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Sustainable Development and Use of Plant Biomass for Marketable Resources

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 April 2021) | Viewed by 7237

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Christophe Waterlot

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Civil and geo-Environmental Engineering Laboratory (LGCgE) – Yncréa ISA Hauts-de-France, Lille Catholic University, 59046 Lille, France
Interests: spectrometry; chromatography; soil chemistry; phytoremediation; metals; plant biomass; ecocatalysis
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Assist. Prof. Dr. Nadège Oustriere

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Civil and geo-Environmental Engineering Laboratory (LGCgE) – Yncréa ISA Hauts-de-France, Lille Catholic University, 59046 Lille, France
Interests: phytomanagement; contaminated soil; effluent; trace element; waste valorization
Dr. Bertrand Pourrut

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EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France, ENSAT – Avenue de l’Agrobiopole, 31326 Auzeville-Tolosane, France
Interests: ecotoxicology; plant physiology; plant nutrition; phytoremediation; phytomanagement; plant biomass

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Depending on contaminants and the contamination level, polluted soils cannot be used as culture support for foodstuff and feedstuff production. Consequently, new uses of these lands have to be developed. One of them consists in promoting nonfoodstuff plants with the aim of providing industrial feedstock like cellulosic compounds, sugars, and lignin to produce organic molecules. Other applications concern the transformation of plant biomass in order to produce energy, biofuel, bioethanol, essential oil, as well as organomineral amendments, like biochars. During the management of contaminated soils, plants may be used to (i) accumulate economic metal value for industrial exploitation of extracted metals, (ii) remove metals from soil in order to convert them into marketable new materials (e.g., ecocatalysts), and (iii) immobilize metals and convert the biomass into bioenergy or marketable new materials (e.g., biochars, essential oils).

This Special Issue invites original research papers and reviews focusing on the development and application of methods for the production of bioresources originating from plant biomass grown on polluted soils. It aims to contribute to the literature on sustainable management of contaminated soils, from which plant biomass is involved in the development of biobased products.

Dr. Christophe Waterlot
Assist. Prof. Dr. Nadège Oustriere
Assist. Prof. Dr. Bertrand Pourrut
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Keywords

  • Contaminated soils
  • Management
  • Bioresources
  • Biomass
  • Biotransformations
  • Plant residues
  • Renewable sources
  • Bio-ores
  • Valorization

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Peat as a Raw Material for Plant Nutrients and Humic Substances
by Rasa Paleckiene, Raminta Navikaite and Rasa Slinksiene
Sustainability 2021, 13(11), 6354; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13116354 - 03 Jun 2021
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The ever-increasing intensity of agriculture is causing irreversible qualitative changes in the soil. Soil conservation and improvement is a priority of EU agro-environmental policy. However, this is also one of the most difficult challenges for agriculture. Various ways for sustainable agriculture have been [...] Read more.
The ever-increasing intensity of agriculture is causing irreversible qualitative changes in the soil. Soil conservation and improvement is a priority of EU agro-environmental policy. However, this is also one of the most difficult challenges for agriculture. Various ways for sustainable agriculture have been proposed. One way to provide arable soil with humic substances is through the use of humic extracts. The aim of this work is to create a humic product for soil improvement from local raw materials, i.e., Lithuanian peat. Lithuanian peat samples from various peatlands with a different degree of humification were studied. The chemical composition of peat was determined using various methods (chemical analysis, AAS, XRD, SEM), and the optimal conditions for obtaining peat extracts were established. After examination of the chemical composition and properties of the peat extracts produced using 0.5 N KOH, it was determined that the sample with the highest degree of humification, (H8) Ezerelio JCS “Klasmann-Deilmann” (EKD), contained: 0.7% N; 0.1% P2O5; 25.87% humic acids and 0.76% fulvic acids. It had a density of 1015 kg·m−3, dynamic viscosity of 1.490 mPa·s, electrical conductivity of 33.3 mS·cm−1 and pH of 12.9. Full article
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Benefits of Ryegrass on Multicontaminated Soils Part 2: A Green Process to Provide Idrocilamide
by Christophe Waterlot, Pierrick Dufrénoy, Marie Hechelski, Brice Louvel, Adam Daïch and Alina Ghinet
Sustainability 2019, 11(23), 6685; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su11236685 - 26 Nov 2019
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A restoration of highly contaminated garden soil is proposed as a greener alternative to the production of vegetables. Depending on potentially toxic elements and their concentration, ryegrass shoots accumulate these elements in sufficient quantity to be used as a catalyst in organic synthesis. [...] Read more.
A restoration of highly contaminated garden soil is proposed as a greener alternative to the production of vegetables. Depending on potentially toxic elements and their concentration, ryegrass shoots accumulate these elements in sufficient quantity to be used as a catalyst in organic synthesis. The analysis of Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Al in ashes issued from the calcination of ryegrass shoots revealed that the concentration of Zn was highest (>7000 mg kg–1). The ratios between potential Lewis acids (Zn, Cu, Fe, Mn, and Al) to carcinogenic metals (Cd or Pb) were 191 ± 7 for LA/Cd and 235 ± 13 for LA/Pb, making the shoots of ryegrass suitable for the production of Zn-rich polymetallic biosourced catalysts. This material was used in the synthesis of idrocilamide under free-solvent condition, providing the drug in a good yield (69.9%). Data show that a limitation of waste, a maximization of the material incorporation in the process, a minimization of the steps, and an optimization of the stoichiometric factor are the main innovative factors in the current process in comparison with those previously reported. Full article
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Benefits of Ryegrass on Multicontaminated Soils Part 1: Effects of Fertilizers on Bioavailability and Accumulation of Metals
by Christophe Waterlot and Marie Hechelski
Sustainability 2019, 11(18), 5093; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su11185093 - 18 Sep 2019
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Effects of three phosphorus fertilizers on the shoot biomass and on the accumulation of alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metals in the shoots and roots of ryegrass were studied with two contaminated garden soils. Phosphates were added in sustainable quantities in order to [...] Read more.
Effects of three phosphorus fertilizers on the shoot biomass and on the accumulation of alkali, alkaline earth, and transition metals in the shoots and roots of ryegrass were studied with two contaminated garden soils. Phosphates were added in sustainable quantities in order to reduce the environmental availability of carcinogenic metals (e.g., Cd and Pb) and to enhance the bioavailability of alkali and alkaline earth metals as well as micronutrients needed by plants. Addition of Ca(H2PO4)2 was the most convenient way to (i) limit the concentration of Cd and Pb, (ii) keep constant the transfer of macro- and micronutrient from the soil to the ryegrass shoots, (iii) decrease the availability of metals, and (iv) increase the ratio values between potential Lewis acids and Cd or Pb in order to produce biosourced catalysis. For instance, the real phytoavailability was reduced by 27%–57% and 64.2%–94.8% for Cd and Pb, respectively. Interestingly, the real phytoavailability of Zn was the highest in the least contaminated soils. Even if soils were highly contaminated, no visual toxicity symptoms were recorded in the growing ryegrasses. This indicates that ryegrass is suitable for the revegetation of contaminated gardens. To promote the sustainable ryegrass production on contaminated soils for production of new organic fragrance and drugs in green processes according to REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals) regulation, two processes should be recommended: assisted phytostabilization of the elements, and then assisted phytoextraction by using chelators. Full article
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