Protecting Food Crops From Soil Contaminants
Friday, February 27, 2015 - 13:30
in Earth & Climate
Using natural soil components to trap pollutants will allow producers to control soil contaminants and reuse draining water while protecting their agricultural crops, according to Mohamed Elsayed, a Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar at South Dakota State University's chemistry and biochemistry department. His research seeks to increase the ability of humic acid to adsorb, or trap pollutants, in combination with either of two clay minerals--kaolinite or montmorillonite.