Assessment of sunflower germplasm for phytoremediation of lead-polluted soil and production of seed oil and seed meal for human and animal consumption

Phytoremediation is a valuable technology for mitigating soil contamination in agricultural lands,but phytoremediation without economic revenue is unfeasible for land owners and farmers.The use of crops with high biomass and bioenergy for phytoremediation is a unique strategy to derive supplementary benefits along with remediation activities.Sunflower(Helianthus annuus L.) is a high-biomass crop that can be used for the phytoremediation of polluted lands with additional advantages(biomass and oi...     

Comparison of composting of chemically pretreated and fermented sugarcane bagasse for zero-waste biorefinery

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management - Sugar industries produce vast quantity of sugarcane bagasse (SCB) waste which is used as raw material by biorefineries; however, the resulted...