Location
Innovation Lab Atrium
Start Date
4-2-2025 2:00 PM
End Date
4-2-2025 3:30 PM
Presentation Date
2 April 2025, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Biography
My name is Emma Kettler, and I am an Environmental Engineer. I am on my third year at Missouri S&T and joined this research in the summer of 2024. I am very passionate about the environment and restoring ecosystems, so this research has been extremely enjoyable. In my free time, I enjoy crocheting, spending time with friends, playing video games, and spending time in nature. I am from Festus, a town in Jefferson County, MO.
Meeting Name
2025 - Miners Solving for Tomorrow Research Conference
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Document Type
Poster
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2025 The Authors, All rights reserved
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Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Combined with Biosolids and Biochar Sustained Phytostabilization and Enhanced Soil Properties of Mine Tailings
Innovation Lab Atrium
Comments
Advisor: Joel G. Burken
Abstract:
Revegetation poses a cost-efficient solution to the remediation of mine tailings. Appropriate amendments are required to promote sustained growth on these toxic substrates. This experiment examined the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and locally available waste byproducts for their potential to support sustainable cultivation of viable native species on Pb/Zn/Cu tailings from an impoundment. Substrates prepared by treating the top layer of tailings with different amendments, biosolids alone or combined with biochar and native isolates of AMF, while the bottom layer left as untreated tailings. After a sustained growth period, the impact of amendments on physicochemical and biological properties was assessed. The research performed concerns the analysis of organic carbon (OC) concentrations in the soil in relation to rooting depth of substrates. The findings indicate that AMF plays a critical role in the development of long-term substrate productivity at depths as a result of surface-level amended Phyto stabilization.