Livestock manure and the impacts on soil health: A review

N Rayne, L Aula - Soil Systems, 2020 - mdpi.com
Soil health is the capacity of the soil to provide an environment for optimum growth and
development of plants, while also ensuring the health of animals and humans. Animal …

Leachability and adverse effects of coal fly ash: A review

N Wang, X Sun, Q Zhao, Y Yang, P Wang - Journal of hazardous materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Coal fly ash (CFA) is a valuable industrial solid waste, but conventional methods used for its
disposal can lead to serious and long-lasting environmental issues. The study of …

Zeolite coated urea fertilizer using different binders: Fabrication, material properties and nitrogen release studies

A Dubey, DR Mailapalli - Environmental technology & innovation, 2019 - Elsevier
Zeolite is the most widely used coating material in developing controlled release fertilizers
(CRF) due to low cost and its inherent cation exchange property that effectively controls the …

A computational model for soil fertility prediction in ubiquitous agriculture

GA Helfer, JLV Barbosa, R dos Santos… - … and Electronics in …, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of sophisticated sensors to measure soil composition and plant needs are a
tendence in precision agriculture. In any case, prediction models are built using machine …

[HTML][HTML] Stabilization of heavy metals in soil and leachate at Dompoase landfill site in Ghana

F Odom, E Gikunoo, EK Arthur, FO Agyemang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The levels of heavy metals pollution in water and soil around landfill sites are increasing due
to the indiscriminate dumping of domestic and industrial wastes at these sites. This research …

Grazing exclusion regulates bacterial community in highly degraded semiarid soils from the Brazilian Caatinga biome

AP de Araujo Pereira, LAL Lima… - Land Degradation & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Grazing exclusion has been applied as a suitable strategy for soil conservation worldwide,
mainly on semiarid soils. However, it is unclear how grazing exclusion reduces the negative …

Self-sustainable nutrient recovery associated to power generation from livestock's urine using plant-based bio-batteries

W Apollon, AI Luna-Maldonado, SK Kamaraj… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Plant-based bio-batteries, ie., plant microbial fuel cells (P-MFCs) are devices that convert
chemical energy into electrical energy by using microbial activity (as catalysts). These …

Biochar-based phosphate fertilizers: synthesis, properties, kinetics of P release and recommendation for crops grown in Oxisols

EG Morais, K Jindo, CA Silva - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The agronomic efficiency of biochar-based fertilizers (BBFs) relies on the synthesis routes,
properties, and interaction with the soil–plant system. In our study, BBFs were produced from …

Three-dimensional dynamics of nitrogen from banded enhanced efficiency fertilizers

CK Janke, P Moody, MJ Bell - Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 2020 - Springer
A range of enhanced efficiency fertilizers (EEFs) have been developed in response to
widespread recognition of poor nitrogen (N) use efficiency (NUE) in agriculture; however …

Models relating soil pH measurements in H2O, KCl and CaCl2 for volcanic ash soils of Cameroon

GK Kome, RK Enang, BPK Yerima, MGR Lontsi - Geoderma Regional, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil pH, apparently the most routinely measured soil property is an important indicator of soil
quality, serves as a guide for fertilizer recommendations and liming requirements, and is an …