Structural analysis and gasification reactivity of chars derived from the slow pyrolysis of extruded coal fines and recycled plastic.

The evolution of char resulting from the co-pyrolysis of recycled plastic and discard fine coal, along with the impact of varying plastic additions on the characteristics of the formed char and its subsequent gasification reactivity, remains unexplored. In this study, extrudates were produced using discarded South African Highveld coal fines, combined with either recycled low-density polyethylene (LDPE) or polypropylene (PP), respectively, and charred under a nitrogen atmosphere at three different temperatures (520, 720, and 920 °C). Co-gasification of plastic and coal provides an opportunity to reduce two waste streams simultaneously.

Seedling microbiota engineering using bacterial synthetic community inoculation on seeds.

Synthetic Communities (SynComs) are being developed and tested to manipulate plant microbiota and improve plant health. To date, only few studies proposed the use of SynCom on seed despite its potential for plant microbiota engineering. We developed and presented a simple and effective seedling microbiota engineering method using SynCom inoculation on seeds.

Slow Pyrolysis Products Derived from Extrudates Produced from Discard Coal Fines and Recycled Plastics as Binders.

The pyrolysis products derived from both coal and plastics have been extensively evaluated in literature; however, their copyrolysis product yields together with the characterization of the generated products have received less attention. Most studies use high heating rates with small particle sizes of the mechanically mixed blends. This study aims to improve the understanding of the slow copyrolysis behavior of extrudates produced from coal fines from the South African Highveld coalfield combined with recycled waste low-density polyethylene (LDPE) and polypropylene (PP).

Regulation of effector gene expression as concerted waves in Leptosphaeria maculans: a two-player game.

Effector genes, encoding molecules involved in disease establishment, are concertedly expressed throughout the lifecycle of plant-pathogenic fungi. However, little is known about how effector gene expression is regulated. Since many effector genes are located in repeat-rich regions, the role of chromatin remodeling in their regulation was recently investigated, notably establishing that the repressive histone modification H3K9me3, deposited by KMT1, was involved in several fungal species including Leptosphaeria maculans.

Biological inhibition of denitrification (BDI): an early plant strategy for Fallopia × bohemica seedling development.

Background And Aims: The successful plant Fallopia × bohemica presents interesting capacities for control of the soil nitrogen cycle at the adult stage, termed biological inhibition of denitrification (BDI). The BDI strategy allows the plant, via the production of secondary metabolites (procyanidins), to compete with the denitrifying microbial community and to divert nitrate from the soil for its benefit. In this study, we analysed whether seedlings of F.