Dr. Prasad is Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (India). He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy, and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Government of India’s Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as a member of various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist for several international universities.

• Part One: Introductory chapters 1. Modernization in agriculture: Use of agrochemicals2. Occurrence, sources, types and effects of agrochemicals on aquatic ecosystem a) Herbicides b) Insecticides c) Fungicides d) Soil fumigants, desiccants, harvest aids, and plant growth regulatorsPart Two: Environmental Impact3. Effects of agrochemicals on soil health and soil microbiology4. Agrochemicals and human health: a global view5. Acute systemic toxicity testing of agrochemical formulations6. Chemical fertilizers and pesticide: role in ground water contamination7. A green-analytical chemistry for agrochemical-residue analysis in vegetables8. Mixtures of agrochemicals in urban environment and their risks9. Indicators of toxicity of agrochemicals in environmentPart Three: Remediation10. Physical and chemical method used for abatement of chemical fertilizers and pesticides from aquatic and land ecosystem11. Bioremediation: a sustainable approach for remediation of agrochemicals (aerobic and anaerobic bacteria)12. Mycoremediation of agrochemicals (Fungal degradation)13. Earthworm assisted bioremediation of agrochemicals14. Genetically engineered microbes for remediation of wide range of agrochemicals15. Removal of agrochemicals by aquatic plantsPart Four: Advanced processes resource recovery to prevent pollution16. Nanotechnology and remediation of agrochemicals17. Removal of fluoride and calcium ions to recover phosphate from fertilizer industry wastewater18. Biomonitoring of genotoxicity of industrial fertilizer pollutants19. Fertilizer production from sewage sludge ash20. Phosphorus recovery from wastewater