Medical Geology of Soil Ecology

Pereg, Lily; Steffan, Joshua J.; Gedeon, Csongor I.; Thomas, P. E. J.; Brevik, Eric C.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-53893-4_12

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“…Thus, many studies have focused on the role of agroecosystems in sustaining and restoring soil fertility, or the ability of the soil to provide needed nutrients to crops. The loss of soil fertility may result from degradational processes such as pollution of the soil-plant-water system [4], alkalinity and salinity [5], or antagonisms from other nutrients or elements that may be added during agricultural management [6]. One of the most active portions of an agroecosystem is the soil microbes.…”

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Nano-Restoration for Sustaining Soil Fertility: A Pictorial and Diagrammatic Review Article

El-Ramady

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Fawzy

et al. 2022

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Soil is a real treasure that humans cannot live without. Therefore, it is very important to sustain and conserve soils to guarantee food, fiber, fuel, and other human necessities. Healthy or high-quality soils that include adequate fertility, diverse ecosystems, and good physical properties are important to allow soil to produce healthy food in support of human health. When a soil suffers from degradation, the soil’s productivity decreases. Soil restoration refers to the reversal of degradational processes. This study is a pictorial review on the nano-restoration of soil to return its fertility. Restoring soil fertility for zero hunger and restoration of degraded soils are also discussed. Sustainable production of nanoparticles using plants and microbes is part of the process of soil nano-restoration. The nexus of nanoparticle–plant–microbe (NPM) is a crucial issue for soil fertility. This nexus itself has several internal interactions or relationships, which control the bioavailability of nutrients, agrochemicals, or pollutants for cultivated plants. The NPM nexus is also controlled by many factors that are related to soil fertility and its restoration. This is the first photographic review on nano-restoration to return and sustain soil fertility. However, several additional open questions need to be answered and will be discussed in this work.

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confidence: 99%