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Open AccessCan foliar application of natural biostimulants reduce nitrate and fiber content in fresh green bean under soil nutrient deficiency?
There is a growing body of literature that recognizes the importance of natural biostimulants in the agricultural productivity. This potential can play an important role in addressing the issue of cultivation ...
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Biochemical and Physiological Response of Marigold (Tagetes Erecta L.) to Foliar Application of Salicylic Acid and Potassium Humate in Different Soil Growth Media
Marigold flowers have great importance in the horticultural sector as an ornamental plant that is used not only in flavoring of foods, but is also important in the pharmaceutical and medicinal industries. The ...
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Sustainable and Green Management of Wastewater Under Climate Change Conditions
Climate change affects significantly the natural water cycle in many locations as projected for the future. Due to the increasing scarcity of water resources, reusing wastewater will become more crucial especi...
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Open AccessRefining high-quality leaf protein and valuable co-products from green biomass of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus L.) for sustainable protein supply
The present study evaluates the green biomass of Jerusalem artichoke (JA) as an alternative green protein. A leaf protein concentrate (LPC) was prepared from leafy shoots using biotechnological methods. Seven ...
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Selenium and Nano-Selenium for Plant Nutrition and Crop Quality
Selenium (Se) and nano-selenium (nano-Se) have received attention from researchers all over the world because they have direct impact on human health. This attention was increased due to their potential to boo...
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Sources of Selenium and Nano-Selenium in Soils and Plants
Selenium is considered an essential nutrient for humans and animals, while studies into whether it is essential for higher plants continue. The global distribution of Se in soils is heterogeneous and depends o...
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Contradictory Results of Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions as Affected by Biochar Application: Special Focus on Alkaline Soils
Growing attention has been paid to greenhouse gases (GHG) viz. carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), due to their contribution to global warming. Biochar is used widely in agricultural soi...
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Planning for disposal of COVID-19 pandemic wastes in develo** countries: a review of current challenges
The health sector is critical to the well-being of any country, but develo** countries have several obstacles that prevent them from providing adequate health care. This became an even larger concern after t...
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Correction to: Ecofriendly remediation technologies for wastewater contaminated with heavy metals with special focus on using water hyacinth and black tea wastes: a review
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Ecofriendly remediation technologies for wastewater contaminated with heavy metals with special focus on using water hyacinth and black tea wastes: a review
Treatment of water contaminated with heavy metals is challenging. Heavy metals are non-degradable, persistent in the environment, have a high dispersion capacity by water, can bioaccumulate, and represent risk...
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Precision Farming Technologies to Increase Soil and Crop Productivity
Excessive information, and practical experience, in crop and soil management, and new agriculture technology, have been accumulated over time. To meet the increasing need of humanity for food, a new farming co...
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New Approaches for Improving Salt Stress Tolerance in Rice
Rice is the main food crop for more than half the world’s population. Environmental stresses lead to significant economic losses with decreased productivity. Alleviation of salt stress is vital to maintain pro...
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Mobility, distribution, and potential risk assessment of selected trace elements in soils of the Nile Delta, Egypt
Environmental pollution has received considerable attention over the last 50 years. Recently, there has been an increasing interest in pollution of the Nile Delta, Egypt, which is one of the longest settled de...
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Effects of selenate and red Se-nanoparticles on the photosynthetic apparatus of Nicotiana tabacum
Selenium (Se) is a natural trace element, which shifts its action in a relatively narrow concentration range from nutritional role to toxicity. Although it has been well established that in plants chloroplasts...
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Future Soil Issues
Soils are among the key resources of sustainable development in Egypt. There would be no development, in any nation, without policies and implementation for soil protection, conservation, and sustainability. T...
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Introduction
Egypt is one of the most old countries worldwide. It has a great history and an amazing civilization. This civilization established and flowered on the two sides of the Nile River. Depending on both the freshw...
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Climate
There is no doubt that climate change nowadays is considered one of the hottest spots worldwide. These changes in climate penetrated all fields in our life including agriculture, soil, water, air, etc. and cli...
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Soil Health and Its Biology
It is well known that, the health of humans is mainly depends on the physical, social and nutrient factors. The health of humans requires safe, proper and sufficient supply of nutrients through the foods. This...
