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2019 |
Riccardo Soldan, Francesca Mapelli, Elena Crotti, Sylvia Schnell, Daniele Daffonchio, Ramona Marasco, Marco Fusi, Sara Borin, Massimiliano Cardinale |
Bacterial endophytes of mangrove propagules elicit early establishment of the natural host and promote growth of cereal crops under salt stress |
Microbiological Research |
10.1016/j.micres.2019.03.008 |
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Precipitation & Ecological Systems |
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2017 |
Habib Chouchane, Mouna Mahjoubi, Besma Ettoumi, Mohamed Neifar, Ameur Cherif |
A novel thermally stable heteropolysaccharide-based bioflocculant from hydrocarbonoclastic strain Kocuria rosea BU22S and its application in dye removal |
Environmental Technology |
10.1080/09593330.2017.1313886 |
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Wastewater Treatment Plants |
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2018 |
Nassim Ait-Mouheb, Akiça Bahri, Bechir Ben Thayer, Boumediene Benyahia, Guilhem Bourrié, Brahim Cherki, Nicolas Condom, Rémi Declercq, Adem Gunes, Marc Héran, Nurgul Kitir, Bruno Molle, Dominique Patureau, Alfieri Pollice, Alain Rapaport, Pierre Renault, Khalifa Riahi, Bruno Romagny, Tewfik Sari, Carole Sinfort, Jean-Philippe Steyer, Samer Talozi, Bulent Topcuoglu, Metin Turan, Nathalie Wéry, |
The reuse of reclaimed water for irrigation around the Mediterranean Rim: a step towards a more virtuous cycle? |
Regional Environmental Change |
10.1007/s10113-018-1292-z |
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Irrigation Systems |
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2019 |
Dario Frascari, Giorgia Rubertelli, Fatma Arous, Alessandro Ragini, Letizia Bresciani, Antonio Arzu, Davide Pinelli |
Valorisation of olive mill wastewater by phenolic compounds adsorption: Development and application of a procedure for adsorbent selection |
Chemical Engineering Journal |
10.1016/j.cej.2018.11.188 |
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Wastewater Treatment Plants |
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2019 |
Marwa Cherni, Raoudha Ferjani, Francesca Mapelli, Abdellatif Boudabous, Sara Borin, Hadda-Imene Ouzari |
Soil parameters drive the diversity of Citrus sinensis rhizosphere microbiota which exhibits a potential in plant drought stress alleviation |
Applied Soil Ecology |
10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.12.006 |
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Precipitation & Ecological Systems |
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2020 |
Jochen Froebrich Eva Ludi Sami Bouarfa Dominique Rollin Nebo Jovanovic Maria Roble Tarek Ajmi Rami Albasha Sékou Bah Haithem Bahri Gonzalo Barberá Christy van Beek Bruno Cheviron Benson Chishala Willem de Clercq Yacouba Coulibaly Mohammed Dicko Bandiougou Diawara Aleksandra Dolinska Raphaëlle Ducrot Teklu Erkossa Sebastiao Famba Degol Fissahaye Angel De Miguel Garcia Solomon Habtu Salia Hanafi |
TRANSDISCIPLINARY INNOVATION IN IRRIGATED SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA |
Irrigation and Drainage |
10.1002/ird.2400 |
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AbstractBoosting the productivity of smallholder farming systems continues to be a major need in Africa. Challenges relating to how to improve irrigation are multi‐factor and multisectoral, and they involve a broad range of actors who must interact to reach decisions collectively. We provide a systematic reflection on findings from the research project EAU4Food, which adopted a transdisciplinary approach to irrigation for food security research in five case studies in Ethiopia, Mali, Mozambique, South Africa and Tunisia. The EAU4Food experiences emphasize that actual innovation at irrigated smallholder farm level remains limited without sufficient improvement of the enabling environment and taking note of the wider political economy environment. Most project partners felt at the end of the project that the transdisciplinary approach has indeed enriched the research process by providing different and multiple insights from actors outside the academic field. Local capacity to facilitate transdisciplinary research and engagement with practitioners was developed and could support the continuation and scaling up of the approach. Future projects may benefit from a longer time frame to allow for deeper exchange of lessons learned among different stakeholders and a dedicated effort to analyse possible improvements of the enabling environment from the beginning of the research process. © 2020 The Authors. Irrigation and Drainage published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of International Commission for Irrigation and Drainage |
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2020 |
Davide Pinelli, Giulio Zanaroli, Ahmed Ali Rashed, Emmanuel Oertlé, Tjerk Wardenaar, Maurizio Mancini, Dario Vettore, Carmine Fiorentino, Dario Frascari |
Comparative Preliminary Evaluation of 2 In‐stream Water Treatment Technologies for the Agricultural Reuse of Drainage Water in the Nile Delta |
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management |
10.1002/ieam.4277 |
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Abstract In the Nile Delta, a complex network of canals collects drainage water from surface-irrigated fields but also from municipal wastewater. The goal of this work was to assess the technical, environmental, and financial feasibility of the upgrade of a drainage canal (DC) into either an in-stream constructed wetland (ICW) or a canalized facultative lagoon (CFL), in order to produce a water reusable in agriculture according to Egyptian law. The model-based design of the proposed technologies was derived from field experimental data for the ICW and laboratory data for the CFL. Both technologies, integrated by a sedimentation pond and a disinfection canal, led to the attainment of the water quality standards imposed by Egyptian Law 92/2013 for the reuse of drainage water. The life cycle assessment indicated that the upgrade of an existing DC to either an ICW or a CFL results in an extremely small environmental burden, ≤0.3% of that of a traditional activated sludge process. The cost–benefit analysis (CBA) was based on the assumptions that 1) farmers currently irrigate a nonfood crop (cotton) with the low-quality drainage water present in the DC, and 2) thanks to the upgrade to a ICW or CFL, farmers will irrigate a food crop characterized by a higher market price (rice). The CBA indicated that the DC upgrade to an ICW represents an attractive investment because it leads to a financial rate of return >10% over a wide range of cotton market prices. Conversely, the upgrade to a CFL is less attractive due to high investment costs. In conclusion, the upgrade of DCs to ICWs appears a promising option for the treatment of drainage canal water in the Nile Delta, thanks to the high pollutant removal performances, low cost, and negligible environmental burden. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2020;16:920–933. © 2020 SETAC |
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2021 |
Bovina S, Frascari D, Ragini A, Avolio F, Scarcella G, and Pinelli D |
Development of a continuous‐flow anaerobic co‐digestion process of olive mill wastewater and municipal sewage sludge |
Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology |
10.1002/jctb.6570 |
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AbstractBACKGROUNDOlive mill wastewater (OMW) represents an environmental problem due to its high organic load and relevant concentration of phenolic compounds (PCs). OMW treatment and disposal represents a relevant challenge and cost for olive mills and multi‐utilities in charge of waste management in Mediterranean countries. The goal of this study was to develop an anaerobic co‐digestion (co‐AD) process of OMW and sewage sludge (SwS) from municipal wastewater treatment.RESULTSDifferent volumetric OMW:SwS ratios up to 100% OMW were fed in continuous 1.7‐L bioreactors. The reactors fed with raw OMW (rOMW) performed better than those fed with OMW dephenolized by adsorption (dOMW). At a 23‐day hydraulic retention time, the best performances were obtained in the reactor fed with 25% rOMW, with a 105% increase in methane yield in comparison to the 100% SwS test. At a 40‐day hydraulic retention time, the reactor fed with 40% rOMW attained a 268 NLCH4/kgvolatile solids methane yield. The conversion of phenolic compoundsreached 70% when the hydraulic retention time was increased from 23 to 40 days. A cost–benefit analysis indicated that both rOMW co‐AD in existing digesters and phenolic compounds recovery from OMW followed by co‐AD of dOMW can lead to relevant additional revenues for the multi‐utilities in charge of wastewater management.CONCLUSIONThis work proves that, using the existing network of SwS anaerobic digesters, it is feasible to co‐digest the entire OMW production in regions characterized by intense olive oil production, thus attaining a relevant increase in methane production yield (a 144% increase in comparison to 100% SwS). © 2020 Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) |
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2020 |
Francesca Mapelli, Valentina Riva, Lorenzo Vergani, Redouane Choukrallah & Sara Borin |
Unveiling the Microbiota Diversity of the Xerophyte Argania spinosa L. Skeels Root System and Residuesphere |
Microbial Ecology |
10.1007/s00248-020-01543-4 |
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AbstractThe microbiota associated to xerophyte is a “black box” that might include microbes involved in plant adaptation to the extreme conditions that characterize their habitat, like water shortage. In this work, we studied the bacterial communities inhabiting the root system of Argania spinosa L. Skeels, a tree of high economic value and ecological relevance in Northern Africa. Illumina 16S rRNA gene sequencing and cultivation techniques were applied to unravel the bacterial microbiota’s structure in environmental niches associated to argan plants (i.e., root endosphere, rhizosphere, root-surrounding soil), not associated to the plant (i.e., bulk soil), and indirectly influenced by the plant being partially composed by its leafy residue and the associated microbes (i.e., residuesphere). Illumina dataset indicated that the root system portions of A. spinosa hosted different bacterial communities according to their degree of association with the plant, enriching for taxa typical of the plant microbiome. Similar alpha- and beta-diversity trends were observed for the total microbiota and its cultivable fraction, which included 371 isolates. In particular, the residuesphere was the niche with the highest bacterial diversity. The Plant Growth Promotion (PGP) potential of 219 isolates was investigated in vitro, assessing several traits related to biofertilization and biocontrol, besides the production of exopolysaccharides. Most of the multivalent isolates showing the higher PGP score were identified in the residuesphere, suggesting it as a habitat that favor their proliferation. We hypothesized that these bacteria can contribute, in partnership with the argan root system, to the litter effect played by this tree in its native arid lands. |
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2020 |
Ivano Cornacchia, Séverine Tomas, Jean-Paul Douzals, Dominique Courault |
Assessment of Airborne Transport of Potential Contaminants in a Wind Tunnel |
Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering |
10.1061/(asce)ir.1943-4774.0001423 |
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