Editing Calcium carbonate (section)

===Agriculture and aquaculture===
[[Agricultural lime]], powdered chalk or limestone, is used as a cheap method of neutralising [[Soil pH|acidic soil]], making it suitable for planting, also used in aquaculture industry for pH regulation of pond soil before initiating culture.<ref name="Oates2008">{{cite book |first=J. A. H. |last=Oates |title=Lime and Limestone: Chemistry and Technology, Production and Uses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MVoEMNI5Vb0C&pg=PA111 |date=11 July 2008 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-3-527-61201-7 |pages=111–113}}</ref> There is interest in understanding whether or not it can affect pesticide adsorption and desorption in calcareous soil.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=El-Aswad |first1=Ahmed F. |last2=Fouad |first2=Mohamed R. |last3=Badawy |first3=Mohamed E. I. |last4=Aly |first4=Maher I. |date=2023-05-31 |title=Effect of Calcium Carbonate Content on Potential Pesticide Adsorption and Desorption in Calcareous Soil |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00103624.2022.2146131 |journal=Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis |language=en |volume=54 |issue=10 |pages=1379–1387 |doi=10.1080/00103624.2022.2146131 |bibcode=2023CSSPA..54.1379E |s2cid=253559627 |issn=0010-3624 |access-date=18 August 2023 |archive-date=18 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818130720/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00103624.2022.2146131 |url-status=live}}</ref>