Balancing soil fertility and emerging contaminants risk : insights from a 15-year biosolid application study under maize production

dc.contributor.authorTesfamariam, Eyob Habte
dc.contributor.authorNgoetjana, Matome Peter
dc.contributor.emaileyob.tesfamariam@up.ac.za
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-24T11:10:54Z
dc.date.available2026-03-24T11:10:54Z
dc.date.issued2026-02
dc.descriptionDATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT : The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are available in Supplementary Materials and from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL : TABLE S1: Types, chemical composition, and application rates of inorganic fertilizers used during various maize growth stages. TABLE S2: Multiple reaction monitoring parameters of the target analytes. TABLE S3: Linear equations and the correlation cofficients (R2) of the calibration curves for the target analytes.
dc.description.abstractPlease read abstract in the article.
dc.description.departmentPlant Production and Soil Science
dc.description.librarianhj2026
dc.description.sdgSDG-02: Zero hunger
dc.description.sponsorshipThe National Research Foundation, South Africa (NRF).
dc.description.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability
dc.identifier.citationTesfamariam, E. H., & Ngoetjana, M. P. (2026). Balancing Soil Fertility and Emerging Contaminants Risk: Insights from a 15-Year Biosolid Application Study Under Maize Production. Sustainability, 18(3), 1618: 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/su18031618.
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.3390/su1803161
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/109275
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rights© 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
dc.subjectBiosolid application
dc.subjectSulfamethoxazole (SMX)
dc.subjectTriclosan (TCS)
dc.subjectSoil fertility
dc.subjectCropping systems
dc.titleBalancing soil fertility and emerging contaminants risk : insights from a 15-year biosolid application study under maize production
dc.typeArticle

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