An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical Methods
The use of vermicompost (humified material) for treating wastewaters, remediating polluted soils, improving agricultural productivity, protecting crop production, and developing sensitive analytical methods is reviewed here, covering the past 17 years. The main advantages of vermicompost, considerin...
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| description | The use of vermicompost (humified material) for treating wastewaters, remediating polluted soils, improving agricultural productivity, protecting crop production, and developing sensitive analytical methods is reviewed here, covering the past 17 years. The main advantages of vermicompost, considering all applications covered in this paper, comprise (i) easy acquisition, (ii) low costs, (iii) structural, chemical, and biological characteristics responsible for exceptional adsorptive capacities as well as pollutant degradation, and (iv) the promotion of biocontrol. Specifically, for wastewater decontamination, a considerable number of works have verified the adsorption of toxic metals, but the application of vermicompost is still scarce for the retention of organic compounds. Problems related to the final disposal of enriched vermicompost (after treatment steps) are often found, in spite of some successful destinations such as organic fertilizer. For decontaminating soils, the use of vermicompost is quite scarce, mainly for inorganic pollutants. In agricultural productivity and biocontrol, vermicompost imparts remarkable benefits regarding soil aggregation, plant nutrition, and the development of beneficial microorganisms against phytopathogens. Finally, the use of vermicompost in sensitive analytical methods for quantifying toxic metals is the newest application of this adsorbent. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-109ba496cab849eca88aef29c79e287b2025-02-03T01:25:37ZengWileyThe Scientific World Journal2356-61401537-744X2014-01-01201410.1155/2014/917348917348An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical MethodsMadson de Godoi Pereira0Lourdes Cardoso de Souza Neta1Maurício Paulo Ferreira Fontes2Adriana Nascimento Souza3Thaionara Carvalho Matos4Raquel de Lima Sachdev5Arnaud Victor dos Santos6Marluce Oliveira da Guarda Souza7Marta Valéria Almeida Santana de Andrade8Gabriela Marinho Maciel Paulo9Joselito Nardy Ribeiro10Araceli Verónica Flores Nardy Ribeiro11Departamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, 41.150-000 Salvador, BA, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, 41.150-000 Salvador, BA, BrazilDepartamento de Solos, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Avenida P. H. Rolphs, S/N, 36.570-000 Viçosa, MG, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, 41.150-000 Salvador, BA, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, 41.150-000 Salvador, BA, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, 41.150-000 Salvador, BA, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, 41.150-000 Salvador, BA, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, 41.150-000 Salvador, BA, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, 41.150-000 Salvador, BA, BrazilDepartamento de Ciências Exatas e da Terra, Universidade do Estado da Bahia, Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, 41.150-000 Salvador, BA, BrazilCentro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Avenida Maruípe, S/N, Maruípe, 29.042-751 Vitória, ES, BrazilCoordenação de Licenciaturas, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo, Avenida Vitória, 1729, Jucutuquara, 29.040-780 Vitória, ES, BrazilThe use of vermicompost (humified material) for treating wastewaters, remediating polluted soils, improving agricultural productivity, protecting crop production, and developing sensitive analytical methods is reviewed here, covering the past 17 years. The main advantages of vermicompost, considering all applications covered in this paper, comprise (i) easy acquisition, (ii) low costs, (iii) structural, chemical, and biological characteristics responsible for exceptional adsorptive capacities as well as pollutant degradation, and (iv) the promotion of biocontrol. Specifically, for wastewater decontamination, a considerable number of works have verified the adsorption of toxic metals, but the application of vermicompost is still scarce for the retention of organic compounds. Problems related to the final disposal of enriched vermicompost (after treatment steps) are often found, in spite of some successful destinations such as organic fertilizer. For decontaminating soils, the use of vermicompost is quite scarce, mainly for inorganic pollutants. In agricultural productivity and biocontrol, vermicompost imparts remarkable benefits regarding soil aggregation, plant nutrition, and the development of beneficial microorganisms against phytopathogens. Finally, the use of vermicompost in sensitive analytical methods for quantifying toxic metals is the newest application of this adsorbent.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/917348 |
| spellingShingle | Madson de Godoi Pereira Lourdes Cardoso de Souza Neta Maurício Paulo Ferreira Fontes Adriana Nascimento Souza Thaionara Carvalho Matos Raquel de Lima Sachdev Arnaud Victor dos Santos Marluce Oliveira da Guarda Souza Marta Valéria Almeida Santana de Andrade Gabriela Marinho Maciel Paulo Joselito Nardy Ribeiro Araceli Verónica Flores Nardy Ribeiro An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical Methods The Scientific World Journal |
| title | An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical Methods |
| title_full | An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical Methods |
| title_fullStr | An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical Methods |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical Methods |
| title_short | An Overview of the Environmental Applicability of Vermicompost: From Wastewater Treatment to the Development of Sensitive Analytical Methods |
| title_sort | overview of the environmental applicability of vermicompost from wastewater treatment to the development of sensitive analytical methods |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/917348 |
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