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Geochem 40:846–853
Ohsowski BM, Klironomos JN, Dunfield KE, Hart MM (2012) The potential of soil amendments
for restoring severely disturbed grasslands. Appl Soil Ecol 60:77–83
Park JH, Choppala GK, Bolan NS, Chung JW, Chuasavathi T (2011) Biochar reduces the
bioavailability and phytotoxicity of heavy metals. Plant Soil 348:439–451
Peter W (2007) Biochar and bioenergy production for climate change mitigation. N Z Sci Rev
64:5–10
Qian L, Chen B (2013) Dual role of biochars as adsorbents for aluminum: the effects of oxygencontaining organic components and the scattering of silicate particles. Environ Sci Technol
47:8759–8768
Qian W, Zhao AZ, Xu RK (2013) Sorption of As (V) by aluminum-modified crop straw-derived
biochars. Water Air Soil Pollut 224:1610
Qian L, Chen M, Chen B (2015) Competitive adsorption of cadmium and aluminum onto fresh and
oxidized biochars during aging processes. J. Soils Sediments 15:1130–1138
Qian LB, Chen B, Chen MF (2016) Novel alleviation mechanisms of aluminum phytotoxicity via
released biosilicon from rice straw-derived biochars. Sci Rep 6. https://doi.org/10.1038/
srep29346
Reverchon F, Yang H, Ho TY, Yan G, Wang J, Xu Z, Chen C, Zhang D (2015) A preliminary
assessment of the potential of using an acacia-biochar system for spent mine site rehabilitation.
Environ Sci Pollut Res 22:2138–2144
Rhodes AH, Carlin A, Semple KT (2008) Impact of black carbon in the extraction and mineralization of phenanthrene in soil. Environ Sci Technol 42:740–745
Robinson BH, Green SR, Chancerel B, Mills TM, Clothier BE (2007) Poplar for the
phytomanagement of boron contaminated sites. Environ Pollut 150:225–233
Saxena G, Bharagava RN (2015) Persistent organic pollutants and bacterial communities present
during the treatment of tannery wastewater. In: Chandra R (ed) Environmental waste management, 1st edn. CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 217–247. https://doi.org/10.
1201/b19243-10
Saxena G, Bharagava RN (2017) Organic and inorganic pollutants in industrial wastes, their
ecotoxicological effects, health hazards and bioremediation approaches. In: Bharagava RN
(ed) Environmental pollutants and their bioremediation approaches, 1st edn. CRC Press/Taylor
& Francis Group, Boca Raton, pp 23–56. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315173351-3
Saxena G, Chandra R, Bharagava RN (2016) Environmental pollution, toxicity profile and treatment approaches for tannery wastewater and its chemical pollutants. Rev Environ Contam
Toxicol 240:31–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/398_2015_5009
Saxena G, Purchase D, Mulla SI, Saratale GD, Bharagava RN (2019) Phytoremediation of heavy
metal-contaminated sites: eco-environmental concerns, field studies, sustainability issues, and
future prospects. Rev Environ Contam Toxicol. https://doi.org/10.1007/398_2019_24
Semple KT, Morriss AWJ, Paton GI (2003) Bioavailability of hydrophobic organic contaminants in
soils: fundamental concepts and techniques for analysis. Eur J Soil Sci 54:809–818
Shackley S, Carter S, Knowles T, Middelink E, Haefele S, Sohi S, Cross A, Haszeldine S (2012)
Sustainable gasification–biochar systems? A case-study of rice-husk gasification in Cambodia,
Part I: context, chemical properties, environmental and health and safety issues. Energy Policy
42:49–58
Singh JS (2011) Methanotrophs: the potential biological sink to mitigate the global methane load.
Curr Sci 100(1):29–30
Singh JS (2013a) Anticipated effects of climate change on methanotrophic methane oxidation. Clim
Change Environ Sustain 1(1):20–24
Singh JS (2013b) Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: potential microbes for sustainable agriculture. Resonance 18(3):275–281
Singh JS (2014) Cyanobacteria: a vital bio-agent in eco-restoration of degraded lands and sustainable agriculture. Clim Change Environ Sustain 2:133–137
492
C. Singh et al.