CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.
An innovative green iron-fertilizer, produced biotechnologically, for correcting iron chlorosis of soybean plants grown in calcareous soils
(Corresponding) Soares H.
Topic:
Environmental biotechnology and bioenergy
Iron deficiency is one of the main causes of chlorosis in plants, which leads to the loss in the field crops quality and yield. Iron-deficiency is a worldwide problem, particularly sever in calcareous soils (about 30% of world´s land surface).
The current use of synthetic iron-chelates to prevent...Read more
Keywords:
Freeze-dried iron-bacterial siderophores products; Environmental-friendly iron-chelates; Iron chlorosis correction of soybean plants; Calcareous soils
Evaluation of soil loaded with green iron nanoparticles for hexavalent chromium reduction
(Corresponding) Mystrioti C., Mpouras A., Papassiopi N., Dermatas D.
Topic:
Nanomaterials in the environmnents applications and effects
Chromate is a pollutant often found in groundwater and considered a serious threat for humans and ecosystem. Iron nanoparticles produced by green tea polyphenols (GT-nZVI) is a powerful reductant, appropriate for the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III). GT-nZVI suspension was initially conceived ideal...Read more
Keywords:
hexavalent chromium, soil loaded nZVI, green nano-iron, calcareous soils
Microbial Biodiversity of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) dumpsites of Cochin, Kerala, India.
Varier J., Kuttamassery N., (Corresponding) Chenichery S.
Topic:
Solid waste management
Cochin, the commercial and industrial centre of Kerala, lies on the south-west coast of Arabian sea. It covers an area of 94.88 Km2. There are two major dumpsites in the city, one at Brahmapuram and other at Kalamassery. The proper management of the waste has been a challenging task for the...Read more
Keywords:
Municipal Solid Waste dumpsite soils, Microbial biodiversity, Cochin
Application of some clay minerals to eliminate the hazards of heavy metals in contaminated soils
Topic:
Heavy metals in the environment
Soil pollution by heavy metals has serious hazards on microorganism plants, human being and ecological environment. Many approaches have been introduced to overcome the problem of contaminated soils by heavy metals as cadmium, copper and nickel.
A laboratory experiment conducted using zeolite and...Read more
Keywords:
zeolite, bentonite, heavy metals, contaminated soils.
Safdar M., (Corresponding) Mavroulidou M., Gunn M., Garelick J.
Topic:
Net Zero emission transition
Biocementation (i.e., the production of biomimetic cement through the metabolic activity of microorganisms) has attracted the vivid interest of researchers worldwide in the last decade. To date most research works and commercial products proposed biocementation using the urea hydrolysis metabolic...Read more
Environmental Effects on the Fate and Co-Transport of Pesticides and Microplastics in Soils Irrigated with Wastewater
Djebbari K., Li B., Shor L., Anagnostou E., (Corresponding) Bagtzoglou A.
Topic:
Microplastics in water treatment: fate, toxicity assessment and removal technologies
In this paper we report results from a series of kinetics and isotherms experiments under different conditions (salinity, organic carbon, and temperature) that were conducted in order to determine the equilibrium time and the sorption response of typical biodegradable microplastics in comparison to...Read more
Keywords:
Microplastics, pesticides, sorption, groundwater, transport in soils
