[HTML][HTML] Phytoremediation: Mechanisms, plant selection and enhancement by natural and synthetic agents

A Kafle, A Timilsina, A Gautam, K Adhikari… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
With current intensive agriculture practices and industrialization, pollution of natural
resources like land and water with heavy metals, organic pollutants, radionuclides …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing straw, compost, and biochar regarding their suitability as agricultural soil amendments to affect soil structure, nutrient leaching, microbial …

M Siedt, A Schäffer, KEC Smith, M Nabel… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The emission of nutrients and pesticides from agricultural soils endangers natural habitats.
Here, we review to which extent carbon-rich organic amendments help to retain nutrients …

[HTML][HTML] Deep-C storage: Biological, chemical and physical strategies to enhance carbon stocks in agricultural subsoils

ES Button, J Pett-Ridge, DV Murphy, Y Kuzyakov… - Soil Biology and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to their substantial volume, subsoils contain more of the total soil carbon (C) pool than
topsoils. Much of this C is thousands of years old, suggesting that subsoils offer …

A critical review of the possible adverse effects of biochar in the soil environment

M Brtnicky, R Datta, J Holatko, L Bielska… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has received extensive attention because of its multi-functionality for agricultural
and environmental applications. Despite its many benefits, there are concerns related to the …

A critical review on production, modification and utilization of biochar

Y Xie, L Wang, H Li, LJ Westholm, L Carvalho… - Journal of Analytical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
There has been an increased interest in the production of sustainable biochar in the past
years, as biochar shows versatile physicochemical properties and, can have a wide …

Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications

L Xiang, S Liu, S Ye, H Yang, B Song, F Qin… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has been widely used as an environmentally friendly material for soil improvement
and remediation, water pollution control, greenhouse gas emission reduction, and other …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar-facilitated soil remediation: mechanisms and efficacy variations

M Guo, W Song, J Tian - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent research suggests that biochar amendment is a promising approach to mitigate soil
contamination via immobilizing heavy metals and organic pollutants. Through intensive …

Efficient elimination of organic and inorganic pollutants by biochar and biochar-based materials

B Hu, Y Ai, J Jin, T Hayat, A Alsaedi, L Zhuang, X Wang - Biochar, 2020 - Springer
Biochar have received multidisciplinary attention because of their extraordinary
physicochemical properties. In this review, the application of biochar and biochar-based …

[HTML][HTML] Nanobiochar and biochar based nanocomposites: Advances and applications

N Chausali, J Saxena, R Prasad - Journal of Agriculture and Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Advanced nanostructured materials like nanobiochar have come up with the sustainable
solutions for a range of problems of modern era. In recent years, carbon nanomaterials have …

Crop residue management challenges, opportunities and way forward for sustainable food-energy security in India: A review

N Kumar, A Chaudhary, OP Ahlawat, A Naorem… - Soil and Tillage …, 2023 - Elsevier
Crop residue crucially contributes in running the essential agro-environment services. The
modernization in crop production with high yielding varieties substantially increased the …