Plant growth promoting microbes: Potential link to sustainable agriculture and environment

K Naik, S Mishra, H Srichandan, PK Singh… - Biocatalysis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
The host-microbe interaction established through natural evolution in plants sets the basis of
plant growth and productivity benefits from a single microbe or a consortium. Select algal …

Prospects and challenges for solar fertilizers

BM Comer, P Fuentes, CO Dimkpa, YH Liu… - Joule, 2019 - cell.com
Using solar energy to convert triple bonded molecular dinitrogen from the air into fixed
nitrogen products that act as nutrients for plants presents an opportunity to develop" solar …

Fertilizer use, soil health and agricultural sustainability

P Krasilnikov, MA Taboada, Amanullah - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
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Article in Journal Quantifying Farm Household Resilience and the Implications of Livelihood …

Modular design of noble‐metal‐free mixed metal oxide electrocatalysts for complete water splitting

D Gao, R Liu, J Biskupek, U Kaiser… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Electrocatalytic water splitting into H2 and O2 is a key technology for carbon‐neutral energy.
Here, we report a modular materials design leading to noble metal‐free composite …

Organic manure coupled with inorganic fertilizer: An approach for the sustainable production of rice by improving soil properties and nitrogen use efficiency

A Iqbal, L He, A Khan, S Wei, K Akhtar, I Ali, S Ullah… - Agronomy, 2019 - mdpi.com
The current farming system is heavily reliant on chemical fertilizers, which negatively affect
soil health, the environment, and crop productivity. Improving crop production on a …

Nitrate water contamination from industrial activities and complete denitrification as a remediation option

KM Moloantoa, ZP Khetsha, E Van Heerden… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Freshwater is a scarce resource that continues to be at high risk of pollution from
anthropogenic activities, requiring remediation in such cases for its continuous use. The …

Improving lodging resistance: using wheat and rice as classical examples

L Shah, M Yahya, SMA Shah, M Nadeem, A Ali… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
One of the most chronic constraints to crop production is the grain yield reduction near the
crop harvest stage by lodging worldwide. This is more prevalent in cereal crops, particularly …

Impacts of climate change on rice production: evidence from 30 Chinese provinces

RB Pickson, G He, E Boateng - Environment, Development and …, 2021 - Springer
This study examined the effects of climate change on rice production in 30 Chinese
provinces spanning 1998–2017. The study used the pooled mean group technique to …

Technologies for the recovery of nutrients, water and energy from human urine: A review

A Patel, AA Mungray, AK Mungray - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
The global demand for a constant supply of fertilizer is increasing with the booming of the
population. Nowadays more focus is given to the recovery and reuse of the nutrients rather …

Recent developments, applications and challenges for carbon quantum dots as a photosynthesis enhancer in agriculture

TL Tan, R Nulit, M Jusoh, SA Rashid - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the world's population is expanding, mankind may be faced with a huge dilemma in
the future, which is food scarcity. The situation can be mitigated by employing sustainable …