The use of freshwater macrophytes as a resource in sustainable agriculture

Poveda Arias, Jorge

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The use of freshwater macrophytes as a resource in sustainable agriculture

dc.contributor.author	Poveda Arias, Jorge
dc.contributor.department	Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology - IMAB	en
dc.contributor.funder	Universidad Pública de Navarra / Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa	es
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-07T10:58:22Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-07T10:58:22Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.date.updated	2023-02-07T08:48:00Z
dc.description.abstract	Freshwater macrophytes include different groups of plants that are capable of growing in or very close to aquatic environments (spermatophytes, pteridophytes and bryophytes). These plants play a fundamental role in their ecosystems, regulating biogeochemical cycles, hydrology and sediment dynamic. Currently, many exotic freshwater macrophytes are being anthropogenically introduced into new ecosystems, posing a serious problem as a consequence of their massive and uncontrolled growth. Despite this, these plants can have different uses, such as biomarkers, phytoremediators, producers of metabolites of interest, or biomass formers for the production of feed, biofuels, pellets or ceramics. In this sense, the use of freshwater macrophytes in vivo, as fresh tissues, dry matter, compost, vermicompost, anaerobic digestate, liquid extracts or biochar has reported important benefits in different crops, promoting plant growth, increasing yield, reducing use of chemical fertilizers or reducing the diseases incidence. These benefits are the consequence of different mechanisms of action of the use of macrophytes as an agricultural resource, such as the contribution of nutrients, the improvement of the microbiota and soil structure, the elimination of heavy metals and pollutants, or the presence of antimicrobial compounds in their tissues. This review proposes the use of the biomass of these macrophytes, whose uncontrolled growth is an environmental problem, as an agricultural resource with important agricultural, environmental and economic benefits. A total of 118 published papers were analyzed and discussed.	en
dc.description.sponsorship	Grants for the Recualification of the Spanish University System for 2021–2023, Public University of Navarra; Recualification Modality; Funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU. Open access funding provided by Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Poveda, J. (2022). The use of freshwater macrophytes as a resource in sustainable agriculture. Journal of Cleaner Production, 369, 133247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133247	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133247
dc.identifier.issn	0959-6526
dc.identifier.uri	https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/44665
dc.language.iso	eng	en
dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Cleaner Production 369 (2022) 133247	en
dc.relation.publisherversion	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133247
dc.rights	© 2022 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CC BY license	en
dc.rights.accessRights	Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia	es
dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject	Eichhornia crassipes	en
dc.subject	Macrophytes	en
dc.subject	Nutrients	en
dc.subject	Organic fertilizer	en
dc.subject	Plant growth	en
dc.subject	Sustainable agriculture	en
dc.title	The use of freshwater macrophytes as a resource in sustainable agriculture	en
dc.type	Artículo / Artikulua	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	en
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