioning the name of authors and their affiliation (e-mail address of the corresponding author) to the undersigned at ad_abs@yahoo.com or allah.ditta@sbbu.edu.pk on or before February 10, 2023. You may edit/modify abstract, at the time of final book chapter submission. Publication in this book is free of cost and acceptance will be based purely on the merit/quality of the manuscript after adequate review by another subject expert. The deadline for chapter submission is Oct 01, 2023. Author benefits: (i) Publication in this book is free of cost (ii) The Publisher will give the senior Contributor of each Contribution one (1) print copy of the Work, free of charge. Once chapter titles approved, I will send you author guidelines and sample chapter. Thank you for your time and with best regards, Allah Ditta ======================

Dear Researcher/Scientist I hope this e-mail finds you well! As a book editors for CRC Press, we (Dr. Allah Ditta, Department of Environmental Sciences, Shaheed BB University Sheringal, Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan; Dr. Sajid Mehmood, Key Laboratory of Agro-Forestry Environmental Processes and Ecological Regulation of Hainan Province, Hainan University, Haikou, 570228, China and Prof. Azamal Husen, Wolaita Sodo University, PO Box 138 Wolaita, Ethiopia) are happy to invite you and your colleagues to contribute reviews/chapters to the upcoming book “Symbiotic Association of Microorganisms with Medicinal and Herbal Plants” to be published by CRC Press, Florida, USA. The book proposal has already been accepted by the CRC Press and scheduled for publication by the end of July 2023. We invite microbiologists, biotechnologists, and experts in the field of crop production especially involved in the production of medicinal and herbal plants, product formulation, etc. to contribute reviews/chapters to the above said book, for the benefit of research community. If you are interested in this venture, you may submit your proposed title with an abstract, contributing author list, and table of contents by replying this email. The topics may be selected from the following contents given or closely related to the topic. 1. Symbiotic association of microbes with medicinal and herbal plants 2. Associations between root-inhabiting fungi and 40 species of medicinal plants with potential applications in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries 3. Roles of plant-associated microbiota in traditional herbal medicine 4. Core microbiome of Salvia miltiorrhiza Seed: A rich reservoir of beneficial microbes for secondary metabolism? 5. Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis enhances photosynthesis in the medicinal herb Salvia fruticosa by improving photosystem II photochemistry 6. The role of endophytes in secondary metabolites accumulation in medicinal plants under abiotic stress 7. The mechanism and the application of microbial elicitor induced secondary metabolites biosynthesis in medicinal plants 8. Plant growth-promoting activities for bacterial and fungal endophytes isolated from medicinal plant of Teucrium polium L. 9. Linking endophytic fungi to medicinal plants therapeutic activity. A case study on asteraceae 10. Induction of abiotic stress tolerance in plants by endophytic microbes 11. Research advances of beneficial microbiota associated with medicinal and herbal plants 12. Endophytic fungi from medicinal plants: biodiversity and biotechnological applications 13. Role of microbes in medicinal plants’ health, disease, and abiotic stress management 14. The microbial symbionts: Potential for medicinal and herbal plants’ improvement under recent climate change scenario 15. Microbial natural products in drug discovery 16. Bioprospecting of South African Plants as a unique resource for bioactive endophytic microbes 17. The fungal endobiome of medicinal plants: A prospective source of bioactive metabolites 18. Medicinal plants with phytotoxic activity harbor endophytic bacteria with plant growth inhibitory properties 19. Interaction between Piriformospora indica and Azotobacter chroococcum diminish the effect of salt stress in Artemisia annua L. by enhancing enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants 20. Interactions between Endophytes and Plants: Beneficial Effect of Endophytes to Ameliorate Biotic and Abiotic Stresses in Plants If you are interested in contributing to the volume in question, kindly reserve your topic immediately (first come first serve basis). Thereafter send a tentative Abstract (maximum of 200 words) of your intended chapter, mentioning the name of authors and their affiliation (e-mail address of the corresponding author) to the undersigned at ad_abs@yahoo.com or allah.ditta@sbbu.edu.pk on or before February 5, 2023. You may edit/modify abstract, at the time of final book chapter submission. Publication in this book is free of cost and acceptance will be based purely on the merit/quality of the manuscript after adequate review by another subject expert. The deadline for chapter submission is May 20, 2023. Author benefits: (i) Publication in this book is free of cost (ii) The Publisher will give the senior Contributor of each Contribution one (1) print copy of the Work, free of charge. Once chapter titles approved, I will send you author guidelines and sample chapter. Thank you for your time and with best regards, Allah Ditta ======================

Dear Colleagues, This Special Issue will focus on the use of sustainable approaches for plant conservation under emerging pollutant stress. Due to urbanization and industrialization, various emerging pollutants have come to the attention of researchers around the world. These pollutants include heavy metals, antibiotics, personal care products, pesticides, microplastics, and various others. These pollutants have detrimental effects on the growth, physiological, and biochemical parameters of plants. Various studies have reported the use of organic and inorganic amendments to protect plants under the abovementioned abiotic stresses. However, these testimonials are mostly under controlled conditions. In addition, the elucidation of mechanistic coping approaches is lacking in the recent literature. Therefore, the present Special Issue will focus on the integrated novel approaches (biological, physical, and chemical) used for plant conservation under emerging pollutants. The Special Issue will also include studies involving the mechanistic elucidation of approaches used to cope with these stresses and under natural conditions. Co-contamination is a recent emerging issue which needs special attention. Reports on sustainable integrated approaches involving the abatement of co-contamination are also of interest for this Special Issue. Dr. Allah Ditta Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz Dr. Sajid Mehmood Guest Editors Manuscript Submission Information Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Sustainability is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI. Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions. Keywords heavy metals antibiotic stress organic amendments heavy metal-resistant PGPR bioremediation phytoremediation biofertilizers nanomaterials biochar zeolites co-contamination integrated approaches to combat different pollutants Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2023