Efficiency of carbon sorbents in mitigating polar herbicides leaching from tropical soil

• Main Authors: Yavari, Saba, Asadpour, Robabeh, Kamyab, Hesam, Yavari, Sara, Mohamed Kutty, Shamsul Rahman, Baloo, Lavania, Abd. Manan, Teh Sabariah, Chelliapan, Shreeshivadasan, Che Sidik, Azwadi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2022
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/103230/1/ShreeshivadasanChelliapan2022_EfficiencyofCarbonSorbentsinMitigatingPolar.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/103230/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10098-021-02113-z

Imidazolinones are a group of herbicides with high potential of leaching and long half-lives that are posing a threat to water resources’ quality especially in tropical areas. Biochar, a carbon-rich bio-sorbent, has shown its ability to stabilise organic substances in soils and therefore, potentiall...