Houseplant and potting soil strip ammonia from air, study finds
A controlled chamber study found that a Radermachera sinica plant combined with its growing substrate removed up to 92 percent ...
Tag: Phytoremediation
Rapeseed Grows and Strips Soil Salt in Jordan Using Saline Water and Treated Wastewater
In a two-year Jordanian field trial, 48 rapeseed accessions irrigated with saline water and treated wastewater produced up to 4.49 ...
Mycorrhizal fungus helps three Sphagneticola plants cope with cadmium stress
Inoculation with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Funneliformis mosseae raised acid phosphatase activity and phosphorus uptake in three Sphagneticola species grown ...
From Herbal Teas to Wetlands: The Quiet Spread of Emerging Pollutants and What a New Article Collection Reveals
A new article collection in Discover Applied Sciences documents how toxic metals, antibiotics, endocrine disruptors, microplastics, radiation and herbicides are ...
Active Green Walls Strip Formaldehyde from Indoor Air in Lab and Simulation Tests
Chamber experiments and a new FEniCS-based numerical model show that actively ventilated green walls removed 24.75 to 34.5 percent of ...
Plants and microbes could turn contaminated soil cleanup into resource recovery
A new review proposes treating phytoremediation biomass as a resource for energy, fertilisers, and metals rather than waste.
Microplastics Act as Trojan Horses for Rare Heavy Metals from Nuclear Reactors in Crops
A new review reveals that microplastics released from nuclear power plants act as Trojan horses, adsorbing rare heavy metals like ...
Timed Drainage Turns Rice Into a Cadmium-Harvesting Crop for Polluted Paddies
Researchers show that timing paddy drainage to rice's peak cadmium uptake periods boosts metal extraction nearly eightfold, achieving 37.50 percent ...
Plants vs. Lead: Massive Review Reveals What Really Works to Clean Toxic Soils
A systematic review of 55 studies finds that chelating agents boost lead uptake in plants but risk leaching and stress, ...
Hidden Microbial Partners May Drive Selenium Superpowers in Chinese Plant
Researchers have identified a stable native core microbiome of two bacterial orders in the selenium hyperaccumulator Cardamine hupingshanensis, with rhizosphere ...
Tiny Particles and Helpful Bacteria Team Up to Feed Crops Sustainably
A new review in Plant and Soil shows that engineered nano-micro materials and plant growth-promoting bacteria can protect and enhance ...
The Hidden Fungal Networks That Feed the World’s Plants and Hold Soils Together
A sweeping new review details how arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, ancient symbionts of most land plants, drive nutrient uptake, soil carbon ...
Impact of Excess Boron on Arachis Pintoi Growth
In a groundbreaking study published in Discover Plants, researchers have unveiled the remarkable effects of excess boron on the growth ...
