Toxics,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
12(8), P. 535 - 535
Published: July 24, 2024
Soil
pollution
with
cadmium
(Cd)
poses
serious
health
and
environmental
consequences.
The
study
investigated
the
incubation
of
several
soil
samples
conducted
quantitative
characterization
to
assess
influence
biochar
(BC)
on
Cd
adsorption.
aim
was
develop
predictive
models
for
concentrations
using
statistical
modeling
approaches
dependent
characteristics.
potential
risk
linked
transformation
immobilization
adsorption
by
BC
in
could
be
conservatively
assessed
pH,
clay,
cation
exchange
capacity,
organic
carbon,
electrical
conductivity.
In
this
study,
Long
Short-Term
Memory
(LSTM),
Bidirectional
Gated
Recurrent
Unit
(BiGRU),
5-layer
CNN
Convolutional
Neural
Networks
(CNNs)
were
applied
assessments
establish
a
framework
evaluating
amended
soils
predict
transformation.
case
control
(CK),
BiGRU
model
showed
commendable
performance,
an
R2
value
0.85,
indicating
approximate
85.37%
variance
actual
Cd.
LSTM
model,
which
incorporates
sequence
data,
produced
less
accurate
results
(R2=0.84),
while
had
BMC Plant Biology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
24(1)
Published: April 23, 2024
Abstract
Background
Water
stress
is
a
major
danger
to
crop
yield,
hence
new
approaches
strengthen
plant
resilience
must
be
developed.
To
lessen
the
negative
effects
of
water
on
wheat
plants,
present
study
was
arranged
investigate
role
synergistic
biochar,
trans-zeatin
riboside
(t-ZR),
and
Azospirillum
brasilense
soil
improvement
enzymatic
activity
in
water-stressed
wheat.
Results
In
three-replication
experiment
comprising
four
treatments
(T
0
:
Control,
T
1
Drought
(DS),
2
DS
+
t-ZR
with
3
A.
biochar),
we
observed
notable
improvements
quality
activities
plants
application
biochar.
drought
stress,
Treatment
having
biochar
performs
best
as
compared
other
significant
increased
such
peroxidase
(7.36%),
catalase
(8.53%),
superoxide
dismutase
(6.01%),
polyphenol
oxidase
(14.14%),
amylase
(16.36%)
plants.
Different
showed
different
trends
results.
Soil
organic
C,
dissolved
N
also
enhanced
29.46%,
8.59%,
22.70%
respectively
under
condition.
Conclusions
The
action
creates
an
effective
microbiological
environment
that
supports
essential
physiological
processes
during
stress.
This
enhancement
attributed
improved
fertility
matter
content,
highlighting
potential
these
novel
strategies
mitigating
enhancing
resilience.
International Journal of Phytoremediation,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(12), P. 2064 - 2073
Published: June 29, 2024
In
situ
immobilization
is
a
potential
approach
that
can
be
used
to
remediate
low-to-medium
levels
of
heavy-metal
in
contaminated-soil.
There
little
known
about
how
modifications
soil
characteristics
may
affect
Pb's
release
from
soil.
The
four
different
amendments,
triple-superphosphate
and
attapulgite
were
combined
Ad-1;
zeolite
Ad-2;
hydroxyapatite
humus
Ad-3;
nano-carbon.
These
amendments
are
mostly
made
phyllosilicate
minerals,
humus,
base
nano-carbon,
respectively.
Results
revealed
the
test
amendments'
maximal
Pb-adsorption
capacity
varied
7.47
17.67
mg
g−1.
Surface
precipitation
ion-exchange
found
main
mechanisms
for
by
Ad-1
Ad-2,
while
Ad-3
Ad-4
promising
among
all,
according
analysis
both
before
after
Pb
loading.
When
pH
dropped
(7-1)
or
ion-strength
rose
(0–0.2
M),
there
was
discernible
rise
Pb-desorption
percentages
amendments.
It
determined
more
effective
immobilizing
lead
contaminated-soils
because
their
high
adsorption
capacities
(12.82
g−1)
low-desorption
(4.46–6.23%)
at
ion-strengths
0.01–0.1
mol
L−1
ranging
5
7.
PLoS ONE,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
19(5), P. e0303904 - e0303904
Published: May 17, 2024
Perfluorooctane
sulfonate
(PFOS)
is
a
prominent
perfluorinated
compound
commonly
found
in
the
environment,
known
to
pose
various
risks
human
health.
However,
removal
of
PFOS
presents
significant
challenges,
primarily
due
limited
discovery
bacteria
capable
effectively
degrading
PFOS.
Moreover,
single
degradation
often
encounter
obstacles
individual
cultivation
and
breakdown
complex
pollutants.
In
contrast,
microbial
consortia
have
shown
promise
pollutant
degradation.
This
study
employed
continuous
enrichment
method,
combined
with
multiple
co-metabolic
substrates,
investigate
consortium
potential
for
By
employing
this
methodology,
we
identified
that
demonstrated
capacity
reduce
when
exposed
an
optimal
concentration
methanol.
The
predominantly
comprised
Hyphomicrobium
species
(46.7%)
along
unclassified
microorganisms
(53.0%).
Over
duration
20
days,
exhibited
notable
decrease
56.7%
comparison
initial
level,
while
considering
exclusion
adsorption
effects.
Furthermore,
by
comparing
predicted
metabolic
pathways
genome
chloromethane-degrading
bacterium,
sp.
MC1,
using
KEGG
database,
observed
distinct
variations
pathways,
suggesting
role
microorganisms.
These
findings
underscore
effectiveness
"top-down"
functional
screening
approach
stubborn
Journal of soil science and plant nutrition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
24(3), P. 4681 - 4701
Published: July 29, 2024
Abstract
Purpose
Fertilization
is
important
for
improving
crop
yield
and
soil
quality.
Elucidation
of
the
effects
castor
bean
meal
(CBM)
fertilizer
on
peanut
quality
fertility
can
lead
to
additional
fertilization
options
provide
a
theoretical
reference
achieving
high-quality,
high-yielding
peanut.
Methods
During
2022–2023,
two-year
long-term
field
experiment
was
conducted
in
Tongliao
city,
Inner
Mongolia,
China.
No
(CK)
used
as
control,
different
treatments,
i.e.,
CBM
(B1:
2520
kg
ha
-1
,
B2:
5040
B3:
10,080
),
chemical
alone
(F1:
175
F2:
350
F3:
700
cow
manure
(N1:
3724
N2:
7448
N3:
14,896
)
were
investigated.
Results
The
results
showed
that
application
improved
ecology.
Compared
with
other
pH
B3
treatment
decreased
by
8.5%,
but
significantly
increased
contents
organic
carbon
(SOC),
total
nitrogen
(TN),
phosphorus
(TP),
potassium
(TK),
alkali-hydrolyzed
(AN),
basic
(AP)
rapidly
available
(AK)
soil,
which
86.4%,
64.6%,
70.5%,
11.3%,
75.8%,
150.1%,
116.2%,
respectively,
compared
CK.
Meanwhile,
B1,
B2,
N1
N2
treatments
also
led
elevation
above
indexes.
In
addition,
activities
urease
(URE),
sucrase
(SUC),
phosphatase
(PPL),
catalase
(CAT),
amylase
(AMY)
protease
(PRO)
greater
than
those
increases
256.4%,
248.4%,
68.2%,
96.8%,
267.3%,
155.7%,
rootlet
length(PRL),
number
branches(BN),
plant
height(PLH)
lateral
branch
length(LBL)
plants.
had
yields,
reaching
8059.5
9935.7
2022
2023,
respectively.
B1
protein
(Pro),
fat
(FAT),
unsaturated
fatty
acid
(UFA)
vitamin
E
(VE),
23.3%,
6.1%,
1.0%,
29.1%,
CK,
sugar
(TS)
content
reduced
9.1%.
Correlation
analysis
further
confirmed
correlated
nutrients
enzyme
activities.
Conclusions
This
study
has
certain
positive
effects.
For
example,
potential
increasing
yield,
be
improvement.
Therefore,
recommended
new
type
yield.