Biochar as a tool for effective management of drought and heavy metal toxicity

S Mansoor, N Kour, S Manhas, S Zahid, OA Wani… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Drought and heavy metal stress undesirably disturb soil fertility and plant growth. Heavy
metals pose severe biological toxic effects. Biochar, a carbon rich source application …

Clay mineral adsorbents for heavy metal removal from wastewater: a review

S Gu, X Kang, L Wang, E Lichtfouse… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2019 - Springer
Heavy metal pollution such as water contamination by Pb, Hg, Cu, Cd and Cr ions is
induced by rapid urbanization and industrialization and is a major threat to human health …

The use of zeolites as an addition to fertilisers–A review

R Jarosz, J Szerement, K Gondek, M Mierzwa-Hersztek - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Zeolites are porous aluminosilicates with a crystalline structure that contain a system of
interconnected chambers and channels. The geometrical parameters of zeolites are one of …

A review on the adsorption of heavy metals by clay minerals, with special focus on the past decade

MK Uddin - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Adsorption has been proved to be the best process of water treatment because of its
significant advantages. Clays and their minerals are abundant and cheap material …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metal stress, signaling, and tolerance due to plant-associated microbes: an overview

S Tiwari, C Lata - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Several anthropogenic activities including mining, modern agricultural practices, and
industrialization have long-term detrimental effect on our environment. All these factors lead …

[HTML][HTML] Bioavailability of heavy metals in soil: impact on microbial biodegradation of organic compounds and possible improvement strategies

AO Olaniran, A Balgobind, B Pillay - International journal of molecular …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Co-contamination of the environment with toxic chlorinated organic and heavy metal
pollutants is one of the major problems facing industrialized nations today. Heavy metals …

Cadmium removal and recovery from aqueous solutions by novel adsorbents prepared from orange peel and Fe2O3 nanoparticles

VK Gupta, A Nayak - Chemical engineering journal, 2012 - Elsevier
An agricultural waste-orange peel powder (OPP) was successfully modified into a novel
magnetic nano-adsorbent (MNP–OPP) by co-precipitating it with Fe3O4 nanoparticles …

Kinetics of adsorption of metal ions on inorganic materials: a review

SS Gupta, KG Bhattacharyya - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
It is necessary to establish the rate law of adsorbate–adsorbent interactions to understand
the mechanism by which the solute accumulates on the surface of a solid and gets adsorbed …

Mitigating abiotic stress: microbiome engineering for improving agricultural production and environmental sustainability

M Phour, SS Sindhu - Planta, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Main Conclusion The responses of plants to different abiotic stresses and
mechanisms involved in their mitigation are discussed. Production of osmoprotectants …

Recent developments on nanotechnology in agriculture: plant mineral nutrition, health, and interactions with soil microflora

GA Achari, M Kowshik - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Plant mineral nutrition is important for obtaining higher agricultural productivity to meet the
future demands of the increasing global human population. It is envisaged that …