Zeolites enhance soil health, crop productivity and environmental safety

M Mondal, B Biswas, S Garai, S Sarkar, H Banerjee… - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
In modern days, rapid urbanisation, climatic abnormalities, water scarcity and quality
degradation vis-à-vis the increasing demand for food to feed the growing population …

[HTML][HTML] Freeze-thaw durability and shear responses of cemented slope soil treated by microbial induced carbonate precipitation

S Gowthaman, K Nakashima, S Kawasaki - Soils and Foundations, 2020 - Elsevier
Instability of slope soils under varying nature is one of the serious concerns in geotechnical
engineering. Microbial induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a recently emerged …

Recent advances in the science and technology of natural zeolites in Iran

J Behin, E Ghadamnan, H Kazemian - Clay Minerals, 2019 - cambridge.org
Iran has significant deposits of high-purity natural zeolites. Many Iranian scholars conduct
scientific research on porous materials, from natural and synthetic zeolites to metal organic …

Surface rainfall erosion resistance and freeze-thaw durability of bio-cemented and polymer-modified loess slopes

X Sun, L Miao, R Chen, H Wang, J **a - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) has been shown to mitigate sand erosion;
however, few studies have applied MICP on loess soils. In this study, polyacrylamide (PAM) …

Comparative Influence of Biochar and Zeolite on Soil Hydrological Indices and Growth Characteristics of Corn (Zea mays L.)

M Ghorbani, E Amirahmadi, P Konvalina, J Moudrý… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biochar and zeolite, due to their porous structure, are supposed to be appropriate soil
amendments especially in agricultural areas with a lack of water or unsuitable soils with …

[HTML][HTML] Zeolite reduces N leaching and runoff loss while increasing rice yields under alternate wetting and drying irrigation regime

Y Wang, J Chen, Y Sun, Y Jiao, Y Yang, X Yuan… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
Emerging studies provide promising evidence that applying zeolite combined with water-
saving irrigation could effectively retain soil nutrients and increase rice yields. However, the …

Effects of Zeolite on Aggregation, Nutrient Availability, and Growth Characteristics of Corn (Zea mays L.) in Cadmium-Contaminated Soils

E Amirahmadi, M Ghorbani, J Moudrý - Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2022 - Springer
Heavy metal accumulation in soil and water is one of major problems. The existence of large
amounts of heavy metals in agricultural soils has impacted the food security significantly …

Influence of the fly ash fraction after grinding process on the hydrothermal synthesis efficiency of Na-A, Na-P1, Na-X and sodalite zeolite types

P Kunecki, R Panek, M Wdowin, T Bień… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
The fly ashes (Class F and C) have been successfully used as the main substrates in the
hydrothermal syntheses of Na-A, Na-P1, Na-X and sodalite zeolites. Both ashes and their …

Phosphorus release and speciation in manganese (IV) oxide and zeolite-amended flooded soils

CP Attanayake, D Kumaragamage… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Phosphorus (P) losses from flooded soils and subsequent transport to waterways contribute
to eutrophication of surface waters. This study evaluated the effectiveness of MnO2 and a …

The hydrologic behavior of Loess and Marl soils in response to biochar and polyacrylamide mulching under laboratorial rainfall simulation conditions

SH Sadeghi, Z Hazbavi, M Kiani-Harchegani… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the high costs associated with the control of soil erosion, the precise selection of
practical techniques towards this end is a prerequisite for sustainable land management. For …