Effects of different types of microplastics in soil on nitrogen absorption and metabolism of quinoa.

Sci Rep · 2026 · PMC13139449 · PMID 41857119

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40%-60% of the surface soil of farmland in Mexico are polluted by microplastics,but the content of microplastics in the surface soil of an industrial zone in Sydney is only 0.03%-6.7%; The abundance of microplastics in the farmland of Loess Plateau in northwest China shows an increasing trend year by year.

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