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ArticleSaudi journal of biological sciences2021

Biostimulation potential of biochar for remediating the crude oil contaminated soil and plant growth.

Maimona Saeed, Noshin Ilyas, Krish Jayachandran, Shagufta Gaffar, Muhammad Arshad, Muhammad Sheeraz Ahmad, Fatima Bibi, Kaouthar Jeddi, Kamel Hessini

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Article in Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Maimona SaeedDepartment of Botany, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, 46300 Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Noshin IlyasDepartment of Botany, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, 46300 Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Krish JayachandranEarth and Environment Department, Florida International University, USA.
Shagufta GaffarEarth and Environment Department, Florida International University, USA.
Muhammad ArshadDepartment of Botany, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, 46300 Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Muhammad Sheeraz AhmadDepartment of Biochemistry, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, 46300 Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Fatima BibiDepartment of Botany, PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, 46300 Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Kaouthar JeddiLaboratory of Plant Biodiversity and Dynamic of Ecosystems in Arid Area, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, B.P. 1171, Sfax 3000, Tunisia.
Kamel HessiniDepartment of Biology, College of Sciences, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia.
Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University · PKFlorida International University · USTaif University · SAUniversity of Sfax · TN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crude oil contamination is a serious environmental threat to soil and plants growing in it. Biochar has the potential of biostimulation for remediation of crude oil-contaminated soil. Therefore, the current research was designed to analyze the bio-stimulatory impact of biochar for remediating the crude oil contaminated soil (10%, and 15%), and growth of maize under glasshouse conditions. Biochar was produced by pyrolysis of Australian pines at 350 °C. Soil incubations were done for 20 days. The results of soil analysis showed that the crude oil degradation efficiency of biochar was 34%. The soil enzymatic activities had shown 38.5% increase in fluorescein diacetate (FDA) hydrolysis and 55.6% increase in dehydrogenase activity in soil incubated with biochar in comparison to control. The soil microbial diversity was improved to 41% in biochar treated soil with respect to untreated one, while microbial respiration rate had shown a 33.67% increase in soil incubated with biochar with respect to control under oil stress. Gas Chromatography Mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis had shown the high content of low molecular weight hydrocarbons (C

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BiocharBiostimulationCrude oilMaize

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PMID34025151
PMCPMC8117245
OpenAlexW3137766411

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