Toxicity of Cadmium and nickel in the context of applied activated carbon biochar for improvement in soil fertility

• Main Authors: Rahi, Ashfaq Ahmad, Younis, Uzma, Ahmed, Niaz, Ali, Muhammad Arif, Fahad, Shah, Sultan, Haider, Zarei, Tayebeh, Danish, Subhan, Taban, Süleyman, El Enshasy, Hesham Ali, Tamunaidu, Pramila, Alotaibi, Jamal M., Alharbi, Sulaiman Ali, Datta, Rahul
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2022
• Subjects: Q Science (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/103957/1/HeshamAli2022_ToxicityofCadmiumandNickelintheContext.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/103957/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.09.035
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Toxicity induced by heavy metals deteriorates soil fertility status. It also adversely affects the growth and yield of crops. These heavy metals become part of the food chain when crops are cultivated in areas where heavy metals are beyond threshold limits. Cadmium (Cd) and nickel (Ni) are considere...