Aluminum toxicity in plants and its possible mitigation in acid soils by biochar: A review

R Shetty, CSN Vidya, NB Prakash, A Lux… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Toxicity of aluminum (Al) is a serious problem for agricultural plants, especially due to
excessive soil acidification caused by continuous intensive agriculture and modified …

[HTML][HTML] The neuroprotective effect of traditional Chinese medicinal plants—A critical review

J Moreira, M Machado, M Dias-Teixeira… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2023 - Elsevier
Neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases are increasingly affecting individuals'
quality of life, thus increasing their cost to social and health systems. These diseases have …

Optimizing the process of food waste compost and valorizing its applications: A case study of Saudi Arabia

M Waqas, AS Nizami, AS Aburiazaiza… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper aims to (1) examine the challenges in the compost facilities of the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia (KSA),(2) optimize the composting techniques using indigenous natural zeolite …

Insights into the effects of tea pruning litter biochar on major micronutrients (Cu, Mn, and Zn) pathway from soil to tea plant: An environmental armour

M Sarmah, A Borgohain, BB Gogoi, M Yeasin… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
A field study was conducted from 0 to 360 days to investigate the effect of tea pruning litter
biochar (TPLBC) on the accumulation of major micronutrients (copper: Cu, manganese: Mn …

Improving pig manure composting efficiency employing Ca-bentonite

Q Wang, R Li, H Cai, MK Awasthi, Z Zhang… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aims of this study were to investigate the effect of added Ca-bentonite (CB) on nutrient
transformation during pig manure (PM) composting and the related effects on Cu and Zn …

Micronutrients (B, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn, Mo, and Zn) content in made tea (Camellia sinensis L.) and tea infusion with health prospect: A critical review

T Karak, FR Kutu, JR Nath, I Sonar… - Critical reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Tea (Camellia sinensis L.) is a perennial acidophilic crop, and known to be a nonalcoholic
stimulating beverage that is most widely consumed after water. The aim of this review paper …

Soil revitalization via waste utilization: Compost effects on soil organic properties, nutritional, sorption and physical properties

MS Jain, AS Kalamdhad - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Composting process is a viable method to prepare soil amendment that represents suitable
aquatic waste management option to treat nitrogen-rich invasive aquatic weed Hydrilla …

Biochar addition to tea garden soils: effects on tea fluoride uptake and accumulation

H Wang, T Hu, M Wang, Y Liang, C Shen, H Xu, Y Zhou… - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Long-term consumption of tea with high fluoride (F) content has a potential threat to human
health. The application of different amounts of biochar to reduce F accumulation in tea …

Paradigm shift of contamination risk of six heavy metals in tea (Camellia sinensis L.) growing soil: A new approach influenced by inorganic and organic amendments

T Karak, K Bora, RK Paul, S Das, P Khare… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2017 - Elsevier
The present study provides several contamination and ecological risk indices for selected
metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni and Zn) in tea (Camellia sinensis L.; cv. S. 3A/3) growing soil …

Rare earth elements in tea garden soils and their bioavailability to tea buds in Taiwan

ZY Huang, CY Wu, ZY Hseu - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Tea (Camellia sinensis) is a widespread beverage plant that prefers aluminum-enriched
acidic soils. However, rare earth elements (REEs) might be highly phyto-available in these …