Abstract Background Arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) are two toxic elements that have a
relatively high risk of transfer from paddy soil to rice grain. Rice is a major dietary source of …

Various types of biochar have been widely used to remediate soil contamination from heavy
metals (HMs) and to reduce HM mobility and bioavailability in soils in recent years. Most …

The contamination of aquatic systems with arsenic (As) is considered to be an internationally-
important health and environmental issue, affecting over 115 countries globally. Arsenic …

A three-year experiment was conducted over six different soils, from northern and central
Greece. The soils samples derived from both rural and urban environments, and they were …

Arsenic (As) contamination is a well-recognized environmental and health issue, threatening
over 200 million people worldwide with the prime cases in South and Southeast Asian and …

Crop residues are mainly post-harvest remains of agriculture. The organic matters, nutrients,
and hollow structures of crop residues enable them to be applied in agriculture. In this …

Arsenic (As) contamination and its adverse consequences on rice agroecosystem are well
known. Rice has the credit to feed more than 50% of the world population but concurrently …

At present, studies on the application of biochar in citrus production are rare and
unsystematic. Our research systematically explored the effects of biochar on citrus quality …

Land plants directly contact soil through their roots. An enormous diversity of microbes
dwelling in root-associated zones, including endosphere (inside root), rhizoplane (root …

Ecological restoration of wetland plants has emerged as an environmentally-friendly and
less carbon footprint method for treating secondary effluent wastewater. Root iron plaque …