Agricultural soil is a non-renewable natural resource that requires careful stewardship in
order to achieve the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. However, industrial …

Rational utilization of soil resources and remediation of contaminated soils are imperative
due to the rapidly growing demand for clean soils. Currently, many in-situ remediation …

Green remediation of soils highly contaminated with potentially toxic elements (PTEs) can
be achieved using suitable plants. Such phytoremediation procedure often takes into …

Mine tailings are of great concern due to the risk their toxic inorganic elements pose to the
environment. The application of biochar as an amendment may be a solution to reduce the …

Urban agriculture, though often difficult to define, is an emerging sector of local food
economies in the United States. Although urban and agricultural landscapes are often …

In its soluble ionic forms, lead (\rm Pb) is a toxic element occurring in water and soil mainly
as the result of human activities. The bioavailability of lead ions can be decreased by …

A wide range of organic amendments (OA) is currently available to Australian farmers.
These products have numerous agronomic applications, including the supply of plant …

Urban agriculture is growing in cities across the United States. It has the potential to provide
multiple benefits, including increased food security. Concerns about soil contamination in …

Pb (II) is extreme toxic to biological cells, which limits the restoration of Pb (II) by functional
strains. This study examined a Pb (II)-tolerant phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB) …

The chemical stabilization, or immobilization, of trace elements (metals and metalloids; TE)
in contaminated soil has been studied for decades. A vast number of scientific publications …