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Table 14.6 Remediation by agricultural biosorbents
Raw agricultural waste
Metal
Removal
References
Oat biomass
Chromium >80%
Gardea-Torresdey et al.
(2000)
Beech sawdust
100%
Acar and Malkoc (2004)
Bagasse fly ash
96–98%
Gupta and Ali (2004)
Wheat bran
>82%
Farajzadeh and Monji (2004)
Coconut shell fibers
>80%
Mohan et al. (2006)
Eucalyptus bark
Almost 100%
Sarin and Pant (2006)
Neem leaf powder
>96%
Venkateswarlu et al. (2007)
Rubber wood sawdust
60–70%
Karthikeyan et al. (2005)
Modified bagasse fly ash
67%
Gupta et al. (1999)
Sugarcane bagasse
Up to 97%
Garg et al. (2007)
Raw rice bran
40–50%
Oliveira et al. (2005)
Oryza sativa husk
Lead
98%
Zulkali et al. (2006)
Agricultural by product Humulus
lupulus
75%
Gardea-Torresdey et al.
(2002)
Agro waste of black gram husk
Up to93%
Saeed et al. (2005a, b)
Febrifuga bark
100%
Bankar and Dara (1985)
Rice bran
>80.0%
Montanher et al. (2005)
Sawdust of Pinus sylvestris
96%,
Taty-Costode et al. (2003)
Maple sawdust
80–90%
Yu et al. (2001)
Water hyacinth
70–80%
Kamble and Patil (2001)
Waste tea leaves
92%,
Ahluwalia and Goyal (2005)
Peels of peas, fig leaves
Cadmium 70–80%
Benaissa (2006)
Wheat bran
87.15%
Singh et al. (2005)
Three kinds treated rice husk
80–97%
Kumar and Bandyopadhyay
(2006)
Rice polish
>90%
Singh et al. (2005)
Base-treated juniper fiber
–
Min et al. (2004)
Husk of black gram
99%
Saeed and Iqbal (2003)
Straw, sawdust, dates nut
>70%
Dried parthenium powder
>99%
Ajmal et al. (2006)
Bagasse fly ash
65%
Srivastava et al. (2007)
Bagasse
90%
Mohan and Singh (2002)
Bagasse fly ash
90.0%
Gupta et al. (2003)
Rice bran
>80.0%
Montanher et al. (2005)
Papaya wood
98, 95, 67%
Saeed et al. (2005a, b)
Rice straw, soybean hulls
Pb > Cd
Johns et al. (1998)
Poplar wood sawdust
Cu > Cd
Sciban et al. (2007)
Powder of green coconut shell
98%
Pino et al. (2006)
Bark of Abies sachalinensis and
Picea glehnii
Up to 63%
Seki et al. (1997)
Cassia fistula biomass
Nickel
100%
Hanif et al. (2007)
Maple sawdust
75%
Shukla and Pai (2005a, b)
Tea waste
86%
Malkoc and Nuhoglu (2005)
Waste tea leaves
92%, 84%, 73% Ahluwalia and Goyal (2005)
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Table 14.6 Remediation by agricultural biosorbents
Raw agricultural waste
Metal
Removal
References
Oat biomass
Chromium >80%
Gardea-Torresdey et al.
(2000)
Beech sawdust
100%
Acar and Malkoc (2004)
Bagasse fly ash
96–98%
Gupta and Ali (2004)
Wheat bran
>82%
Farajzadeh and Monji (2004)
Coconut shell fibers
>80%
Mohan et al. (2006)
Eucalyptus bark
Almost 100%
Sarin and Pant (2006)
Neem leaf powder
>96%
Venkateswarlu et al. (2007)
Rubber wood sawdust
60–70%
Karthikeyan et al. (2005)
Modified bagasse fly ash
67%
Gupta et al. (1999)
Sugarcane bagasse
Up to 97%
Garg et al. (2007)
Raw rice bran
40–50%
Oliveira et al. (2005)
Oryza sativa husk
Lead
98%
Zulkali et al. (2006)
Agricultural by product Humulus
lupulus
75%
Gardea-Torresdey et al.
(2002)
Agro waste of black gram husk
Up to93%
Saeed et al. (2005a, b)
Febrifuga bark
100%
Bankar and Dara (1985)
Rice bran
>80.0%
Montanher et al. (2005)
Sawdust of Pinus sylvestris
96%,
Taty-Costode et al. (2003)
Maple sawdust
80–90%
Yu et al. (2001)
Water hyacinth
70–80%
Kamble and Patil (2001)
Waste tea leaves
92%,
Ahluwalia and Goyal (2005)
Peels of peas, fig leaves
Cadmium 70–80%
Benaissa (2006)
Wheat bran
87.15%
Singh et al. (2005)
Three kinds treated rice husk
80–97%
Kumar and Bandyopadhyay
(2006)
Rice polish
>90%
Singh et al. (2005)
Base-treated juniper fiber
–
Min et al. (2004)
Husk of black gram
99%
Saeed and Iqbal (2003)
Straw, sawdust, dates nut
>70%
Dried parthenium powder
>99%
Ajmal et al. (2006)
Bagasse fly ash
65%
Srivastava et al. (2007)
Bagasse
90%
Mohan and Singh (2002)
Bagasse fly ash
90.0%
Gupta et al. (2003)
Rice bran
>80.0%
Montanher et al. (2005)
Papaya wood
98, 95, 67%
Saeed et al. (2005a, b)
Rice straw, soybean hulls
Pb > Cd
Johns et al. (1998)
Poplar wood sawdust
Cu > Cd
Sciban et al. (2007)
Powder of green coconut shell
98%
Pino et al. (2006)
Bark of Abies sachalinensis and
Picea glehnii
Up to 63%
Seki et al. (1997)
Cassia fistula biomass
Nickel
100%
Hanif et al. (2007)
Maple sawdust
75%
Shukla and Pai (2005a, b)
Tea waste
86%
Malkoc and Nuhoglu (2005)
Waste tea leaves
92%, 84%, 73% Ahluwalia and Goyal (2005)
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