Microplastics in terrestrial ecosystem: Sources and migration in soil environment

U Surendran, M Jayakumar, P Raja, G Gopinath… - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
Plastics, especially microplastics in soils, are considered a severe environmental issue
worldwide. However, globally, the main research focus is on microplastic pollution in the …

Wastewater treatment for reuse in agriculture: Prospects and challenges

HE Al-Hazmi, A Mohammadi, A Hejna, J Majtacz… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainable water recycling is an urgent concern, considering water scarcity due to climate
change, and increase water consumption through human activities. In 2015, United Nations …

[HTML][HTML] Reviewing the role of biochar in paddy soils: An agricultural and environmental perspective

SB Novair, M Cheraghi, F Faramarzi, BA Lajayer… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The main challenge of the twenty-first century is to find a balance between environmental
sustainability and crop productivity in a world with a rapidly growing population. Soil health …

CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated genetically edited ornamental and aromatic plants: A promising technology in phytoremediation of heavy metals

S Nayeri, Z Dehghanian, BA Lajayer… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phytoremediation, as a green, sustainable, and cost-effective plant-based remediation
technology has garnered great attention for remediating heavy metals (HMs) from polluted …

Strategic use of crop residue biochars for removal of hazardous compounds in wastewater

SH Cho, S Jung, JH Park, S Lee, Y Kim, J Lee… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Crop residues are affordable lignocellulosic waste in the world, and a large portion of the
waste has been burned, releasing toxic pollutants into the environment. Since the crop …

Environmental fate of aquatic pollutants and their mitigation by phycoremediation for the clean and sustainable environment: A review

S Thanigaivel, S Vinayagam, L Gnanasekaran… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging pollutants such as natural and manufactured chemicals, insecticides, pesticides,
surfactants, and other biological agents such as personal care products, cosmetics …

Pb (II) removal from aqueous solutions by adsorption on stabilized zero-valent iron nanoparticles—a green approach

S Sepehri, E Kanani, S Abdoli, VD Rajput, T Minkina… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nano zero-valent iron particles (nZVFe) are known as one of the most effective materials for
the treatment of contaminated water. However, a strong tendency to agglomerate has been …

Exploitation of cellulose degrading bacteria in bioconversion of agro-wastes

K Padhan, RK Patra, D Sethi, S Mohanty, SK Sahoo… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
The issue of solid waste management has become worse as a result of rapid demographic
growth and rising urbanisation. Therefore economical, efficient and quick yielding …

Single and composite damage mechanisms of soil polyethylene/polyvinyl chloride microplastics to the photosynthetic performance of soybean (Glycine max [L.] merr.)

H Li, F Song, X Song, K Zhu, Q Lin, J Zhang… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Adverse impacts of soil microplastics (MPs, diameter< 5 mm) on vegetative
growth and crop production have been widely reported, however, the single and composite …

Nano-microbial remediation of polluted soil: a brief insight

S Aliyari Rad, K Nobaharan, N Pashapoor, J Pandey… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The pollution of soil by heavy metals and organic pollutants has become a significant issue
in recent decades. For the last few years, nanobiotechnology has been used to bio …