Soil acidification and salinity: the importance of biochar application to agricultural soils

K Huang, M Li, R Li, F Rasul, S Shahzad… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Soil acidity is a serious problem in agricultural lands as it directly affects the soil, crop
production, and human health. Soil acidification in agricultural lands occurs due to the …

Biochar and nano biochar: Enhancing salt resilience in plants and soil while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions: A comprehensive review

H Sultan, Y Li, W Ahmed, A Shah, M Faizan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Salinity stress poses a significant challenge to agriculture, impacting soil health, plant
growth and contributing to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In response to these …

Enhanced complexation and electrostatic attraction through fabrication of amino-or hydroxyl-functionalized Fe/Ni-biochar composite for the adsorption of Pb (II) and …

H Wang, Q Chen, H **a, R Liu, Y Zhang - Separation and Purification …, 2024 - Elsevier
To enhance Pb (II) and Cd (II) elimination, new composites (FeNi-RSN-(OH)(NH 2) and FeNi-
RSN-OH) were fabricated by loading biochar with Fe-Ni nanoparticles and functionalizing …

Melatonin and strigolactone mitigate chromium toxicity through modulation of ascorbate-glutathione pathway and gene expression in tomato

V Raja, SU Qadir, N Kumar, AA Alsahli… - Plant Physiology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is considered one of the most hazardous metal contaminant reducing crop
production and putting human health at risk. Phytohormones are known to regulate …

Bioremediation of PBDEs and heavy metals co-contaminated soil in e-waste dismantling sites by Pseudomonas plecoglossicida assisted with biochar

X Qi, M Zhu, Y Yuan, Z Dang, H Yin - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar-assisted microbial remediation has been proposed as a promising strategy to
eliminate environmental pollutants. However, studies on this strategy used in the …

Zinc-induced anti-oxidative defense and osmotic adjustments to enhance drought stress tolerance in sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

AU Jan, F Hadi, A Ditta, M Suleman, M Ullah - … and Experimental Botany, 2022 - Elsevier
Zinc (Zn) is an essential micronutrient for plant growth and development and plays a vital
role in drought stress tolerance. To explore the physiological mechanisms of drought stress …

[HTML][HTML] Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in a soil–plant system from an open dumpsite and the associated health risks through multiple routes

M Sabir, E Baltrėnaitė-Gedienė, A Ditta, H Ullah… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Screening various plant species to act as hyperaccumulators and associated health risks
could serve as a sustainable solution for the bioremediation heavy metals (HMs). For the first …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of polyvinyl chloride microplastic on chromium uptake and toxicity in sweet potato

MA Khan, S Kumar, Q Wang, M Wang, S Fahad… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The extensive use of plastic products and rapid industrialization have created a universal
concern about microplastics (MPs). MPs can pose serious environmental risks when …

Enhanced removal performance of magnesium-modified biochar for cadmium in wastewaters: Role of active functional groups, processes, and mechanisms

A Li, C Ye, Y Jiang, H Deng - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, a series of biochar products with different active functional groups were
developed by one-pot coprecipitation method, including magnesium-modified biochar …

Fabrication of two novel amino-functionalized and starch-coated CuFe2O4-modified magnetic biochar composites and their application in removing Pb2+ and Cd2+ …

Q Chen, Y Zhang, H **a, R Liu, H Wang - International Journal of Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Novel magnetic biochar composites (SFeCu@ SBCO and FeCu@ SBCO-NH 2) were
fabricated by modifying oxidized sawdust biochar (SBCO) with Fe/Cu loading, starch …