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Utilization of Invasive Weed Biomass for Biochar Production and Its Application in Agriculture and Environmental Clean-up

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Bioremediation using weeds

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In modern agriculture practices, weeds by advantage of their vibrant and resilient nature pose a constant problem in the agricultural sector and deemed a threat to biodiversity. The common issues linked with invasive species including risk to the native species, excess use of herbicides affects the biological pollinators, competition for the light, water and nutrients that can make a community more vulnerable to re-invasion of weed species.

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  1. Department of Biological Engineering, College of Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul, 5029, South Korea

    Ranjit G. Gurav, Shashi Kant Bhatia, Yung-Hun Yang & Yong-Keun Choi

  2. Department of Botany, Government Vidarbha Institute of Science and Humanities, Amravati, MS, 444 604, India

    Umesh B. Jagtap

  3. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China

    Jingchun Tang

  4. Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 70211, Kuopio, Finland

    Amit Bhatnagar

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Gurav, R.G. et al. (2021). Utilization of Invasive Weed Biomass for Biochar Production and Its Application in Agriculture and Environmental Clean-up. In: Pant, D., Bhatia, S.K., Patel, A.K., Giri, A. (eds) Bioremediation using weeds. Energy, Environment, and Sustainability. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6552-0_9

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