The use of Glyphosate herbicide is the best way to control weed growing when cultivating genetically modified soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] resistant to glyphosate (N-phosphono-methyl-glycine) (GR). However, there have been doubts about the safety of this herbicide use concern...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/22186
The agricultural use of sewage sludge have been presented as an alternative both to reduce the volume of this environmental liability as to obtain a product to be used in agricultural soils as fertilizer. However, when the household sewage is also composed of water from the indus...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2016/22570
Sewage sludge is a residue rich in organic matter and nutrients important for plant growth and soil fertility, but it may contain in its composition heavy metals that can result in toxicity to the plant, soil and humans when used as fertilizer. The objective was to assess microbi...
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Research Article10.9734/AJEA/2016/21730