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Bioremediation of HCH- and PNP-contaminated Soils by Bioaugmentation: Proof of Concept at Pilot Scale
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| Coordinating organisation: | Indo-Swiss Collaboration in Biotechnology |
| Description: | Pesticide residues in Indian agricultural soils due to extensive and sometimes indiscriminate use still pose a serious problem for the production and export of agricultural goods. The proposed project deals with the technology for the decontamination of HCH (hexachlorocyclohexane) and methyl parathion/PNP (p-nitrophenol)-contaminated soil developed in the previous ISCB-project. The technology is based on bioaugmentation of soil with the pesticide-degrading bacterial strains Sphingomonas paucimobilis B90A and Arthrobacter protophormiae RKJ100 that degrade HCH isomers and PNP, respectively. The concepts developed during the previous project for bioremediation by bioaugmentation of HCH- and PNP-contaminated soil will now be tested in pot and small field-scale experiments. At the end of the project it is expected that a cheap technology is available to decontaminate HCH- and PNP-contaminated soils and that the limits of the technology concerning pesticide residue concentrations and soil parameters are known. |
| Budget (in &euro): | 148000 |
| Internet: | Projects Link |
| Start: | 2005-01-01 |
| End: | 2007-08-31 |
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| ARD-theme: | soil |
| Target country: | India |
| Activity: | training research |
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| Donor organisations: | 1 |
| Participating organisations: | 6 |
| Programmes funding: | 1 |
| Last editing: | 2006-06-08 12:05:10 |