Nitrogen (N) plays a key role in the plant life cycle. It is the main plant mineral nutrient
needed for chlorophyll production and other plant cell components (proteins, nucleic acids …

The Kjeldahl method was introduced in 1883 and consists of three main steps: sample
digestion, distillation, and ammonia determination (titration being the primary method). The …

In 1883 Kjeldahl devised a method for the determination of nitrogen, which has become a
classical measurement in analytical chemistry and has been used extensively over the past …

This study offers a promising energy conversion platform to valorize food waste into
biodiesel. In an effort to realize this grand challenge, black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), fast food …

In this work, lemon and onion biomasses commonly found in street markets are for the first
time used to develop a facile, fast and low-cost one-step microwave-assisted carbonization …

Due to environmental pollution, crop growth and productivity are threatened at different
levels. Recapitulation of changes in plant bodies due to water pollution and mitigating …

Insects have a great potential to be used as feedstocks for biodiesel production due to their
intrinsic high lipid contents. In particular, biodiesel production from black soldier fly larvae …

Dryland ecosystems cover more than 30% of the terrestrial area of China, while processes
that shape the biogeographic patterns of bacterial and fungal β-diversity have rarely been …

Despite the known influence of continuous cropping on soil microorganisms, little is known
about the associated difference in the effects of continuous cropping on the community …

Sediment source fingerprinting has been progressively developed and refined over the past
40 years or more and now represents a widely used and valuable technique, with important …