Toxic metals in East African agro-ecosystems: Key risks for sustainable food production

LK Munishi, PA Ndakidemi, W Blake, S Comber… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The dramatic increase in world population underpins current escalating food demand, which
requires increased productivity in the available arable land through agricultural …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term excessive phosphorus fertilization alters soil phosphorus fractions in the acidic soil of pomelo orchards

X Chen, X Yan, M Wang, Y Cai, X Weng, D Su… - Soil and Tillage …, 2022 - Elsevier
The effects of long-term excessive phosphorus (P) fertilization on the P fraction changes and
P loss risk in orchard soils remain unclear. This study aimed to assess the concentrations of …

[HTML][HTML] The role of Rhizobia toward food production, food and soil security through microbial agro-input utilization in developing countries

F Ojija, BN Aloo - Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Agricultural inputs such as fertilizers are becoming increasingly expensive and less
available in developing countries, leading to decreased land productivity and food …

Toward a better understanding of phosphorus nonpoint source pollution from soil to water and the application of amendment materials: Research trends

X Ge, X Chen, M Liu, C Wang, Y Zhang, Y Wang… - Water, 2023 - mdpi.com
Phosphorus (P) nonpoint source pollution from soil to water is increasing dramatically,
leading to the eutrophication of water bodies. Using amendment materials for P retention in …

[PDF][PDF] A critical review of soil phosphorus dynamics and biogeochemical processes for unlocking soil phosphorus reserves

M Islam, KHM Siddique, LP Padhye, J Pang… - Advances in …, 2024 - researchgate.net
This chapter provides an overview of the relative contributions of organic and inorganic
sources to soil phosphorus (P) accumulation, its dynamics, and the use of amendments in …

Iron-coated nutshell waste bioadsorbents: Synthesis, phosphate remediation, and subsequent fertilizer application

CM Tummala, M Dardona, S Praneeth… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing incidence of freshwater nutrient pollution worldwide has highlighted the
need for improved phosphate capture technologies. Successful phosphate recovery from …

Towards sustainability: Threat of water quality degradation and eutrophication in Usangu agro-ecosystem Tanzania

LK Munishi, W Blake, S Comber, TH Hutchinson… - Marine Pollution …, 2022 - Elsevier
The agrochemicals and nutrient losses from farming areas such as paddy farming
significantly dictate quality and eutrophication of the freshwater resource. However, how …

Genome-wide identification and characterization of SPXdomain-containing genes family in eggplant

L Zhuomeng, T Ji, Q Chen, C Xu, Y Liu, X Yang, J Li… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Phosphorus is one of the lowest elements absorbed and utilized by plants in the soil. SPX
domain-containing genes family play an important role in plant response to phosphate …

Phosphorus Environmental Risk Assessment in Wetland Soil

APM Mikosik, N Favaretto, ACV Motta, VF Melo… - Wetlands, 2024 - Springer
At the interface between agricultural fields and water bodies there are wetlands constituted
by hydromorphic soils. Our hypothesis is that hydromorphic soil acts a P sink and the P …

[HTML][HTML] Increasing agricultural soil phosphate (P) status influences water P levels in paddy farming areas: Their implication on environmental quality

LK Munishi, PA Ndakidemi - Case Studies in Chemical and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Intensive paddy farming activities involve higher use of irrigation water and agrochemicals to
increase crop productivity per unit area. However, a practice may result in environmental …