supported by Gyeongsang National University Grant in 2020–2021。
In trace metal (TM)-contaminated agricultural soils,management of TM availability is important for safe crop production.In addition,maintenance or improvement of soil quality is vital for sustainable crop cultivation....
Green iron nanoparticles(Fe NPs)can be a practical solution to combat iron(Fe)deficiency in calcareous agricultural soils.The main aim of the present work was to assess the effects of green Fe NPs on Fe availability i...
University of New England, Australia for providing the scholarship for Saeed Bagherifam’s second Ph.D. program
Arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) are metalloids that belong to group 15 of the periodic table and exhibit toxic properties in the environment. They mostly occur naturally at low concentrations in soil, although these ca...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41571051, 51178209)
Effects of sludge utilization on the mobility and phytoavailability of heavy metals in soil-plant systems have attracted broad attention in recent years. In this study, we analyzed the effects of municipal sludge comp...
The phytoavailability of lead and chromium in cherry tomatoes Lycopersicon esculentum was studied both at the level of different parts of the plant (roots, stem, leaves and fruits) and at the level of its concentratio...
supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of China as an industry special project (No.200903015);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41001047)
Heavy metal(HM) contamination in soils is an environmental issue worldwide that threatens the quality and safety of crops and human health. A greenhouse experiment was carried out to investigate the growth, mycorrhiza...
Supported by the Indigenous Ph.D. Fellowship Programme of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Rhizosphere drives plant uptake of sparingly soluble soil zinc(Zn).An investigation with three experiments was conducted to study organic acid exudation by two contrasting wheat genotypes(Sehar-06 and Vatan),Zn fracti...
The National Basic Research Program (973) of China (No. 2004CB418506);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 20477029)
A pot experiment was conducted to examine the influence of phosphate levels on the phytoavailability and speciation distribution of cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb) in soil. Spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was select...