Fertilizers and nitrate pollution of surface and ground water: an increasingly pervasive global problem

E Craswell - SN Applied Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Nitrate pollution of ground and surface water bodies all over the world is generally linked
with continually increasing global fertilizer nitrogen (N) use. But after 1990, with more …

Clay mineral adsorbents for heavy metal removal from wastewater: a review

S Gu, X Kang, L Wang, E Lichtfouse… - Environmental Chemistry …, 2019 - Springer
Heavy metal pollution such as water contamination by Pb, Hg, Cu, Cd and Cr ions is
induced by rapid urbanization and industrialization and is a major threat to human health …

Rice paddy soils are a quantitatively important carbon store according to a global synthesis

Y Liu, T Ge, KJ van Groenigen, Y Yang… - … Earth & Environment, 2021 - nature.com
Rice paddies account for~ 9% or the world's cropland area and are characterized by
environmental conditions promoting soil organic carbon storage, methane emissions and to …

IoT-enabled soil nutrient analysis and crop recommendation model for precision agriculture

MK Senapaty, A Ray, N Padhy - Computers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Healthy and sufficient crop and food production are very much essential for everyone as the
population is increasing globally. The production of crops affects the economy of a country to …

Rhizospheric microbiomes: biodiversity, mechanisms of plant growth promotion, and biotechnological applications for sustainable agriculture

D Kour, KL Rana, N Yadav, AN Yadav, A Kumar… - Plant growth promoting …, 2019 - Springer
Soil consists of diverse microscopic life forms such as actinomycetes, algae, bacteria, fungi,
nematodes, and protozoans. But, the rhizospheric region is the most widely colonized …

Recent developments in nanotechnology transforming the agricultural sector: a transition replete with opportunities

DY Kim, A Kadam, S Shinde… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The applications and benefits of nanotechnology in the agricultural sector have attracted
considerable attention, particularly in the invention of unique nanopesticides and …

[HTML][HTML] Economic perspectives of major field crops of Pakistan: An empirical study

A Rehman, L **gdong, B Shahzad, AA Chandio… - Pacific science review b …, 2015 - Elsevier
Agriculture is considered the backbone of Pakistan's economy, which relies heavily on its
major crops. There are vast gaps between the acquired and actual output of produce, which …

Improving crop nutrient efficiency through root architecture modifications

X Li, R Zeng, H Liao - Journal of integrative plant biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Improving crop nutrient efficiency becomes an essential consideration for environmentally
friendly and sustainable agriculture. Plant growth and development is dependent on 17 …

The blue, green and grey water footprint of rice from production and consumption perspectives

AK Chapagain, AY Hoekstra - Ecological economics, 2011 - Elsevier
The paper makes a global assessment of the green, blue and grey water footprint of rice,
using a higher spatial resolution and local data on actual irrigation. The national water …

Effects of long-term application of chemical and organic fertilizers on the abundance of microbial communities involved in the nitrogen cycle

R Sun, X Guo, D Wang, H Chu - Applied Soil Ecology, 2015 - Elsevier
Long-term agricultural fertilization significantly affects nitrogen cycling in soils. However,
there is little information about the response of different functional genes involved in the …