Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a major environmental consequence of mining activity. This is a recurring problem around the world, and especially in some specific areas of United States, including Pennsylvania. Remediation of AMD has three requirements: pH neutralization, reduction of sulfate concentrations, and removal of dissolved metals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the sustainable was...

Abstract Background The increasing demand of food causes an excessive exploitation agricultural lands, often inducing phenomena soil sickness accompanied by the development soilborne diseases. use residual biomasses together with inorganic fertilizers can be considered a good practice for controlling inoculum density phytopathogens since conditioners release nitrogen, polyphenols and fatty acid...

this experiment was carried out in experimental farm of agricultural faculty of ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran during 2010. the design was split plot with three replications. main plots were the medicinal plant species consist of: blond psyllium (plantago ovate forssk.), clasping peperweed (lepidium perfoilatum l.), qodumeh shirazi (alyssum homolocarpum l.) dragon's head (lalementia iberi...