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1988
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Overview

Raul Moral is affiliated with Miguel Hernandez University in Spain. Their research centers on agricultural and environmental sciences, with a particular emphasis on the management and assessment of waste, soil, and nutrients.

The scientist's research output includes numerous papers published primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their subfields of study feature Soil Science, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Plant Science, and Food Science.

The main topics covered in their work comprise:

  • Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Growth and nutrition in plants
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse

Raul Moral frequently publishes in several scientific journals. These include:

  • Agronomy
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Waste Management
  • Environmental Pollution

Their recent papers reflect a focus on bioremediation, microbial communities in waste systems, and composting processes. Notable papers include:

  • Olive mill wastewater-evaporation ponds long term stored: Integrated assessment of in situ bioremediation strategies based on composting and vermicomposting (2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Bacterial and fungal community dynamics during different stages of agro-industrial waste composting and its relationship with compost suppressiveness (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Use of livestock waste composts as nursery growing media: Effect of a washing pre-treatment (2021, Scientia Horticulturae)
  • Microbial communities of the olive mill wastewater sludge stored in evaporation ponds: The resource for sustainable bioremediation (2020, Journal of Environmental Management)
  • Improvement of the probiotic growth-stimulating capacity of microalgae extracts by pulsed electric fields treatment (2022, Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies)

Raul Moral has collaborated frequently with a group of coauthors, including:

  • M.A. Bustamante
  • José Antonio López Sáez
  • Francisco Javier Andreu-Rodríguez
  • M.D. Pérez-Murcia
  • Luciano Orden

Best Publications

  • Composting of animal manures and chemical criteria for compost maturity assessment. A review

    M.P. Bernal;J.A. Alburquerque;R. Moral

  • Agrochemical characterisation of the solid by-products and residues from the winery and distillery industry.

    M.A. Bustamante;R. Moral;C. Paredes;A. Pérez-Espinosa

  • Co-composting of distillery wastes with animal manures: carbon and nitrogen transformations in the evaluation of compost stability.

    M.A. Bustamante;C. Paredes;F.C. Marhuenda-Egea;A. Pérez-Espinosa

  • Spent mushroom substrates as component of growing media for germination and growth of horticultural plants.

    E. Medina;C. Paredes;M.D. Pérez-Murcia;M.A. Bustamante

  • Composts from distillery wastes as peat substitutes for transplant production

    M.A. Bustamante;C. Paredes;R. Moral;E. Agulló

  • Strategies for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation in Mediterranean agriculture: a review.

    A. Sanz-Cobena;L. Lassaletta;E. Aguilera;A. del Prado

  • Use of composted sewage sludge in growth media for broccoli.

    M.D. Perez-Murcia;R. Moral;J. Moreno-Caselles;A. Perez-Espinosa

  • Utilisation of manure composts by high-value crops: safety and environmental challenges.

    R. Moral;C. Paredes;M.A. Bustamante;F. Marhuenda-Egea

  • Dissolved organic matter fractions formed during composting of winery and distillery residues: evaluation of the process by fluorescence excitation-emission matrix.

    F.C. Marhuenda-Egea;E. Martínez-Sabater;J. Jordá;R. Moral

  • Salinity, organic content, micronutrients and heavy metals in pig slurries from South-eastern Spain.

    R. Moral;M.D. Perez-Murcia;A. Perez-Espinosa;J. Moreno-Caselles

  • Co-composting of the solid fraction of anaerobic digestates, to obtain added-value materials for use in agriculture

    M.A. Bustamante;J.A. Alburquerque;A.P. Restrepo;C. de la Fuente

  • Uses of winery and distillery effluents in agriculture: characterisation of nutrient and hazardous components.

    M.A. Bustamante;C. Paredes;R. Moral;J. Moreno-Caselles

  • Recycling of anaerobic digestates by composting: effect of the bulking agent used

    M.A. Bustamante;A.P. Restrepo;J.A. Alburquerque;M.D. Pérez-Murcia

  • Relationships between soil physico-chemical, chemical and biological properties in a soil amended with spent mushroom substrate

    E. Medina;C. Paredes;M.A. Bustamante;R. Moral

  • Characterisation of the organic matter pool in manures.

    R. Moral;J. Moreno-Caselles;M.D. Perez-Murcia;A. Perez-Espinosa

  • Gaseous emissions from management of solid waste: a systematic review.

    Guillermo Pardo;Raúl Moral;Eduardo Aguilera;Agustín del Prado

  • Composting as sustainable strategy for municipal solid waste management in the Chimborazo Region, Ecuador: Suitability of the obtained composts for seedling production

    J. Jara-Samaniego;M.D. Pérez-Murcia;M.A. Bustamante;A. Pérez-Espinosa

  • Cadmium accumulation and distribution in cucumber plant

    J. Moreno‐Caselles;R. Moral;A. Pérez‐Espinosa;M. D. Pérez‐Murcia

  • Nitrogen mineralisation potential in calcareous soils amended with sewage sludge.

    T Hernández;R Moral;A Perez-Espinosa;J Moreno-Caselles

  • Soil organic matter and aggregates affected by wildfire in a Pinus halepensis forest in a Mediterranean environment

    J. Mataix-Solera;I. Gómez;J. Navarro-Pedreño;C. Guerrero

  • Effects of chromium on the nutrient element content and morphology of tomato

    R. Moral;J. Navarro Pedreno;I. Gomez;J. Mataix

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Pilar Bernal
Maria Pilar Bernal Spanish National Research Council
César Guerrero
César Guerrero Miguel Hernandez University
José A. Pascual
José A. Pascual Spanish National Research Council
Margarita Ros
Margarita Ros Spanish National Research Council
Matias B. Vanotti
Matias B. Vanotti United States Department of Agriculture
Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina
Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina Miguel Hernandez University
María José Sanz
María José Sanz Basque Centre for Climate Change
Jorge Álvaro-Fuentes
Jorge Álvaro-Fuentes Spanish National Research Council
Juan C. Sanchez-Hernandez
Juan C. Sanchez-Hernandez University of Castilla-La Mancha
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen

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