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Effects of the combined application of biochar-based fertilizer and urea on N2O emissions, nitrifier, and denitrifier communities in the acidic soil of pomelo orchards
PurposeNitrous oxide (N 2 O) is a greenhouse gas generated from nitrification and denitrification in the soil, and fertilizers may affect its...
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Low Dose Precision Distribution with Micro-Granules Fertilizer Using Different Spreader Machines
Field fertilisation trials were conducted in the province of Udine to test a new organic biostimulant for agriculture produced from amino acids and...
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Utilization of Animal Waste to Produce Fertilizer, Biogas, Bio-oils, and Other Value-Added Products
India is primarily an agricultural country where roughly 60% of the population depends on agriculture and related industries like animal husbandry...
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Machine learning and computational chemistry to improve biochar fertilizers: a review
Traditional fertilizers are highly inefficient, with a major loss of nutrients and associated pollution. Alternatively, biochar loaded with...
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Slow-released bio-organic–chemical fertilizer improved tomato growth: synthesis and pot evaluations
PurposeBio-organic–chemical fertilizer (BCF) has great potential to enhance agricultural production, protect environment, and improve sustainability....
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Heavy metal recovery from electroplating effluent using adsorption by jute waste-derived biochar for soil amendment and plant micro-fertilizer
Effluent from electroplating industries contains various toxic heavy metal ions such as chromium, nickel, lead, cadmium, copper and zinc. Recovery of...
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Analysis of the simultaneous adsorption mechanism of ammonium and phosphate on magnesium-modified biochar and the slow release effect of fertiliser
To decrease the eutrophication caused by nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in water, magnesium-modified corn stalk biochar (MgB) was prepared under the...
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Synthesis and Application of Oxalate–Phosphate–Amine Metal–Organic Framework Fertilizers in Calcareous Soils: Analysis of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Grain Yield in Triticum aestivum L.
The efficacy of oxalate–phosphate–amine metal–organic frameworks (OPA-MOFs) as highly efficient slow-release fertilizers in acidic soils is well...
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Subsoils—a sink for excess fertilizer P but a minor contribution to P plant nutrition: evidence from long-term fertilization trials
BackgroundThe phosphorus (P) stocks of arable subsoils not only influence crop production but also fertilizer P sequestration. However, the extent of...
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Design of a Novel Fertilizer Made from Steelmaking Slag Using the Glassy Phase of the CaO–SiO2–FeO System. Part II: Evaluation of the Novel Fertilizer in a Paddy Soil Environment
AbstractTo recover degraded paddy fields, low-cost supplies of Ca, Si, and Fe are necessary. Steelmaking slag contains these three elements, which...
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Effect of controlled-release urea fertilizers for oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) on soil carbon storage and CO2 emission
Fertilizer-induced CO 2 emission is a primary driver of global warming. The experiment was used to study whether controlled-release urea (CRU)...
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Recent trends and technologies for reduced environmental impacts of fertilizers: a review
Sustainable and at the same time high-yield agriculture are among the recent challenges for this sector. The development of fertilizers that can be...
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Sustained release properties of cement-bonded composites with organic waste based anaerobic digestate as nutrient carriers for marine microalgae
Anaerobic digestate is an organic effluent from biogas plants that generate renewable energy from organic waste under anaerobic conditions....
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Effect of slow release nitrogenous fertilizers and biochar on growth, physiology, yield, and nitrogen use efficiency of sunflower under arid climate
Sunflower plants need nitrogen consistently and in higher amount for optimum growth and development. However, nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of...
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Production of zeolitic materials in pilot scale based on coal ash for phosphate and potassium adsorption in order to obtain fertilizer
The use of different types of zeolites (X, Na-P1, and 4A) synthesized by different methods and scales were tested in this work to adsorb nutrients...
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Effect of Application Season on Release of Available Phosphorus from Soil Receiving Mono-ammonium Phosphate or Struvite
This study was designed to characterize the release of available P from different ratios of mono-ammonium phosphate:struvite (MAP:struvite) in soils...
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An effective biochar-based slow-release fertilizer for reducing nitrogen loss in paddy fields
PurposeAs a carbon sequestration material, biochar has attracted much attention due to its potential to enhance rice productivity and nitrogen...
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Impact of Urea and Ammoniacal Nitrogen Wastewaters on Soil: Field Study in a Fertilizer Industry (BahÃa Blanca, Argentina)
Nitrogen compounds in industrial effluents are considered a serious threat to the environment. The aim of this work is to identify the effect...
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Effect of corn pre-puffing on the efficiency of MgO-engineered biochar for phosphorus recovery from livestock wastewater: mechanistic investigations and cost benefit analyses
To improve the phosphorus (P) recovery efficiency from livestock wastewater, a novel MgO doped mildewed corn biochar with thermal pre-puffing...
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Novel gas exposure system for the controlled exposure of plants to gaseous hydrogen fluoride
Plants can serve as sensitive bioindicators of the presence of contaminant vapors in the atmosphere. This work describes a novel laboratory-based gas...
