Role of slow-release nanocomposite fertilizers on nitrogen and phosphate availability in soil

AS Giroto, GGF Guimarães, M Foschini, C Ribeiro - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Developing efficient crop fertilization practices has become more and more important due to
the ever-increasing global demand for food production. One approach to improving the …

Rapid soil fertility prediction using X-ray fluorescence data and machine learning algorithms

L Benedet, SF Acuña-Guzman, WM Faria, SHG Silva… - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional soil fertility analyses are laborious, costly, time-consuming, and produce
hazardous waste. The high demand of these laboratory-based analyses prompted us to …

Occurrence of iron and aluminum sesquioxides and their implications for the P sorption in subtropical soils

EC Bortoluzzi, CAS Pérez, JD Ardisson, T Tiecher… - Applied Clay …, 2015 - Elsevier
The effect of the pedo-climatic variation in qualitative and quantitative soil sesquioxide
contents and soil phosphorus (P) sorption capacities has been studied. In four soils …

Controlled release of phosphate from layered double hydroxide structures: dynamics in soil and application as smart fertilizer

MP Bernardo, GGF Guimaraes… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A route is proposed to produce a hydrotalcite-like layered double hydroxide structure ([Mg-
Al]-LDH) for phosphate fertilization. The mechanism of controlled phosphate release from …

Agroecological coffee management increases arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi diversity

P Prates Júnior, BC Moreira, MCS da Silva… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Agroecology aims to maintain ecosystem services by minimizing the impact of agriculture
and promoting the use of biological potential. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are …

Soils and landforms from Fildes peninsula and Ardley Island, maritime Antarctica

RFM Michel, CEGR Schaefer, J López-Martínez… - Geomorphology, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Fildes Peninsula (FP) and Ardley Island (AI) are among the first ice-free areas in
Maritime Antarctica. Since the last glacial retreat in this part of Antarctica (8000 to 5000 …

Role of polymeric coating on the phosphate availability as a fertilizer: insight from phosphate release by castor polyurethane coatings

DF da Cruz, R Bortoletto-Santos… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The coating of fertilizers with polymers is an acknowledged strategy for controlling the
release of nutrients and their availability in soil. However, its effectiveness in the case of …

Human health risk assessment and geochemical mobility of rare earth elements in Amazon soils

M da Silva Ferreira, MPF Fontes, MTWDC Lima… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rare earth elements (REEs) are a grouping of elements that encompasses lanthanides,
yttrium and scandium due to their similar chemical properties and occurrence in ore …

Teores de Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu, Ni e Co em solos de referência de Pernambuco

CM Biondi, CWA Nascimento… - Revista Brasileira de …, 2011 - SciELO Brasil
Metais pesados formam um grupo de elementos com particularidades relevantes e de
ocorrência natural no ambiente, como elementos acessórios na constituição de rochas …

Chemical, physical and micromorphological properties of termite mounds and adjacent soils along a toposequence in Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

TS Sarcinelli, CEGR Schaefer, L de Souza Lynch… - Catena, 2009 - Elsevier
Little is known about the effects of neotropical mound-building termites in soil chemical and
physical properties. The influence of soil termite activity on soil characteristics was studied …