Endoparasitic root-knot (Meloidogyne spp.) and lesion (Pratylenchus spp.) nematodes cause considerable damage in agriculture. Before they invade roots to complete their life cycle, soil microbes can attach to their cuticle or surface coat and antagonize the nematode directly or by induction of host plant defenses. We investigated whether the nematode-associated microbiome in soil differs betwee...

Plants are the most common bioindicatorsused in air quality biomonitoring studies because they are immobile and they have more sensitive to the most prevalent air pollutants than humans and animals. To identify the concentrations and sources of heavy metals in ornamental plants of Isfahan landscape, samples of leaves and soil around Pinuseldarica and Nerium oleander were collected at different ...

In this work, the decomposition of phenanthrene (PHE) in mimic and real soil washing (SW) effluents was investigated using UVB light assisted activation hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) peroxydisulfate (PDS) oxidation processes. The impact oxidant concentration, initial pH, coexisting inorganic anions (Cl?, HCO3? NO3?) on PHE removal evaluated. degradation efficiency under irradiation followed order UV...

Soil pollution and crop contamination by cadmium (Cd) and Arsenic (As) are widely-known and recognized as a global threat to sustainable life and the environment. Various factors contribute to soil pollution, including pollutants factor: sources of pollutants, pollutant pathways, the medium of pollution, and soil factor. Japanese agricultural soils in some region, have been heavily polluted wit...

Toxoplasma gondii is the protozoan parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis, one of the most prevalent zoonoses worldwide. T. gondii infects humans through the ingestion of meat containing bradyzoites or through soil, food or water contaminated with oocysts. Soil contamination with oocysts is increasingly recognized as a major source of infection for humans, but has rarely been quantified directl...

X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) is a non-destructive imaging technique originally designed for diagnostic medicine, which was adopted for rhizosphere and soil science applications in the early 1980s. X-ray CT enables researchers to simultaneously visualise and quantify the heterogeneous soil matrix of mineral grains, organic matter, air-filled pores and water-filled pores. Additionally, X-ray CT...

Through a series of in vitro, greenhouse, field experiments with 4 iterations, control variants, statistical processing reliability we see: Toxicity in the environment alum soil has very volatile Large and complex, this variation depends: 1-Applying three tons CaCO3/ha to rice soil, otherwise washing acid sulfate some case sometimes it is harmful. 3-Acid water pH = 3.8 (A1<s...