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Chaitanya Prasad Nath, Ravi Gopal Singh, Vijay K. Choudhary, Debarati Datta, Rajiv Nandan and Sati Shankar Singh
Weeds are the most severe and widespread biological constraint on agricultural production systems and cause damage to cropped and non-cropped lands. They reduce crop yield and degrade the quality of the produce, besides raising the cost of production. Th...
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Karla E. Zarco-González, Jessica D. Valle-García, Yendi E. Navarro-Noya, Fabián Fernández-Luqueño and Luc Dendooven
The amount of nanoparticles that enters the environment has increased substantially in the last years. How they might affect plant characteristics and the bacterial community structure when they enter the soil, however, is still debated, as there is a co...
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Marco Carnevale Miino, Tatána Hale?ová, Tomá? Macsek, Jakub Racek and Petr Hlavínek
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been under intense investigation by the scientific community due to their persistence in the environment and potentially hazardous effects on living organisms. In order to tackle the presence of these comp...
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Jaciele O. Dantas, Sócrates C. H. Cavalcanti, Ana Paula A. Araújo, Jefferson E. Silva, Thaysnara B. Brito, Valfran S. Andrade, Heloisa S. S. Pinheiro, Swamy R. S. A. Tavares, Arie F. Blank and Leandro Bacci
Leaf-cutting ants are important pests of agricultural and forest crops. Currently, few insecticides are registered for the control of these insects. Natural bioactive molecules can serve as models for the synthesis of new insecticidal compounds. Such ant...
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Jaciele O. Dantas, Sócrates C. H. Cavalcanti, Ana Paula A. Araújo, Arie F. Blank, Jefferson E. Silva, Marcelo C. Picanço, Eraldo Lima, Valfran S. Andrade, Thaysnara B. Brito and Leandro Bacci
Ants belonging to the genus Solenopsis are highly significant invasive pests worldwide. The control of these insects has historically relied on the use of synthetic insecticides, which, unfortunately, has led to a range of ecological repercussions. In li...
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Andrés Rodríguez-Seijo, Knut Endre Sjåstad and Vladislav Chrastný
Lead isotopes have been widely used to assess the sources of Pb in the soil environment since lead isotopes ratios have a specific signature that allows us to use them as environmental tracers. However, some lead sources are difficult to be identified. T...
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Patricia Kara De Maeijer, Bart Craeye, Johan Blom and Lieven Bervoets
This state-of-the-art review was aimed to conduct a comprehensive literature survey to summarize experiences of crumb rubber (CR) application in concrete within the last 30 years. It shows that certain gaps prevent obtaining a coherent overview of both m...
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Shahin Homaeigohar
The studies introduced in this special issue aim to provide a state-of-the-art vision for nanomaterials-based technology that could profit the water treatment industry. Given the expanding crisis of water shortages across the world, this perspective is i...
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Juan C. Sanchez-Hernandez, Jose A. Sáez, Alberto Vico, Joaquín Moreno and Raúl Moral
The olive-oil industry generates large amounts of residues that, in the past, were accumulated in evaporating ponds in many Mediterranean countries. Currently, these open-air ponds pose a serious environmental hazard because of toxic chemicals that conce...
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Patrícia Rodrigues, José D. Silvestre, Inês Flores-Colen, Cristina A. Viegas, Hawreen H. Ahmed, Rawaz Kurda and Jorge de Brito
This study applies a methodology to evaluate the ecotoxicological potential of raw materials and cement-based construction materials. In this study, natural aggregates and Portland cement were replaced with non-conventional recycled concrete aggregates (...
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