Critical review: Grand challenges in assessing the adverse effects of contaminants of emerging concern on aquatic food webs

E Nilsen, KL Smalling, L Ahrens, M Gros… - Environmental …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Much progress has been made in the past few decades in understanding the sources,
transport, fate, and biological effects of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in aquatic …

Bacterial remediation of pesticide polluted soils: Exploring the feasibility of site restoration

P Bokade, VK Gaur, V Tripathi, S Bobate… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
For decades, reclamation of pesticide contaminated sites has been a challenging avenue.
Due to increasing agricultural demand, the application of synthetic pesticides could not be …

Currently and recently used pesticides in Central European arable soils

M Hvězdová, P Kosubová, M Košíková… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although large amounts of pesticides are used annually and a majority enters the soil to
form short-or long-term residues, extensive soil surveys for currently used pesticides (CUPs) …

Ecological risk assessment of pesticide residues in arable soils of the Czech Republic

J Vašíčková, M Hvězdová, P Kosubová, J Hofman - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Currently used pesticides (CUPs) represent one of the largest intentional inputs of
potentially hazardous compounds into agricultural soils. Subsequently, pesticide residues …

Duckweeds for water remediation and toxicity testing

P Ziegler, KS Sree, KJ Appenroth - Toxicological & Environmental …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
The presence of toxic substances in wastewaters and outdoor bodies of water is an
important ecotoxicological issue. The aim of this review is to illustrate how duckweeds …

Genesis of azole antifungal resistance from agriculture to clinical settings

MM Azevedo, I Faria-Ramos, LC Cruz… - Journal of agricultural …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Azole fungal resistance is becoming a major public health problem in medicine in recent
years. However, it was known in agriculture since several decades; the extensive use of …

Antifungal weapons of Lysobacter, a mighty biocontrol agent

L Lin, K Xu, D Shen, SH Chou… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bacteria interact with fungi in a variety of ways to inhibit fungal growth, while the underlying
mechanisms remain only partially characterized. The plant‐beneficial Bacillus and …

Biocontrol of Alternaria alternata and Fusarium oxysporum by Trichoderma asperelloides and Bacillus paralicheniformis in tomato plants

HF Ramírez-Cariño, PC Guadarrama-Mendoza… - Antonie Van …, 2020 - Springer
The objective of this work was to evaluate the effectiveness of the putative biocontrol agents
(PBA) Bacillus paralicheniformis and Trichoderma asperelloides in vitro and in vivo to …

Morphology and physiology of rat placenta for toxicological evaluation

S Furukawa, N Tsuji, A Sugiyama - Journal of toxicologic pathology, 2019 - jstage.jst.go.jp
The placenta plays a pivotal role in fetal growth, and placental dysfunction and injury are
associated with embryo/fetal toxicity. Histological examination of the rat placenta for safety …

Nano-agrochemicals as substitutes for pesticides: prospects and risks

S Ali, N Ahmad, MA Dar, S Manan, A Rani… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review delves into the mesmerizing technology of nano-agrochemicals, specifically
pesticides and herbicides, and their potential to aid in the achievement of UN SDG 17, which …