Nannochloropsis for the bioremediation of brewery side streams and co-production of aquaculture feed and bio-Fertiliser: A comprehensive review DOI Creative Commons

Felix Joel Brooke,

Q. Ma, Mohammadhosein Rahimi

et al.

Algal Research, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 89, P. 104079 - 104079

Published: May 5, 2025

Language: Английский

Microalgae as next generation plant growth additives: Functions, applications, challenges and circular bioeconomy based solutions DOI Creative Commons

Priyanka Parmar,

Raman Kumar,

Yograj Neha

et al.

Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14

Published: March 30, 2023

Sustainable agriculture practices involve the application of environment-friendly plant growth promoters and additives that do not negatively impact health ecosystem. Stringent regulatory frameworks restricting use synthetic agrochemicals increase in demand for organically grown crops have paved way development novel bio-based promoters. In this context, microalgae biomass derived offer sources promotors enhance crop productivity impart disease resistance. These beneficial effects could be attributed to presence wide range biomolecules such as soluble amino acid (AA), micronutrients, polysaccharides, phytohormones other signaling molecules biomass. addition, their phototrophic nature, high photosynthetic efficiency, environmental adaptability make them an attractive source biostimulants, biofertilizers biopesticides. The present review aims describe various promoting metabolites produced by on productivity. Further, elicited biostimulants with respect different modes applications seed treatments, foliar spray soil/root drenching is reviewed detail. ability tolerance against abiotic biotic stressors along mechanism action discussed paper. Although based gaining popularity, nutrient water requirements energy intensive downstream processes makes technology commercially unsustainable. Addressing challenge, we propose a circular economy model mediated bioremediation coupled biorefinery approaches generating value biofertilizer applications. We discuss new trends enhancing sustainability production co-cultivation algae hydroponics utilization effluents.

Language: Английский

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77

Roles of microalgae-based biofertilizer in sustainability of green agriculture and food-water-energy security nexus DOI

Thanh Ngoc-Dan Cao,

Hussnain Mukhtar, Linh-Thy Le

et al.

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 870, P. 161927 - 161927

Published: Jan. 31, 2023

Language: Английский

Citations

61

Microalgae as Biofertilizers: A Sustainable Way to Improve Soil Fertility and Plant Growth DOI Open Access
João Gonçalves, Jorge Freitas, Igor Fernandes

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(16), P. 12413 - 12413

Published: Aug. 15, 2023

The intensification of agricultural production in response to the global population increase and growing demand for food has raised significant concerns regarding environmental impacts over past few decades. Currently, modern agriculture aims improve quantity quality crop yield, minimizing negative effects treatments on environment. Recently, microalgae have found extensive application as a valuable biological resource across multiple industries, including sector, biofuel production, pharmaceutical industry. In agriculture, been seen promising sustainable alternative agrochemicals, offering range benefits soil fertility, optimize nutrient management, reduce reliance synthetic fertilizers. general, demonstrated efficient cycling abilities, assimilating converting essential nutrients, such nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, into forms readily available plants. Additionally, they produce bioactive substances, phytohormones, which direct impact physiological processes plants promote their growth. Microalgae can also establish beneficial interactions with other microorganisms, supporting growth bacteria fungi, thus promoting healthy microbiome. On hand, photosynthetic harness sunlight convert carbon dioxide (CO2) organic matter through photosynthesis. This ability allows them sequester contribute by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. present work provides an overview potential biofertilizers, highlighting unique characteristics, benefits, main limitations effective implementation agriculturally practices.

Language: Английский

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40

The potential of wastewater grown microalgae for agricultural purposes: Contaminants of emerging concern, heavy metals and pathogens assessment DOI Creative Commons
Ana Álvarez-González, Enrica Uggetti,

Lydia Serrano

et al.

Environmental Pollution, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 324, P. 121399 - 121399

Published: March 4, 2023

In the coming years, use of microalgal biomass as agricultural biofertilizers has shown promising results. The wastewater culture medium resulted in reduction production costs, making microalgae-based fertilizers highly attractive for farmers. However, occurrence specific pollutants wastewater, like pathogens, heavy metals and contaminants emerging concern (CECs), such pharmaceuticals personal care products may pose a risk on human health. This study presents an holistic assessment grown municipal biofertilizer agriculture. Results showed that pathogens concentrations were below threshold established by European regulation fertilizing products, except cadmium. Regarding CECs, 25 out 29 compounds found wastewater. only three them (hydrocinnamic acid, caffeine, bisphenol A) microalgae used biofertilizer. Agronomic tests performed lettuce growth greenhouse. Four treatments studied, comparing with conventional mineral fertilizer, also combination both them. suggested can help reducing nitrogen dose, since similar fresh shoot weights obtained plants different assessed fertilizers. Lettuce samples revealed presence cadmium CECs all including negative positive controls, which suggests their was not linked to biomass. On whole, this be purposes N need guaranteeing health safety crops.

Language: Английский

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A Holistic Approach to Circular Bioeconomy Through the Sustainable Utilization of Microalgal Biomass for Biofuel and Other Value-Added Products DOI Creative Commons
Ganesan Ezhumalai,

Muthukrishnan Arun,

Arulmani Manavalan

et al.

Microbial Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 87(1)

Published: April 25, 2024

Abstract Emissions from transportation and industry primarily cause global warming, leading to floods, glacier melt, rising seas. Widespread greenhouse gas emissions resulting warming pose significant risks the environment, economy, society. The need for alternative fuels drives development of third-generation feedstocks: microalgae, seaweed, cyanobacteria. These microalgae offer traits like rapid growth, high lipid content, non-competition with human food, growth on non-arable land using brackish or waste water, making them promising biofuel. unique phototrophic organisms use sunlight, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) produce biofuels, biochemicals, more. This review delves into realm microalgal exploring contemporary methodologies employed extraction, value-added products, challenges inherent in their commercial-scale production. While cost bioproducts remains high, utilizing wastewater nutrients cultivation could substantially cut production costs. Furthermore, this summarizes significance biocircular economy approaches, which encompass utilization biomass as a feed supplement biofertilizer, biosorption heavy metals dyes. Besides, discussion extends in-depth analysis future prospects commercial potential biofuel within context sustainable development. An economically efficient biorefinery should prioritize affordable nutrient inputs, harvesting techniques, generation valuable by-products. Graphical

Language: Английский

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Phosphorus Removal and Recovery During Microalgae-Based Wastewater Treatment: A Mini-review DOI

Dinghao Yu,

Luming Yan,

Jingqi Shi

et al.

International Journal of Environmental Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 18(3)

Published: April 3, 2024

Language: Английский

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Microalgae and microbial inoculant as partial substitutes for chemical fertilizer enhance Polygala tenuifolia yield and quality by improving soil microorganisms DOI Creative Commons
Yuying Su, Ying Ren, Gang Wang

et al.

Frontiers in Plant Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15

Published: Jan. 16, 2025

Excessive utilization of chemical fertilizers degrades the quality medicinal plants and soil. Bio-organic (BOFs) including microbial inoculants microalgae have garnered considerable attention as potential substitutes for fertilizer to enhance yield. In this study, a field experiment was conducted investigate effects BOF partially substituting on growth plant Polygala tenuifolia. The parameters, bioactive component contents, soil properties composition rhizosphere microorganisms were measured. results indicated that 40% with showed most pronounced growth-promoting effect, leading 29.30% increase in underground biomass 19.72% 3,6'-disinapoylsucrose (DISS) content. Substituting 20% improved quality, significantly increasing organic matter content by 15.68% (p<0.05). Microalgae addition affected bacterial community P. tenuifolia, reducing relative abundance Cladosporium 33.33% 57.93%, while Chloroflexi 31.06% 38.27%, under reduction, respectively. positively correlated both DISS (p<0.05), indicating may stimulate species associated carbon cycling, thereby enhancing fertility, nutrient absorption, ultimately increased accumulation production components addition, there no significant difference contents between reduced dosage combined solid inoculant (SMI) polyglutamic (PMI), compared 100% fertilizer. Correlation analysis revealed PMI could phosphorus availability through Streptomyces recruitment. conclusion, our findings demonstrated bio-organic can substitute improve microorganisms, This provides theoretical basis productivity reduction.

Language: Английский

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Microalgae bioinputs as disruptive technology for a sustainable agriculture: a systematic and bibliometric review DOI
Rafael Carvalho Nogueira da Gama, Jackeline de Siqueira Castro, Bianca Barros Marangon

et al.

Journal of environmental chemical engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 116034 - 116034

Published: March 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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Using microalgae to reduce the use of conventional fertilizers in hydroponics and soil-based cultivation DOI Creative Commons
Zhongyi Zhang,

Mei Xu,

Yong Fan

et al.

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 912, P. 169424 - 169424

Published: Dec. 19, 2023

The intensive use of agrochemicals has led to nutrient loss, greenhouse gas emissions, and resource depletion, thus the development sustainable agricultural solutions is required. Microalgal biomass potential provide nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, along with various plant growth promoters, enhance crop productivity impart disease resistance. This study provides a comprehensive assessment applications microalgal extracts in contexts seed germination, hydroponic systems, soil-based cultivation. results revealed that from Chlorella sp. Anabaena have no significant impact on germination wheat seeds. High concentrations cell hydroponics enhanced length cucumber seedling stems by 81.7 % 58.3 %, respectively. Additionally, hindered root elongation while stimulating lateral fibrous roots. Furthermore, compared performance 5 different fertilizers: 1) inorganic fertilizer (IF), 2) organic (OF), 3) microalgae-based biofertilizer (MF), 4) + (IM), 5) (OM). findings indicate soil physicochemical properties groups supplied fertilizers are comparable significantly higher than those control group. levels protein, chlorophyll A, B MF group increased 40 29.2 33.5 respectively, However, it remained notably lower (p < 0.05). Combining microalgae can simultaneously yield quality Chinese cabbage, representing promising source nutrition. In conclusion, this suggests reduce conventional

Language: Английский

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Utilization of Microalgae for Urban Wastewater Treatment and Valorization of Treated Wastewater and Biomass for Biofertilizer Applications DOI Open Access
Shoyeb Khan, Mahmoud Thaher, Mohammed AbdulQuadir

et al.

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(22), P. 16019 - 16019

Published: Nov. 16, 2023

Rapid urbanization has substantially increased freshwater consumption and consequent wastewater generation. The produced is an abundant resource of phosphorus, nitrogen, organics. Currently, well-established activated sludge processes are utilized in conventional treatment plants to remove However, removing nitrogenous phosphorus compounds continues be challenging energy-intensive for urban plants. Therefore, the current study aims understand how photosynthetic microalgae can recover nitrogen from wastewater-grown biomass may used as a biofertilizer biostimulant. Utilizing treated with promotes plant growth manner similar other organic manures fertilizers while minimizing nutrient loss soil. Furthermore, microalgal recovery nutrients could have potential energy reductions 47% 240% respectively. In addition producing suitable variety irrigation systems, sustainable alternative that reduce inorganic fertilizer usage.

Language: Английский

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