Due to the large availability of biomass resources, India has great potential for the production of biochar. Different types of thermochemical even biological processes have been adopted to convert biomass into value‐added products. Among those processes, pyrolysis is more conven...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2021/v11i730442
Background: Several anthropogenic activities have led to serious health and environmental problems as a result of releasing different contaminants in to the ecosystem including heavy metals. This called for search of possible methods that could be used to ameliorate the environme...
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Research Article10.9734/mrji/2019/v27i630114
Aim: To determine the morphological and biochemical response of cassava (Manihot esculentus, Crantz) to spent carbide (SC) and diesel oil (DO) wastes. Place and Duration of Study: The 14 week experimental trial was conducted at University of Port Harcourt Ecological Centre field....
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2016/27174
Investigation was carried out to assess the potential of some fungal species to tolerate and grow in biomassin vitro in the presence of some heavy metals (HMs) (Pb, Zn, Cr and Cd) from Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) effluent. This was done by subjecting all the...
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Research Article10.9734/BMRJ/2016/22728
Aims: To show how and why seedling growth parameters and different cytological characters of the roots of different wheat species may vary during osmotic stress conditions. To identify species that are tolerant to a lack of moisture in the early stages of ontogenesis. Study Desig...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/11825
C. R. Juárez-Rosete, A. Olivo-Rivas, J. A. Aguilar-Castillo, R. Bugarín-Montoya & B. G. Arrieta-Ramos·Annual Research & Review in Biology·2014
Aims: The objective of this study was to determine the nutrient removal of N, P and K in the biomass production of mint plants at the harvest time. Study Design: A randomized complete block experimental design with five replicates and a time series arrangement was used. Data were...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/9379
Aim: The aim of this study was to report the seasonal and altitudinal variation in herbaceous biomass along with the productivity of area. Place and Duration of Study: This study was conducted in Nikyal valley located at altitudinal range of 1500-1900 m within the longitude 74o 0...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2014/5990
Aims: To address the limitation in the Nigerian Oil Spill Model (NOSM) which models biodegradation using the first order decay process in which the rate of oil biodegraded is proportional to the initial mass and an empirical decay coefficient. It does not monitor the total biomas...
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Research Article10.9734/BJECC/2012/770