Mediterranean plants as potential source of biopesticides: An overview of current research and future trends

R Fragkouli, M Antonopoulou, E Asimakis, A Spyrou… - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
The development and implementation of safe natural alternatives to synthetic pesticides are
urgent needs that will provide ecological solutions for the control of plant diseases, bacteria …

Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Responses to Copper: From Deficiency to Excess

E Xu, Y Liu, D Gu, X Zhan, J Li, K Zhou… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Copper (Cu) is an essential nutrient for plant growth and development. This metal serves as
a constituent element or enzyme cofactor that participates in many biochemical pathways …

Copper and cadmium content in Polish soil: Analysis of 25‐year monitoring study

A Wdowczyk, P Tomczyk… - Land Degradation & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Metals can accumulate in agricultural soils, presenting a serious threat to human health;
therefore, it is important to analyze the quality of these soils to avoid possible harm related to …

Characteristics of soil erodibility K value and its influencing factors in the changyan watershed, southwest Hubei, China

X Huang, L Lin, S Ding, Z Tian, X Zhu, K Wu, Y Zhao - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Soil erodibility K factor is an important parameter for evaluating soil erosion vulnerability and
is required for soil erosion prediction models. It is also necessary for soil and water …

Evaluating the environmental performance of orange production in Veracruz, Mexico: a life cycle assessment approach

J Bonales-Revuelta, R Musule… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mexico is the fifth largest producer of orange worldwide, and it is expected to increase its
production in the following years. Environmental impacts of orange cultivation have been …

An Eleven-Year Survey on Field Disease Susceptibility of Citrus Accessions to Colletotrichum and Alternaria Species

A Vitale, D Aiello, A Azzaro, V Guarnaccia, G Polizzi - Agriculture, 2021 - mdpi.com
In the past decade Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, C. karstii, and Alternaria alternata
represent emerging fungal pathogens on citrus in the Mediterranean basin. Selection of …

Pyrolysis of citrus wastes for the simultaneous production of adsorbents for Cu (II), H2, and d-limonene

MD da Silva, K da Boit Martinello, S Knani, SF Lütke… - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
A route based on pyrolysis and physical activation with H 2 O and CO 2 was proposed to
reuse citrus waste traditionally discarded. The citrus wastes were orange peel (OP) …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of land-use types on edaphic properties and plant species diversity in Mediterranean agroecosystem

V Triantafyllidis, A Zotos, C Kosma… - Saudi Journal of Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Land-use intensification, contrary to sustainable land management, has an impact on the
healthiness of the environmental agroecosystem. To assess the environmental implications …

Physiological and ultrastructural responses to excessive-copper-induced toxicity in two differentially copper tolerant citrus species

XY Li, ML Lin, F Lu, X Zhou, X Xiong, LS Chen… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Over-applied copper (Cu)-based agrochemicals are toxic to citrus trees. However, less
information is available discussing the ultrastructural alterations in Cu-stressed citrus …

Fungicides in Europe During the Twenty-first Century: a Comparative Assessment Using Agri-environmental Indices of EU27

V Triantafyllidis, C Kosma, IK Karabagias… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2022 - Springer
A reliable and comparative fungicide index (FI) was assessed to describe the fungicide use
in the agricultural land of Europe during the first 20 years of the twenty-first century (from …