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Maintaining the cultivation of vegetables with low Pb accumulation while remediating the soil of an allotment garden (Nantes, France) by phytoextraction
Lead (Pb) is commonly found in urban soils and can transfer to vegetables. This entails a health risk for consumers of garden crops. The increasing demand of gardening on urban soil linked to the population in...
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Advantages and limits to copper phytoextraction in vineyards
Copper (Cu) contamination of soils may alter the functioning and sustainability of vineyard ecosystems. Cultivating Cu-extracting plants in vineyard inter-rows, or phytoextraction, is one possible way currentl...
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Open AccessSimplified performance assessment methodology for addressing soil quality of nature-based solutions
In urban areas, soil functions are deeply impacted by all human activities, e.g., water infiltration, carbon storage, and chemical substances degradation potential. In this context, nature-based solutions (NBS...
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A new assay of bacterial selection with Pb reveals an unexpected effect of Pb on bacterial behavior: implications for remediation
Soil pollution by lead (Pb) is a major health concern due to Pb toxicity. Phytoextraction could remove Pb, but this technique is limited by the low Pb mobility in soils. Pb mobility can be increased by bioaugm...
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Effect of the bacterial pyoverdine siderophore on the phytoextraction of cesium from illite
Radioactive Cs contamination is a major concern in case of a nuclear accident such as the Fukushima accident in 2011. Remediation methods have been proposed including soil washing, removal and landfill disposa...
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Effect of Pseudomonas fluorescens and pyoverdine on the phytoextraction of cesium by red clover in soil pots and hydroponics
With the aim of improving the phytoextraction rate of cesium (Cs), the effect of Pseudomonas fluorescens ATCC 17400 and its siderophore pyoverdine (PVD) on the uptake of Cs by red clover was studied in soil pots....
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Spatial variability of trace elements in allotment gardens of four European cities: assessments at city, garden, and plot scale
Urban allotment gardens (UAGs) are expanding worldwide, especially in large cities. Environmental pressures (direct and diffuse pollution, gardener practice, geogenic contamination) often result in the accumul...
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Bacterial and fungal communities vary with the type of organic substrate: implications for biocontrol of soilless crops
Biocontrol strategies using organic substrates such as wood fibers and biocontrol agents such as Trichoderma are currently developed to control soil pathogens such as Fusarium oxysporum. Nonetheless, such biocont...
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Bioremediation of copper-contaminated soils by bacteria
Although copper (Cu) is an essential micronutrient for all living organisms, it can be toxic at low concentrations. Its beneficial effects are therefore only observed for a narrow range of concentrations. Anth...
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Origin of trace elements in an urban garden in Nantes, France
Due to their location on old urban sites, impacted by human activities or road traffic, soils in urban gardens are often contaminated with a range of contaminants that could pose health risks. The aim of this ...
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Role of Earthworms on Phytoremediation of Heavy Metal-Polluted Soils
Heavy metal contamination of soil is a major concern in all parts of the world, in particular in emerging countries where there is an increasing need for soil for food. The accumulation of heavy metals in the ...
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Evaluation of sugar beet pulp efficiency for improving the retention of copper in stormwater basin
Sugar beet pulp (SBP) has been shown to be a promising low-cost sorbent for the removal of metals from contaminated waters. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of SBP addition to horizont...
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Herbicide degradation and copper complexation by bacterial mixed cultures from a vineyard stormwater basin
The use of stormwater basins as constructed wetlands for the bioremediation of agricultural runoff waters contaminated with pesticides has great potential. The structure and dynamics of the bacterial community...
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Assessing the complications of laparoscopic robot-assisted surgery: the case of radical prostatectomy
A robot-assisted laparoscopic approach for radical prostatectomy (RALRP) is being adopted increasingly worldwide for the treatment of localized prostate cancer (CaP). Complications assessment is essential to t...
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Bioaugmentation-Assisted Phytoextraction Applied to Metal-Contaminated Soils: State of the Art and Future Prospects
Bioaugmentation-assisted phytoextraction is a promising method for accelerating the cleanup rate of soils contaminated by metals. On average, bioaugmentation increases metal accumulated by plant shoots by fact...
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Bioaugmentation for In Situ Soil Remediation: How to Ensure the Success of Such a Process
Among bioremediation techniques, bioaugmentation is certainly the less easy to control, but at the same time the one exhibiting the greatest potential for the soil cleaning-up. The main challenge for the succe...
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Chemically-induced resistance on soybean inhibits nodulation and mycorrhization
Induced plant resistance (IR) against pathogen infection can be triggered by various chemical and biological elicitors. The effectiveness of elicitors to induce resistance as a practical means to control plant...
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Mitigation of agricultural nonpoint-source pesticide pollution in artificial wetland ecosystems
Contamination caused by pesticides in agriculture is a source of environmental poor water quality in some of the European Union countries. Without treatment or targeted mitigation, this pollution is diffused i...
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Mitigation of Agricultural Nonpoint-Source Pesticide Pollution in Artificial Wetland Ecosystems – A Review
Contamination caused by pesticides in agriculture is a source of poor environmental water quality in some of the European Union countries. Without treatment or targeted mitigation, this pollution is diffused i...
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Microorganisms for remediation of cadmium-contaminated soils
An alternative to the cleaning-up of agricultural soil contaminated by heavy metals is to avoid their transfer from soil to plant by inoculating soil with selected microorganisms able to biosorb heavy metals. ...
