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Maria A. Rao
Researcher at University of Naples Federico II
Publications - 76
Citations - 4656
Maria A. Rao is an academic researcher from University of Naples Federico II. The author has contributed to research in topics: Soil water & Soil quality. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 73 publications receiving 4115 citations.
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Potential of extra cellular enzymes in remediation of polluted soils: a review
Liliana Gianfreda,Maria A. Rao +1 more
TL;DR: A brief survey of many aspects dealing with the characteristics and potential abilities of both cell-present- and cell-free extra cellular enzymes is provided.
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Soil enzyme activities as affected by anthropogenic alterations: intensive agricultural practices and organic pollution
TL;DR: The overall results seem to confirm that no direct cause-effect relationships can be derived between the changes of a soil in response to a given factor and both the variations of the activity and the behaviour of the enzymes in soil.
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Bacterial communities and enzyme activities of PAHs polluted soils
Vincenza Andreoni,Lucia Cavalca,Maria A. Rao,G. Nocerino,Silvana Bernasconi,E. Dell’Amico,Mario P. Colombo,Liliana Gianfreda +7 more
TL;DR: Three soils (i.e. a Belgian soil, B-BT, a German soil, G, and an Italian agricultural soil, I-BT) with different properties and hydrocarbon-pollution history with regard to their potential to degrade phenanthrene were investigated and the presence of common bands of microbial species in the cultures and in the native soil DNA indicated that those strains could be potential in situ Phenanthrene degraders.
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Biodegradation of poly(lactic acid)/starch/coir biocomposites under controlled composting conditions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the aerobic biodegradation of a composite under controlled composting conditions using standard test methods, which was formed by poly(lactic acid) (PLA), with and without the addition of maleic anhydride (MA), acting as coupling agent, thermoplastic starch (TPS) and short natural fibre (coir).
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Organic amendments as sustainable tool to recovery fertility in intensive agricultural systems
TL;DR: The potential value of organic amendments in the recovery of soil fertility in sites under plastic cover intensive farming system is focused on, with the need, in the future researches, to identify organic amendments able to maximize a recovery of land fertility.