Application of synthetic consortia for improvement of soil fertility, pollution remediation, and agricultural productivity: a review

P Chaudhary, M Xu, L Ahamad, A Chaudhary, G Kumar… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change, inadequate possessions, and land degradation all pose obstacles to
modern agriculture. In the current scenario, the agriculture industry is mainly dependent on …

Biochar for remediation of agrochemicals and synthetic organic dyes from environmental samples: A review

RK Gautam, M Goswami, RK Mishra, P Chaturvedi… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Application of agrochemicals in farming sector to control insects and pests; and use of
synthetic organic dyes to color the products are increasing continuously due to the rapid …

Bioremediation of Congo red dye in immobilized batch and continuous packed bed bioreactor by Brevibacillus parabrevis using coconut shell bio-char

MA Talha, M Goswami, BS Giri, A Sharma, BN Rai… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the present study, bacterial species capable of degrading colour waste were isolated from
the water bodies located near the carpet cluster in the Bhadohi district of UP, India. Among …

Biodegradation of chlorpyrifos using isolates from contaminated agricultural soil, its kinetic studies

M Farhan, M Ahmad, A Kanwal, ZA Butt, QF Khan… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Extensive pesticides use is negatively disturbing the environment and humans. Pesticide
bioremediation with eco-friendly techniques bears prime importance. This study evaluates …

Biodegradation of Congo red dye in a moving bed biofilm reactor: performance evaluation and kinetic modeling

RK Sonwani, G Swain, BS Giri, RS Singh, BN Rai - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The biodegradation of Congo red dye was performed using polyurethane foam-
polypropylene immobilized Bacillus sp. MH587030. 1 in a moving bed biofilm reactor …

Adsorptive removal of ciprofloxacin and sulfamethoxazole from aqueous matrices using sawdust and plastic waste-derived biochar: A sustainable fight against …

R Silori, J Zang, NP Raval, BS Giri, J Mahlknecht… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
We produced carbon-negative biochar from the pyrolysis of sawdust biomass alone (SB)
and from the co-pyrolysis of sawdust and plastic waste (SPB). The co-pyrolysis approach in …

Ce/Eu redox couple functionalized HKUST-1 MOF insight to sono-photodegradation of malathion

S Mosleh, K Rezaei, K Dashtian, Z Salehi - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Ce/Eu redox pair-functionalized HKUST-1 MOF, as an innovative
environmentally friendly and recyclable sono-photocatalyst, was hydrothermally mixed and …

A novel comparative study of modified carriers in moving bed biofilm reactor for the treatment of wastewater: Process optimization and kinetic study

RK Sonwani, G Swain, BS Giri, RS Singh, BN Rai - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, modified plastic carriers; polypropylene (PP), low-density polyethylene-
polypropylene (LDPE-PP), and polyurethane foam-polypropylene (PUF-PP) were …

Insights into the recent advances in nano-bioremediation of pesticides from the contaminated soil

Y Singh, MK Saxena - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In the present scenario, the uncontrolled and irrational use of pesticides is affecting the
environment, agriculture and livelihood worldwide. The excessive application of pesticides …

Biodegradation of Congo red dye using polyurethane foam-based biocarrier combined with activated carbon and sodium alginate: batch and continuous study

KL Maurya, G Swain, RK Sonwani, A Verma… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Dyes are an important class of organic pollutants and are well known for their adverse
effects on aquatic life and human beings. In this work, an effort has been made to treat the …