A valuable or a curse resource? A systematic review on expansion, perception of local community, benefits and side effects of Prosopis juliflora

AA Eshetu - Frontiers in Conservation Science, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Prosopis juliflora has posed a severe threat to human and animal life in arid and
semi-arid areas of the world. Thus, this review intends to shed light on the potential use of …

[HTML][HTML] A Systematic Review of Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. Research in Ethiopia Reveals Gaps and Opportunities for Advancing Management Solutions

K Gebrehiwot, C Steger - Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2024 - Elsevier
Invasive species pose a tremendous threat to biodiversity across the globe. In Ethiopia,
Prosopis juliflora predominantly occurs in the lowlands and posing a threat to both …

Prosopis juliflora peroxidases for phenol remediation from industrial wastewater—An innovative practice for environmental sustainability

S Garg, P Kumar, S Singh, A Yadav, LF Dumée… - … Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Prosopis juliflora or Mesquite, one of the world's worst invaders, yields low-purity
peroxidases (MPx), which remove phenols from the wastewater of textile and leather …

Fuelwood in South Africa revisited: widespread use in a policy vacuum

C Shackleton, G Sinasson, O Adeyemi, V Martins - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
South Africa has experienced massive urbanisation and socioeconomic development over
the past two decades. Concomitantly, the national energy policy focuses on the provision of …

Invasion of Prosopis trees into arid ecosystem alters soil carbon and nitrogen processes and soil trace gases emissions

I Yagle, A Levinzon, JM Grünzweig… - Soil Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The invasion of drylands by leguminous mesquite (Prosopis spp.) is frequently associated
with increases in the soil organic carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools. These increases …

Unraveling the ecological threads: How invasive alien plants influence soil carbon dynamics

A Raheem, P Yohanna, G Li, NJ Noh, B Iqbal… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Invasive alien plants (IAPs) pose significant threats to native ecosystems and biodiversity
worldwide. However, the understanding of their precise impact on soil carbon (C) dynamics …

The plural realities of plant invasions in India: a review of impacts to wellbeing

R Ravi, AJ Hiremath - Environmental Development, 2024 - Elsevier
The ecological impacts of invasive alien species are well known, as are the large-scale
economic losses caused by these species. Less well known are the impacts of these …

The Effects of Mesquite (Prosopis juliflora) on Soils and Plant Communities in the Deserted Rangelands of Bahrain

MAM Sadeq, MS Abido, AA Salih… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of mesquite trees (Prosopis juliflora (Swartz) DC) on the physicochemical
properties of soils and annual understory plants was investigated in the deserted …

Optimizing dielectric constant of noncommercial biobased fibres-Acacia Nilotica, Acacia Leucophloea and Prosopis juliflora-For composite applications with selected …

CK Hemalatha, G Venkatachalam, B Mohan - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
In recent decades, most electrical/electronic products possess non–biodegradable
components. The expanding consumption of these goods and their eventual disposal pose …

Arid Agroforestry for Thar Desert

V Subbulakshmi, KR Sheetal… - … Management in the …, 2023 - Springer
Agroforestry is a sustainable land use system which involves woody components such as
trees and shrubs along with agriculture crops; including pasture and/or animals all together …