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Caterina Lucia

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Challenges and opportunities for citrus wastewater management and valorisation: A review.

2022

Citrus wastewaters (CWWs) are by-products of the citrus fruit transformation process. Currently, more than 700 million of m³ of CWWs per year are produced worldwide. Until nowadays, the management of CWWs is based on a take-make-use-dispose model. Indeed, after being produced within a citrus processing industry, CWWs are subjected to treatment and then discharged into the environment. Now, the European Union is pushing towards a take-make-use-reuse management model, which suggests to provide for the minimization of residual pollutants simultaneously with their exploitation through a biorefinery concept. Indeed, the recovery of energy nutrients and other value-added products held by CWWs may…

CitrusSoilEnvironmental EngineeringSettore ICAR/03 - Ingegneria Sanitaria-AmbientaleAgricultural reuse Circular economy model Costs and benefits analysis Extensive wastewater treatment Intensive wastewater treatment Wastewater reuseSettore AGR/13 - Chimica AgrariaSettore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo RuraleAgricultureGeneral MedicineManagement Monitoring Policy and LawWastewaterWaste Management and DisposalJournal of environmental management
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Shifting Long-Term Tillage to Geotextile Mulching for Weed Control Improves Soil Quality and Yield of Orange Orchards

2023

Weed control in urban and peri-urban orange orchards is challenging due to operational and legislative restrictions. Tillage, besides from negatively affecting soil fertility and microorganisms, is demanding for humans. On the other hand, herbicides are advised against due to the possibility to reach waterbodies from the soil surface. Therefore, in urban and peri-urban areas, instead of tillage and herbicides, mulching with black plastic geotextile fabric is often used. This study aimed at assessing the impact of long-term soil mulching with black plastic geotextile fabric on soil fertility, microbial community and yield of an orange orchard in comparison to conventional tillage. To this ai…

soil fertility; soil bioindicators; Washington navel; weed management; tillagesoil fertilitySettore AGR/13 - Chimica AgrariatillagePlant Sciencesoil bioindicatorWashington navelAgronomy and Crop ScienceFood Scienceweed management
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