This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30971859);the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2016YFD0200103).
Antioxidants are highly beneficial to human health, and their accumulation in lettuce, one of the most popular leafy vegetables, depends on both genetic and environmental factors. Nitrogen(N) availability plays an ess...
funded by C-Wise, Western Australia, who also supplied the composts;funded by the Foundation of China Scholarship Council (No. 201406995065);supported by the Western Australian Fellowship Program funded by the Department of Premier and Cabinet, Office of Science, Western Australia, ARC Linkage Grant (No. LP140100046);the University of Western Australia
Sandy soils, typical of Australia's west, either have little or no habitat protection for microbes including arbuscular mycorrhizal(AM) fungi, which are essential for nutrient cycling. To minimize this problem, the ap...
the "Agence De l’Environnement et de la Matrise de l’Energie" (ADEME);the Nord-Pas de Calais Council, France for their financial support of this study
The behaviour of metals mainly depends on soil p H, carbonate contents and contamination level, which should be considered for the management of contaminated soils. In this study, kitchen garden topsoils(0–25 cm) wer...
Supported by Brazil National Petroleum Agency and Petrobras(No.PRH-ANP/MME/MCT 27)
The demand for simple and rapid bioassays in ecotoxicological evaluations is of paramount importance in order to speed up environmental monitoring programs.In this study we performed bioassays with lettuce seeds and t...
supported by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan and NWFP Agricultural University,Peshawar in collaboration with CAZS Natural Resources,University of Wales Bangor,UK
Soil samples from a historic copper mine tailing site at the Parys Mountain,North Wales(UK) were amended with green waste compost(GC),GC+30% sewage sludge(GCS),lime and diammonium phosphate(DAP),to determine the effec...