1st Edition

Phytoremediation of Emerging Contaminants in Wetlands

By Prabhat Kumar Rai Copyright 2018
    246 Pages 70 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Phytoremediation with wetland plants is an eco-friendly, aesthetically pleasing, cost-effective, solar-driven, passive technique that is useful for cleaning up environmental pollutants with low to moderate levels of contamination.

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    Biography

    Dr. Prabhat Kumar Rai, is currently working as Assistant Professor at Mizoram University. He has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience. He has been awarded Young Scientist Award in 2012 for his exemplary work. He has published 104 research papers in renowned journals and 10 books with publishers such as Elsevier, Nova Science publishers and has contributed chapters in many books.