• Dr. Raman Kumar Ravi
• Prof. M H Fulekar

The increasing use of various pesticides in vegetable field has resulted into contamination of soil leading to toxicity in the biological diversity. Bioremediation is found to be an effective technology for treatment of pesticides polluted soil using microbial consortium. In the present study, the soil samples were collected from the vegetable field of Alampur village, Gandhinagar district of Gujarat state, having repeated application of pesticides such as chlorpyrifos and methyl parathion. Isolation of pesticides degrading bacteria was carried out and the isolated bacteria were identified as Serratia sp., Bacillus sp., Moraxella sp., Photobacterium sp. and Ralstonia sp. The bacterial consortium (Bacillus sp., Moraxella sp. and Photobacterium sp.) was developed for bioremediation of commonly used pesticides namely chlorpyrifos and methyl parathion in Surface Soil Treatment Reactor (SSTR) under simulated environmental conditions. The analysis of pesticides degradation was performed by HPLC. The results of bioremediation of pesticides contaminated soil using bacterial consortium in surface soil treatment reactor show the 62.72 % degradation of chlorpyrifos and 65.99% degradation of methyl parathion within a period of 10 days.

Pesticides, Bioremediation, surface soil treatment reactor, microbial consortium.

"Bioremediation of Persistent Pesticides in Vegetable field Soil Environment using Microbial consortium", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 4, page no.k411-k421, April-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2504A52.pdf

"Bioremediation of Persistent Pesticides in Vegetable field Soil Environment using Microbial consortium", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 4, page no. ppk411-k421, April-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2504A52.pdf