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Performance evaluation of functionalized chitosan-siloxane nano-sorbents for pesticides extraction and removal from aqueous samples
The present work describes novel chitosan-siloxane nano-sorbents (Ch-Si NS), including chitosan phenyl siloxane (Ch-PS NS), chitosan octa-decyl...
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The Impact of Pesticides on the Microbial Community of Agrosoddy-Podzolic Soil
AbstractThe impact of three types of pesticides (herbicide metribuzin, insecticide imidacloprid, and fungicide benomyl) on the structure of microbial...
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Neonicotinoids in groundwater: presence and fate in two distinct hydrogeologic settings in Ontario, Canada
Neonicotinoids are a group of insecticides that are commonly used in agriculture throughout the world. Despite their widespread use, there are...
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Pesticides and Biocides
PesticidesPesticides are chemicals that have been specifically synthesised to “kill pests, including insects, rodents, fungiFungi and unwanted...
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Assessment of pesticide use by determination of environmental indicators: case study of watermelon from Loukkos (Northwest Morocco)
The Loukkos large perimeter is one of the most important agricultural regions in Morocco, characterized by intensive agricultural activities. It...
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Performance of Pilot-scale Constructed Floating Wetlands in the Removal of Nutrients and Pesticides
Aiming to evaluate the efficacy of constructed floating wetlands (CFW) in removing agrochemicals (nutrients and pesticides), a series of experiments...
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Nano-based pesticides: challenges for pest and disease management
Plant pest and diseases control are commonly managed with conventional pesticides and chemicals that have shown a negative environmental impact....
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Nanotechnology for precision and sustainable agriculture: recent advances, challenges and future implications
Sustainable agriculture is extremely critical for sustenance of all the life forms owing to the exceedingly demand of food products for an...
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Research Progress and Challenges on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Lakes
Lakes are the main reservoirs of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) from land, atmosphere and rivers. POPs in lakes undergo complex exchange,...
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A review on the capability of zinc oxide and iron oxides nanomaterials, as a water decontaminating agent: adsorption and photocatalysis
Water decontamination became a priority-based focused area for environmental scientists and researchers these days. Several contaminants...
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Long-Term Research on Physical Properties of Soils in the MSU Large Lysimeters: Main Results for the First 60 Years (1961–2021)
AbstractResults of the 60-year research on soil physical properties at the large lysimeters of the Experimental Soil Station of Moscow State...
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Review of the current Brazilian and world scenarios in the face of pathogens and contaminants of emerging concern
Several anthropic activities result in the release of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) in the various environmental matrices. There is still...
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Assessing Organism and Community Responses
Many of the chemicals in the environment are naturally derived from compounds in plants, petroleum oils, or minerals in rocks. However, their...
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Assessment of pesticide residues in the highly consumable vegetable samples grown in Oman
Pesticides have significant adverse effects on human health such as carcinogenesis, immunotoxicity, birth defects, neurological toxicity, and...
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Analysis of the concentration of pesticides in a watershed for public water supply in Brazil
The extensive use of pesticides leads to the contamination of water resources and consequent decrease in their quality. This study aims to assess the...
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Polyethylene microplastics as adsorbent of diazinon in aqueous environments: optimization, and modeling, isotherm, kinetics, and thermodynamic studies
MPs have raised significant public concern due to their role as carriers of organic contaminants in aqueous solutions. DZN is a non-systemic...
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Effect of Lignohumate on Soil Biological Activity on the Bali Island, Indonesia
AbstractThe effect of commercial humic product Lignohumate ® on the biological activity of Latosol under long-term agricultural use with application...
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Removal of multiple pesticide residues from water by low-pressure thin-film composite membrane
The study evaluated removal efficiency of 43 pesticides from water by thin-film composite polyamide membrane indigenously prepared by interfacial...
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Plant-derived nanopesticides for agricultural pest control: challenges and prospects
AbstractAs compared to bulk form of pesticides, plant-derived nanopesticides through controlled and sustained release of toxicant have been found to...
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Fast Quantification of the Mixture of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Combined with PLS-GA-BP Network
To realize the fast and accurate quantitative analysis of the mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy...