Woodchip bioreactor helps reduce pesticide run-off from horticulture greenhouses
Credit: Environmental Pollution (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124561 Pesticides seeping out of intensive horticulture into waterways have long-concerned NSW north coast communities. Now a new Southern Cross University study provides evidence that bioreactors can significantly limit this toxic run-off. The study is the first evidence that microbial communities in woodchip bioreactors can effectively reduce the type of
Samatha Paris
July 23, 2024