Contents
Part I Reviews on Energy and Environment
1 A Review on Production, Properties, and Applications
of Microbial Surfactants as a Promising Biomolecule
for Environmental Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3
Kidist Mulugeta, M. Kamaraj, Mesfin Tafesse,
and J. Aravind
2 Hairy Roots as a Source for Phytoremediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Anil Kumar Moola, P. Balasubramanian, Lakkakula Satish,
Sasanala Shamili, Manikandan Ramesh, T. Senthil Kumar,
and B. D. Ranjitha Kumari
3 Pretreatment of Wheat Straw Using Ionic Liquids
for Bioethanol Production: A Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Ibsa Neme and Chandran Masi
4 Harnessing the Sustainable Bioresource, Cellulose at the Nanoscale
for Multifarious Environmental Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Ebrahim M. Abda and Rocktotpal Konwarh
5 Allelochemicals as Natural Herbicides for Sustainable
Agriculture to Promote a Cleaner Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Hemalatha Palanivel, Gebiyaw Tilaye, Sathish Kumar Belliathan,
Solomon Benor, Solomon Abera, and M. Kamaraj
6 Strategies and Limitations of Water Treatment Methods
for Point-of-Use Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
N. R. Srinivasan, M. Kamaraj, and S. Venkatesa Prabhu
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