Browsing University of Waterloo by Subject "phytoremediation"
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Enhanced Phytoremediation of Salt-Impacted Soils Using Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR)
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-06)Soil salinity is a widespread problem that limits crop yield throughout the world. The accumulation of soluble salts in the soil can inhibit plant growth by increasing the osmotic potential of interstitial water, inducing ... -
Field Application of Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Enhanced Phytoremediation on an Urban Brownfield and the Derivation of Direct Soil Contact Values for Weathered Petroleum Hydrocarbons (Fraction 3)
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-13)There are over 30,000 contaminated brownfield sites in Canada, many of which are located in desirable urban areas; and therefore have a high value for potential redevelopment. The remediation of urban brownfield sites ... -
In Defense of Soil: an Ontario Greenbelt Regeneration Strategy
(University of Waterloo, 2022-02-10)Ontario’s prime agricultural soils are in distress. Degraded by decades of intense conventional agricultural practices and threatened by the advancing footprint of suburban development, the once abundant layer of topsoil ... -
Re:Linking Lachine
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-01)Since the undertaking of urban planning as a prescriptive discipline, landscape projects have demonstrated their ability to integrate valuable cultural spaces with the construction of complex infrastructural systems, ... -
Salt Mass Balance Study and Plant Physiological Responses for an Enhanced Salt Phytoremediation System
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-11)Salinity is one of the most severe environmental factors that limits global crop yield. Enhanced phytoremediation using plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) has proven to be an effective and environmentally responsible ... -
The Use of Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and an Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus (AMF) to Improve Plant Growth in Saline Soils for Phytoremediation
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-18)Upstream oil and gas production has caused soil salinity problems across western Canada. In this work we investigated the use of ACC (1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate) deaminase-producing plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria ...