The management of mine tailings (MT) is commonly workload heavy, intrusive, and
expensive. Phytostabilization offers a promising approach for MT management; however, it …

Opencast mining removes topsoil and associated bacterial communities that play crucial
roles in soil ecosystem functioning. Understanding the community composition and …

Abandoned mining sites are a result of anthropogenic activity, which has increased
significantly in the recent past. As such, microbial populations and their biofilms in such …

The goal of this work was to evaluate the effects of fermented sugar beet residue and
inoculation with a native arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungus, Funneliformis mosseae (Nicol …

Morocco holds the vast majority of the world's phosphate reserves, but due to the processes
involved in extracting and commercializing these reserves, large quantities of de-structured …

Old mine waste repositories can present health and/or environmental issues linked to their
erosion, inducing dissemination of metals and metalloids in air and water that can be …

Soil heavy metal contamination resulting from mining activities constitutes a major
environmental problem worldwide. The spread of heavy metals is often facilitated by scarce …

Three plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB; Bacillus pumilus ES4, B. pumilus RIZO1, and
Azospirillum brasilense Cd) were tested for their ability to enhance plant growth and …

Mine tailings contain high concentrations of heavy metals such as As, Pb, Cu, Mn, and Fe,
which are detrimental to the health of humans and the environment. In tailings at the El …

Plantation of poor soils and naturally plant growth promotion studies have dominated recent
scientific trends owing to loss of productivity caused by increasing chemical pollution of soils …