Utilizing coir geotextile with grass and legume on soil of Cerrado, Brazil: An alternative strategy in improving the input of nutrients in degraded pasture soil?

Marques, Antônio Luiz; Vianna, Cid Manso de Mello; Monteiro, Monisa Lopes; Pires, Bruno Otávio Sousa; Urashima, Denise de Carvalho; Pontes, Patrícia Procópio

doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2016.06.002

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“…The positive effects of the bioblanket as a geotextile have also been reported in Brazil by Marques et al. () in the soils of the Cerrado, where the bioblanket increased the nutrients in pasture soil. This positive effect was also found by Smith et al.…”

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Jute bioblanket as a soil rehabilitation strategy in Sorocaba, Brazil: Soil chemistry and SWOT approaches

Silva

Tsuchiya

Mendes

et al. 2019

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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Soil erosion and the invasion of exotic plant species are major constraints to achieve sustainable development around the world. Currently, we find few products devoted concomitantly to combatting soil erosion as well as the establishment of unwanted exotic plants. In this paper, we introduce a new product, called herein a bioblanket, that protects the soil and impedes the establishment of exotic plant species. This product is of simple design, and to manufacture it, we use two biodegradable materials: jute tissue and grass wastes. We designed this product to combat soil erosion and the germination and establishment of new, unwanted, invasive plant species. In this paper, we describe our evaluation of how successful this product was in terms of improving the chemical attributes of soil. We also identified the product's potentialities and weaknesses by means of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. The bioblanket ameliorated the chemical attributes of the soil, as evidenced especially by the neutralization of acidity (8.5%) and aluminum toxicity (33%), and by an increment in nutrients concentration. We argue that after adequate treatment and management, the residues of plants that are normally considered unwanted materials can be transformed into a raw material to control the propagation of unwanted plant species, and concomitantly control soil erosion while improving the chemical conditions of the soil. The improvement of the soil chemical attributes was one of the main positive effects reported through the SWOT analysis. In addition, the SWOT analysis revealed some features that need improvement in future generations of the product, but we argue that these features do not impede the benefits for the use of the product in its present form.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 67%

Jute bioblanket as a soil rehabilitation strategy in Sorocaba, Brazil: Soil chemistry and SWOT approaches

Silva

Tsuchiya

Mendes

et al. 2019

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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“…The properties of geotextiles made of natural fibers meet the needs of most applications, and have low cost and biodegradability. Therefore, natural geotextiles have the potential to replace synthetic geotextiles in quite a few applications of geotextiles [9,47].…”

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Review of Application and Innovation of Geotextiles in Geotechnical Engineering

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Most geotextiles consist of polymers of polyolefin, polyester or polyamide family, which involve environmental problems related to soil pollution. Geotextiles can be used for at least one of the following functions: Separation, reinforcement, filtration, drainage, stabilization, barrier, and erosion protection. Due to the characteristics of high strength, low cost, and easy to use, geotextiles are widely used in geotechnical engineering such as soft foundation reinforcement, slope protection, and drainage system. This paper reviews composition and function of geotextiles in geotechnical engineering. In addition, based on literatures including the most recent data, the discussion turns to recent development of geotextiles, with emphasis on green geotextiles, intelligent geotextiles, and high-performance geotextiles. The present situation of these new geotextiles and their application in geotechnical engineering are reviewed.

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“…Among them, only a few researches have been focused on applicability of ODFS as coir-textile manufactured from coir fibers. Coir-textile has been implemented as a shielding material for slope soil as to protect the soil from erosion [ 31 , 98 ]. However, quicker biodegradation of coir fiber (22% of tensile strength only remains after 7 months from application), tends to drop the tendency of coir-textile applications.…”

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A State-of-the-Art Review on Soil Reinforcement Technology Using Natural Plant Fiber Materials: Past Findings, Present Trends and Future Directions

2018

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Incorporating sustainable materials into geotechnical applications increases day by day due to the consideration of impacts on healthy geo-environment and future generations. The environmental issues associated with conventional synthetic materials such as cement, plastic-composites, steel and ashes necessitate alternative approaches in geotechnical engineering. Recently, natural fiber materials in place of synthetic material have gained momentum as an emulating soil-reinforcement technique in sustainable geotechnics. However, the natural fibers are innately different from such synthetic material whereas behavior of fiber-reinforced soil is influenced not only by physical-mechanical properties but also by biochemical properties. In the present review, the applicability of natural plant fibers as oriented distributed fiber-reinforced soil (ODFS) and randomly distributed fiber-reinforced soil (RDFS) are extensively discussed and emphasized the inspiration of RDFS based on the emerging trend. Review also attempts to explore the importance of biochemical composition of natural-fibers on the performance in subsoil reinforced conditions. The treatment methods which enhances the behavior and lifetime of fibers, are also presented. While outlining the current potential of fiber reinforcement technology, some key research gaps have been highlighted at their importance. Finally, the review briefly documents the future direction of the fiber reinforcement technology by associating bio-mediated technological line.

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Utilizing coir geotextile with grass and legume on soil of Cerrado, Brazil: An alternative strategy in improving the input of nutrients in degraded pasture soil?

Cited by 17 publications

References 52 publications

Jute bioblanket as a soil rehabilitation strategy in Sorocaba, Brazil: Soil chemistry and SWOT approaches

Jute bioblanket as a soil rehabilitation strategy in Sorocaba, Brazil: Soil chemistry and SWOT approaches

Review of Application and Innovation of Geotextiles in Geotechnical Engineering

A State-of-the-Art Review on Soil Reinforcement Technology Using Natural Plant Fiber Materials: Past Findings, Present Trends and Future Directions

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