A review on effective soil health bio-indicators for ecosystem restoration and sustainability

D Bhaduri, D Sihi, A Bhowmik, BC Verma… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Preventing degradation, facilitating restoration, and maintaining soil health is fundamental
for achieving ecosystem stability and resilience. A healthy soil ecosystem is supported by …

Seed Priming and Coating by Nano-Scale Zinc Oxide Particles Improved Vegetative Growth, Yield and Quality of Fodder Maize (Zea mays)

M Tondey, A Kalia, A Singh, GS Dheri, MS Taggar… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Nano-fertilizers of essential plant nutrients, including micronutrients, have the potential to
improve nutrient use efficiency and productivity of field crops in deficient soils. The present …

A comparative evaluation of the effects of seed invigoration treatments with precursor zinc salt and nano-sized zinc oxide (ZnO) particles on vegetative growth, grain …

M Tondey, A Kalia, A Singh, K Abd-Elsalam… - Journal of Analytical …, 2022 - Springer
Introduction The zinc micronutrient fertilizers have a critical impact on the grain productivity
and quality attributes of maize. However, the low use-efficiency issues of the applied Zn …

Nanofertilizers for Sustainable Crop Production: A Comprehensive Review

MK Reddy, R Asthana, S Debnath, P Ray, N Mandal… - BioNanoScience, 2024 - Springer
With the rapid population explosion, the demand for food sources will continue to rise. The
use of chemical fertilizers in disproportionate quantities to meet the food demand has …

Potential indicators of soil health degradation in different land use-based ecosystems in the Shiwaliks of Northwestern India

A Bhowmik, SS Kukal, D Saha, H Sharma, A Kalia… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Identifying the importance of soil biology in different land use systems is critical to assess the
present conditions of declining soil (C) and global land degradation while regulating soil …

Cellulose acetate-coated capacitive sensor for determining carbon-cycle enzymes activity and as a microbial Indicator for soil health

CT Cheng, YL Wu, YT Hou, TJ Cheng - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
This study demonstrates cellulose acetate (CA)-coated screen-printed carbon electrodes
(SPCEs) for soil microbial activity detection. A capacitive sensor design utilizes a coated CA …

Soil polluted with nano ZnO reveals unstable bacterial communities and decoupling of taxonomic and functional diversities

R Dinesh, CP Sreena, TE Sheeja, IPV Kumar… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to relentless production and disposal of nano zinc oxide (nZnO), it has become critical
to comprehend the serious risks large-scale accumulation of nZnO pose to bacterial …

Use of phosphatase and dehydrogenase activities in the assessment of calcium peroxide and citric acid effects in soil contaminated with petrol

K Curyło, A Telesiński - Open Life Sciences, 2020 - degruyter.com
The objective of the study was to compare the effect of calcium peroxide and citric acid on
the activity of acid phosphatase (ACP), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and dehydrogenases …

Enhanced starch hydrolysis by α-amylase using copper oxide nanowires

K Ahmad, S Khan, MT Yasin, S Hussain, R Ahmad… - Applied …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract α-amylase is the key digestive enzyme that has been used widely in food, paper,
detergent and textile industries for starch degradation. This study was conducted for the …

Synthesis, characterization and evaluation of novel manganese nanoclay polymer composite and nano‐MnO2 in wheat

R Kumar, AK Jha, N Mandal, Satdev… - Journal of Plant …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Manganese (Mn) deficiency due to nutrient mining by high yielding
cereal–cereal crop** patterns and forgetfulness of Mn fertilizer applications becomes …