Nanotechnology potential in seed priming for sustainable agriculture

A do Espirito Santo Pereira, H Caixeta Oliveira… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Our agriculture is threatened by climate change and the depletion of resources and
biodiversity. A new agriculture revolution is needed in order to increase the production of …

Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications

L Xiang, S Liu, S Ye, H Yang, B Song, F Qin… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has been widely used as an environmentally friendly material for soil improvement
and remediation, water pollution control, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and other …

Waste-derived nanobiochar: a new avenue towards sustainable agriculture, environment, and circular bioeconomy

MNH Sani, M Amin, AB Siddique, SO Nasif… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The greatest challenge for the agriculture sector in the twenty-first century is to increase
agricultural production to feed the burgeoning global population while maintaining soil …

Biochar-Soil-Plant interactions: A cross talk for sustainable agriculture under changing climate

G Murtaza, Z Ahmed, SM Eldin, B Ali… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Biochars provide several agricultural and environmental benefits, such as soil health
improvement, better crop growth and yield, carbon sequestration, decreasing greenhouse …

Nanobiochar-rhizosphere interactions: implications for the remediation of heavy-metal contaminated soils

X Zhang, M Wells, NK Niazi, N Bolan, S Shaheen… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil heavy metal contamination has increasingly become a serious environmental issue
globally, nearing crisis proportions. There is an urgent need to find environmentally friendly …

Impacts of biochar on basil (Ocimum basilicum) growth, root morphological traits, plant biochemical and physiological properties and soil enzymatic activities

D Jabborova, H Ma, SD Bellingrath-Kimura, S Wirth - Scientia Horticulturae, 2021 - Elsevier
Impacts of biochar on growth, root morphological traits, plant physiological properties of
basil (Ocimum basilicum) were studied in connection with an assessment of soil enzymatic …

Recent advances in seed coating technologies: transitioning toward sustainable agriculture

M Sohail, T Pirzada, CH Opperman, SA Khan - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The practice of coating seeds has evolved from ancient agriculture traditions to one of the
most widely used aids in achieving enhanced crop yields. Wide-scale usage of seed …

Effects of pyrolysis temperature on soil-plant-microbe responses to Solidago canadensis L.-derived biochar in coastal saline-alkali soil

J Tang, S Zhang, X Zhang, J Chen, X He… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Because salinity of coastal soils is drastically increasing, the application of biochars to saline-
alkali soil amendments has attracted considerable attention. Various Solidago-canadensis …

Biochar may alter plant communities when remediating the cadmium-contaminated soil in the saline-alkaline wetland

Z Meng, X Mo, W Meng, B Hu, H Li, J Liu, X Lu… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
It is thought remediating cadmium pollution with biochar can affect plant traits. However, the
potential impact of this practice on plant communities is poorly understood. Here, we …

Biochar nanoparticles induced distinct biological effects on freshwater algae via oxidative stress, membrane damage, and nutrient depletion

X Huang, S Zhu, H Zhang, Y Huang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Long-term application of bulk biochar (BC) in soil or water environment could result in
physical disintegration of BC into smaller particle sizes, including the formation of BC …