Sfoglia per Soggetto "soil quality"

Challenges in microbially and chelate-assisted phytoextraction of cadmium and lead – A review

Gul I., Manzoor M., Hashim N., Shah G.M., Waani S.P.T., Shahid M., Antoniadis V., Rinklebe J., Arshad M. (2021)

Cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) are ubiquitously present in surface soils, due to anthropogenic activities, causing threat to ecological and human health because of their carcinogenic nature. They accumulate in large quantities ...

Co-composted biochar derived from rice straw and sugarcane bagasse improved soil properties, carbon balance, and zucchini growth in a sandy soil: A trial for enhancing the health of low fertile arid soils

Farid I.M., Siam H.S., Abbas M.H.H., Mohamed I., Mahmoud S.A., Tolba M., Abbas H.H., Yang X., Antoniadis V., Rinklebe J., Shaheen S.M. (2022)

Sustainable management of low fertile arid soils using carbon-rich organic amendments such as biochar and compost is of great concern from both agricultural and environmental points of view. The impact of pyrolysis, ...

A conceptual business model for an agroforestry consulting company

Vrahnakis M., Nasiakou S., Kazoglou Y., Blanas G. (2016)

While socioeconomic and environmental benefits of agroforestry are widely appreciated in the tropics, they were almost neglected from the plans for agronomic development implemented up to early 2000 as set by major policy ...

Effects of sheep bone biochar on soil quality, maize growth, and fractionation and phytoavailability of Cd and Zn in a mining-contaminated soil

Azeem M., Ali A., Arockiam Jeyasundar P.G.S., Bashir S., Hussain Q., Wahid F., Ali E.F., Abdelrahman H., Li R., Antoniadis V., Rinklebe J., Shaheen S.M., Li G., Zhang Z. (2021)

Biochar prepared from various feedstock materials has been utilized in recent years as a potential stabilizing agent for heavy metals in smelter-contaminated soils. However, the effectiveness of animal bone-derived biochar ...

Green remediation of toxic metals contaminated mining soil using bacterial consortium and Brassica juncea

Jeyasundar P.G.S.A., Ali A., Azeem M., Li Y., Guo D., Sikdar A., Abdelrahman H., Kwon E., Antoniadis V., Mani V.M., Shaheen S.M., Rinklebe J., Zhang Z. (2021)

Microorganism-assisted phytoremediation is being developed as an efficient green approach for management of toxic metals contaminated soils and mitigating the potential human health risk. The capability of plant growth ...

Herbal plants- and rice straw-derived biochars reduced metal mobilization in fishpond sediments and improved their potential as fertilizers

Mehmood S., Ahmed W., Alatalo J.M., Mahmood M., Imtiaz M., Ditta A., Ali E.F., Abdelrahman H., Slaný M., Antoniadis V., Rinklebe J., Shaheen S.M., Li W. (2022)

Fishpond sediments are rich in organic carbon and nutrients; thus, they can be used as potential fertilizers and soil conditioners. However, sediments can be contaminated with toxic elements (TEs), which have to be immobilized ...

Partial grazing exclusion as strategy to reduce land degradation in the traditional brazilian faxinal system: Field data and farmers' perceptions

Antoneli V., Fernández M.P., de Oliveira T., Lozano-Parra J., Bednarz J.A., Vrahnakis M., García-Marín R. (2020)

Land degradation is becoming a serious concern for the sustainability of traditional agrosilvopastoral systems such as the Brazilian faxinal. The IAP (Environmental Institute of the Federal State of Parana) is favoring the ...

Soil quality characteristics of traditional agroforestry systems in Mouzaki area, central Greece

Kokkora M.I., Vrahnakis M., Kleftoyanni V. (2022)

Agroforestry systems (AFS) are characterized by growing trees and crops on the same area, aiming at sustainable production and better natural resources management, whilst potentially contributing to climate change mitigation. ...

Streptomyces pactum addition to contaminated mining soils improved soil quality and enhanced metals phytoextraction by wheat in a green remediation trial

Ali A., Guo D., Li Y., Shaheen S.M., Wahid F., Antoniadis V., Abdelrahman H., Al-Solaimani S.G., Li R., Tsang D.C.W., Rinklebe J., Zhang Z. (2021)

Streptomyces pactum (Act12), an agent of a gentle in situ remediation approach, has been recently used in few works in phytoextraction trials; however, the impact of Act12 on soil quality and metal phytoavailability has ...