There is a possibility of using agricultural waste, in particular weeds, innovative technologies for the restoration disturbed land order to increase fertility. Digestate, after anaerobic digestion manure and weed plant Amaranthus retroflexus L. (AR), as well solid carbonaceous residue pyrolysis AR. The combination digestate, which contains high concentrations total nitrogen, phosphorus, potass...

Integrated pest management (IPM) is a method of reducing economic, human health, and environmental risks from pests and pest management strategies. There are questions about the long-term success of IPM programs in relation to continued use of pesticides in agriculture. Total pounds of pesticides applied is a mis-measure of the impact of IPM in agriculture. A more complete measurement of the lo...

In Thailand’s agricultural communities, a number of pesticide products have been frequently used in agricultural farms and this is raising concerns about potentially adverse effects on human health and environment in the community. The objective of this study was to investigate residential pesticide exposure in farm and non-farm families in an agricultural community in Ubonratchathani province,...

Herbicides are applied indiscriminately to achieve maximum weed control in agricultural production which might contaminate the food chain through bio-augmentation of residue concentration soil. One management suggested overcome herbicides contamination is treating with various organic amendments. Hence laboratory column leaching and sorption experiments were conducted Tamil Nadu Agricultural Un...

In this study, we estimate rice residue, associated burning emissions, and compare results with existing emissions inventories employing a bottom-up approach. We first estimated field-level post-harvest rice residues, including separate fuel-loading factors for rice straw and rice stubble. Results suggested fuel-loading factors of 0.27 kgm (±0.033), 0.61 kgm (±0.076), and 0.88 kgm (±0.083) for ...

Biomass based energy generation is one of the major focus areas of renewable energy programs in India. The strength of India’s biomass resources mostly lies in the agricultural sector. A large quantity of crop residue biomass is generated in India. However, crop residue biomasses are distributed resources with variation in spatio-temporal availability and its characteristics. Competing uses of ...

Part A: " Organic foods are not healthier than non-organic foods/Organic foods are unhealthy " Misconception Number 1: Pesticide residues in conventional foods are always within safe levels. Summary of Counter-Arguments-A significant percentage of conventional food products contain pesticide residues in excess of legally-defined, maximum, authorized residue limits in Europe and the US.-As a res...

in this study the effect of different nitrogen source substrates on the amount of chitosan production by aspergillus niger was investigated. a. niger ptcc 5012 from the persian type culture collection (ptcc) was grown on soy bean, corn seed and canola residues at 30 °c for specified cultivation days under sterilized conditions. chitosan was extracted from the fungal mycelia using hot alkaline a...