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M. Pilar Bernal
Researcher at Spanish National Research Council
Publications - 40
Citations - 4440
M. Pilar Bernal is an academic researcher from Spanish National Research Council. The author has contributed to research in topics: Compost & Soil contamination. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 40 publications receiving 4017 citations.
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Contrasting effects of manure and compost on soil pH, heavy metal availability and growth of Chenopodium album L. in a soil contaminated by pyritic mine waste
TL;DR: For metal sulphides-contaminated soil, liable to acidification, manure application appears to be able to enhance the initial stages of re-vegetation, by species such as C. album.
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A plant genetically modified that accumulates Pb is especially promising for phytoremediation.
Carmina Gisbert,Roc Ros,Antonio De Haro,David J. Walker,M. Pilar Bernal,Ramón Serrano,Juan Navarro-Aviñó +6 more
TL;DR: Results indicate that the transformed N. glauca represents a highly promising new tool for use in phytoremediation efforts, and seedlings of transformed plants grown in mining soils containing high levels of Pb accumulated double concentration of this heavy metal than wild type.
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Trace element behaviour at the root-soil interface: Implications in phytoremediation
Petra Kidd,Juan Barceló,M. Pilar Bernal,Flavia Navari-Izzo,Charlotte Poschenrieder,Stefan Shilev,Rafael Clemente,Carmela Monterroso +7 more
TL;DR: A review of mechanisms operating in the rhizosphere and their potential role in improving phytoremediation strategies is provided in this article, where the authors aim to provide an up-to-date review.
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The effects of soil amendments on heavy metal bioavailability in two contaminated Mediterranean soils.
TL;DR: In the Murcia soil, heavy metal bioavailability was decreased more greatly by manure than by the highly-humified compost, while the metal-solubilising effect of EDTA was shorter-lived in the less contaminated, more highly calcareous Valencia soil.
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Tolerance and bioaccumulation of copper in Phragmites australis and Zea mays
TL;DR: As a result of Cu toxicity, the concentrations of macronutrients N, P and K decreased in both shoot and root of maize, while the concentrations were hardly affected in reed tissues, and reed could be useful in wastewater treatments for the removal of Cu.