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Hurdles to overcome to achieve biostimulant‐driven, low chemical input crop production

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Crop production requires considerable chemical inputs that result in significant greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental costs. Biostimulants are natural agents, such as microorganisms or seaweed, applied to plants and soil to stimulate plant growth and reduce chemical inputs. Biostimulant use is rapidly increasing globally, but hurdles remain,
Wolfram Buss, Katharina Belt, Zaw Hein, Arumdriya Putri, Shuoyang Zhu, Hana Suwandari, Alison R. Bentley   +6 more
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Effects of combined application of pig manure composts prepared using different fermentation methods with chemical fertilizer on winter wheat yield, light-thermal physiology, and soil biological characteristics. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci
Wang M, Cai J, Zeng C, Li M, Wang Y, Geng S, Li G, Li L.   +7 more
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Azole antifungal contaminants disrupt mycorrhizal function and risk agricultural sustainability

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Global food production is increasingly threatened by soil degradation, climate change and the rising costs of synthetic fertilisers. Circular agriculture, which promotes resource reuse, is a promising solution, but using treated wastewater and biosolids in farming introduces risks from emerging contaminants like pharmaceutical residues.
Emily K. Durant, Katie J. Field, J. Brett Sallach, Sara Moeskjær, Alex Williams, Laura J. Carter   +5 more
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Fungal Endophyte Comprehensively Orchestrates Nodulation and Nitrogen Utilization of Legume Crop (Arachis hypogaea L.). [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel)
Xie XG, Jiang HJ, Sun K, Zhao YY, Li XG, Han T, Chen Y, Dai CC.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exchangeable lead (Pb) in lowland paddy soils of Sri Lanka as affected by the differences in agro‐climatic zones, soil orders, and water sources

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Lead (Pb) accumulation in the human body poses serious health risks. As rice is the staple food in Sri Lanka, with a high per capita intake (114 kg), there is a significant risk of Pb transfer through rice consumption. This study evaluated exchangeable Pb concentrations in soils and produced Pb distribution maps.
Anuththara Neththasinghe, Thilini Weerasooriya, Harsha Kadupitiya, Upul Rathnayake, Rohana Chandrajith, Alistair Hetherington, Lalith Suriyagoda   +6 more
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Bio-organic fertilizers reshape rhizosphere bacterial community and enhance crop productivity in reclaimed soil. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Yang J, Lu X, Hao B, Wang S, Kong L, Shao Q, Li W, Wang X, Xu Y, Wu W, Wang J, Yan L, Ren L, Chen G.   +13 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Recovering nutrients from urine – A golden opportunity for sustainable fertiliser production

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Agricultural industrialisation has led to levels of nutrients in the environment that are well above safe operating limits, yet fertiliser use is necessary to feed a growing population. The recovery of nutrients from human urine in large, developed cities may offset some of the ecological and economic impacts associated with fertiliser production, as ...
Hanxia Yu, Jason K. Reynolds, Veera Koskue, Serhiy Marchuk, Diogenes L. Antille, Bernadette K. McCabe, Cara D. Beal, Stefano Freguia, Niraj Yadav, Jeff R. Powell   +9 more
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Leaf stoichiometry of European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) and pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) seedlings grown on an innovative peat-free organic substrate. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Jasik M, Staszel-Szlachta K, Małek S.
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An integrated social and natural sciences case study for the reuse of organic wastes as soil amendments

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Reusing organic waste materials, such as animal manure, as soil amendments reduces water and fertiliser demand, contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, organic wastes may contain contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), posing potential ecosystem and human health risks. Despite the importance of this issue, there is a lack
Felicity C. T. Elder, Jose‐Luis Fajardo‐Escoffié, Laura Carter, Emily K. Durant, Katie J. Field, John Nightingale, Brett Sallach, Andrea‐Lorena Garduño‐Jiménez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source