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Exploring the Effects of Organic Carbon and Nitrogen on Biomass and Lipid Synthesis in Brackish Water Cyanobacteria: A Study on Sustainable Biofuel Production

by Jambulingam Ranjitha Sivaraman Chandhinipriya

Hydrology and Water Resources Management

This work is mainly focused on the enhancement of biomass and lipid productivity of the cyanobacterial strains isolated from seawater to produce biodiesel. Initially, Seawater was collected, cultured, and analyzed to isolate cyanobacterial strains. The isolated cyanobacterial species were analyzed...

Saline water carbon +4 more

Upregulate Soil Health and Wheat Yield: Conversion of Organic Waste into Bio-activated Zn-Enriched Compost for Deficient Soils

by Naeem Muhammad Iqbal Zafar Hussain Azhar Jamil Moazzam Ahmad Hafiz Tanvir Ismail Ahmed Mahmoud El-Mogy Mohamed El Ganainy Sherif El-Beltagi Hossam Hadid Maha Loutfi

Solid Waste Management

Soil zinc (Zn) deficiency is a major constraint limiting wheat productivity and nutritional quality, particularly in degraded agricultural lands. Sustainable organic waste management through composting presents an eco-friendly approach to enhancing soil health while mitigating environmental...

compost organic matter +3 more

Carbon Mitigation Potential of Banana Crops Biomass and Biochar in Tropical Semi-Arid Region of India.

by Vijayprakash Murugesan Rajagopalan Varadarajan Keerthivasan Navaneethakrishnan

Climate change

The standing plant biomass that remains after harvesting bananas is the Above Ground Biomass (AGB); these residues have great carbon sequestration (CS) potential. This study quantifies the AGB yield of the Poovan (Musa acuminata) plant in semi-arid Tamil Nadu, India through novel modified non...

Agricultural residue Allometric models +4 more

Unveiling the physio-biochemical, photosynthetic and ionic Responses of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes exposed to NaCl and chromium stress

by Ali Muhammad Chen Yu Ahmad Salman Aloufi Salman Al-Asmari Fahad İzgü Tolga Şimşek Özhan Alalawy Adel M.AL-Balawi Siham Alasmari Abdulrahman Alaida Meaad

Issue 5

Environmental management and policy

Heavy metal pollution and salinity is a serious ecological concern posing threat to agriculture sustainability and global food security. Chromium (Cr) accumulation in arable lands is of serious concern due to its long term persistent in the soil and strong detrimental impacts on crop yield. Soil...

Leaf gas exchange combined abiotic stresses +3 more

Focusing on Eco-Friendly Biosorption Method: Removal of reactive yellow-145 by natural Ureolytic Mixed Culture

by Koçyiğit Hasan Manav Esra

Issue 2

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

In this study, removal of reactive yellow 145 (RY 145) dyestuff by dry biomass of Ureolytic mixed microorganism culture (UMC), existing in domestic wastewater and various industrial wastewater, was studied. Optimum conditions of adsorption efficiency were tested. For this purpose, studies were...

Biosorption of Heavy Metals Using Plant-Derived Sorbents: An Environmental Solution for Industrial Wastewater

by Mani Anis Kumar Swarnalatha A.P Naveen K.N Suryanarayana Raju J.N.S S.Kerur Shankramma Priyadharsini .K

Issue 4

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

This study used a biosorbent, derived from processed Prosopis juliflora root powder to treat wastewater and remove lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), and copper (Cu) ions. The biosorption process was influenced by factors including temperature (25 to 65°C), biomass content (1 to 5 g), pH levels (1.0 to 7.0)...

Biosorption Heavy metals +3 more

Differential growth and metal uptake efficiency of castor bean genotypes on a lead contaminated soil

by Naveed Sahar Mahmood Sajid Ishaque Wajid

Issue 5

Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation

Present study investigated the unknown responses of five castor bean genotypes to lead (Pb) contaminated soil, focusing on their growth and metal uptake efficiency. A unique aspect is the simultaneous assessment of multiple genotypes, offering a holistic view of their reactions to soil contamination...

Castor bean lead uptake +4 more

The influence of nZVI composites as immobilizing agents on the bioavailability of heavy metals and plant growth in mining metal-contaminated soil

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441106289@student.ksu.edu.sa et al. View all

Issue 4

Circular Economy and Bioeconomy

Under the greenhouse scale, nano zero valent iron (nZVI) have been evaluated evaluated by formulation with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-nZVI), chitosan (Ch-nZVI), biochar (BC-nZVI), and smectite (SC-nZVI) at rates of 0 and 0.5 and 1% (w/w). The properties of manufactured compounds and their impact...

nZVI based composite materials Heavy metal +3 more

Sustainable bio-oil from banana peel waste biomass: Optimization study and effect of thermal drying

by Chua Huang Shen Shabuddin Muhammad Faris Shah Bin Lee Kiat Moon Tat Tan Kok Bashir Mohammed JK

Issue 7

Solid Waste Management

Banana waste has a high level of volatile matter, making it a promising feedstock for pyrolysis in bio-oil generation. Thus, an oven drying method optimization study was conducted to find the drying process of Saba banana peel on flap opening and fan speed. Based on the ANOVA results, it was found...

banana peel CCD Optimization +3 more

Production of nanocellulose from lignocellulosic biomass and its potential applications: A review

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Allah Ditta et al. View all

Issue 4

Circular Economy and Bioeconomy

Lignocellulosic biomass is a complex natural polymer primarily composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and various other chemical components. The cellulose in the lignocellulosic biomass can depolymerize into a nano-dimension biomaterial called nanocellulose, which possesses unique features...

lignocellulosic biomass Cellulose +3 more

Removal of gaseous ammonia released from leachate by adsorption on carbon-based adsorbents prepared from agro-industrial wastes

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Manuel Feliciano et al. View all

Issue 4

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

Landfill facilities and organic waste treatment plants typically are known sources of odour pollution, such as gaseous NH3, among others. In this work, the removal of gaseous NH3 released from a composting line of a mechanical and biological treatment plant of undifferentiated municipal solid waste...

Valorisation Biomass +7 more

Utilizing Manilkara zapota seed oil for biodiesel production and conducting an investigation into its properties and characteristics

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Dr.N.Kanthavelkumaran et al. View all

Issue 2

Solid Waste Management

Biodiesel can be derived from the oils of fruit seeds for powering diesel engines, and this study focuses on extracting biodiesel from Manilkara Zapota seeds, which are readily available and not intended for human consumption. The primary aim is to underscore the use of non-edible oils as a cost...

Ethanol fermentation +6 more

Effectiveness of corn stalk biochar in amending the contaminated soil attributes and enhancing the sustainable grass growth

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Ditta A. et al. View all

Issue 1

Environmental management and policy

It is important to rapidly amend the hostile rural soil fertility and quality to develop green land verdure. In this research, cornstalk-derived biochar was added (sequence proportions 0, 1, 5, 10, 20, and 50 % in the mass ratio) into hostile rural soil and then the grass was grown in the pots. The...

Biochar Corn Stalk +3 more

Synergistic effects of microbes and plant for remediation of chromium contaminated soil

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Dr. V. Ravisankar et al. View all

Issue 1

Soil and groundwater contamination and remediation

The contamination of soil is a serious issue to the environment caused by the human activities in the form of improper disposal methods. There are several contaminated dumpsites in India where, hazardous and other wastes contains heavy metal were dumped historically, which subsequently results in...

Heavy metal chromium +4 more

Harvesting of Dunaliella salina using electrocoagulation with helix electrode and producing HHO gas as promising Hydrogen fuel

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Mochamad Arief Budihardjo et al. View all

Issue 1

Environmental data analysis and modelling

Biofuels obtained from renewable sources are the only alternative in the global economy from a sustainable point of view. Microalgae have shown tremendous potential as a major source of biomass production that can be used as biofuels. At the same time, gas hydrogen is a non-polluting energy source...

Dunaliella salina Electrocoagulation +3 more

Investigating the integration of physical-electrochemical-biological processes in the rehabilitation of dead soils contaminated with lead and phenanthrene

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Roya Mafigholami et al. View all

Issue 10

Solid Waste Management

This study was carried out with the aim of using three processes of soil washing, electrofenton and biological leaching method in order to rehabilitate the soil contaminated with lead and phenanthrene around the south Tehran oil refinery. The variables examined in this study are the amount of soil...

Electrofenton biological leaching +4 more

Biosorption of Methylene Blue dye by Ligustrum lucidum fruits biomass: Equilibrium, isotherm, kinetic and thermodynamic studies

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IOANNIS ANASTOPOULOS et al. View all

Issue 9

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

.In this work, biomass from Ligustrum lucidum fruits (LF) was used for the first time as a novel adsorbent to remove the Methylene Blue dye (MB) from aqueous solutions. The adsorption equilibrium was attained after 60 min, and the adsorption followed the pseudo-second-order kinetic model. The rise...

Biosorption methylene blue +3 more

Temperature impact on the hydration and setting mechanism of C-S-H bonding on nano-biomass silica with poly-carboxylate ether

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Nageswari N et al. View all

Issue 9

General

Pozzolanic material and a chemical admixture have been used in the current investigation; Nano Biomass Silica (NBS) and Poly-Carboxylate Ether (PCE). NBS produces 20% of the 590 million tonnes of paddy produced globally. Amorphous silica, a mineral component used in concrete, is present in sizable...

NBS PCE &Pozzolans +2 more

Ecological toxicity of microplastics, aluminum and their combination to ectomycorrhizal fungi (Lactarius delicious)

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Zhang Liang et al. View all

Issue 8

Environmental Toxicology and Biogeochemistry of Ecosystems

To investigate the combined toxic effects of microplastics and aluminum (Al) on ectomycorrhizal fungi, Lactobacillus delicious (Ld) was selected as the experimental subject to conduct research on monodisperse polystyrene microplastics (PS-MPs) (0, 20, 100, 200 mg L-1) and Al3+ (40 mg L-1) single...

microplastics aluminum +2 more

Microbial synthesis of eco-friendly polylactate plastic from low-cost agro-industrial wastes as an alternative to petrochemical-based plastic

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Khadiga A. Abou-Taleb et al. View all

Issue 8

Solid Waste Management

Bioplastics made from renewable resources, such as contemporary biomass, have been developed more quickly as a result of global pollution from plastics made from petroleum, but it is still unclear how these materials will affect ecosystems. A common biopolymer that will make up 33% of the...

Bioplastic accumulating bacteria +5 more

Incorporating of waste from sugar industry and cement industry in concrete

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Nirmal Ponnambalam et al. View all

Issue 8

Climate change

As the production of biomass waste from agroindustry grows across the world, a large amount of agro-based ashes ends up in polluting land. India produced 405.4 million tones of sugarcane in 2019, with a capacity of 105.4 million tonnes of bagasse and 2.5 million tonnes of SBA. The utilization of...

Waste utilization Sugarcane Bagasse Ash +3 more

Effect of biochar on tungsten bioavailability and uptake grown in a soil with artificially tungsten contaminated

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Wei-Jiang Chen，Ming Chen et al. View all

Issue 6

Environmental Toxicology and Biogeochemistry of Ecosystems

Tungsten (W) is an emerging contaminant because of its potential toxicity to humans, and biochar (BC) is widely used for soil heavy metal remediation. However, W-biochar-plant interactions remain unknown. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of rice-husk BC on W uptake by lettuce...

Tungsten bioavailability +2 more

Physiological response of ectomycorrhizal fungi (Lactarius delicious) to microplastics stress

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Liang Zhang et al. View all

Issue 3

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

The pollution and toxicological effects of microplastics in soil have gradually attracted widespread attention, but studies on the ecological effects of microplastics on soil microorganisms and their mechanisms are still very scarce. To explore the physiological response of ectomycorrhizal fungi...

microplastics Lactarius delicious +3 more

Determining the Effects of Changes in Land Use on Carbon Amount in Above-Ground Biomass with NDVI

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Ahmet Salih Değermenci et al. View all

Issue 3

Environmental management and policy

In terms of sustainable land use management, it is extremely important to reveal the land conditions and the changes that occur on the land in certain periods. In this study, using CORINE data for Düzce province, land use status and transitions between land-use classes over 28 years were...

Düzce land use +3 more

Extraction of biodiesel from wastewater using microalgae Chlorella Vulgaris

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Gokulan. R*, et al. View all

Issue 1

Water and wastewater treatment and reuse

An experimental research on production of biodiesel from lipids of chlorella vulgaris has been done through transesterification reaction process. The series of chlorella vulgaris cultures has been carried out and the optimum growth time was determined. The biodiesel synthesis is processed by two...

Biomass Chlorella vulgaris +3 more