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Biochar soil amendment increases tomato seedling resistance to drought in sandy soils
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This research develops a method which would allow small amounts of biochar to provide significant protection for plants in their most vulnerable stage, the seedling, and demonstrates that, in sandy substrates, 30% biochar, concentrated in seedling root zones, significantly increases seedling resistance to wilting.About:
This article is published in Journal of Arid Environments.The article was published on 2013-01-01. It has received 97 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biochar & Drought tolerance.read more
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Biochar soil amendment on alleviation of drought and salt stress in plants: a critical review
Shafaqat Ali,Muhammad Rizwan,Muhammad Farooq Qayyum,Yong Sik Ok,Muhammad Ibrahim,Muhammad Riaz,Muhammad Arif,Farhan Hafeez,Mohammad I. Al-Wabel,Ahmad Naeem Shahzad +9 more
TL;DR: This review highlights both the potential of biochar in alleviating drought and salt stress in plants and future prospect of the role of bio char under drought and Salt Stress in plants.
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The Impact of Biochar Application on Soil Properties and Plant Growth of Pot Grown Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and Cabbage (Brassica chinensis)
TL;DR: In this article, the effect of rice-husk char (potentially biochar) application on the growth of transplanted lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and Chinese cabbage (Brassica chinensis) was assessed in a pot experiment over a three crop (lettuce-cabbage-lettuce) cycle in Cambodia.
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Biochar reduced nitrate leaching and improved soil moisture content without yield improvements in a four-year field study
Ghulam Haider,Diedrich Steffens,Gerald Moser,Christoph Müller,Christoph Müller,Claudia Kammann +5 more
TL;DR: The use of biochar (BC) is discussed as a strategy to sequester carbon in soils, to reduce GHG emissions and improve soil fertility, but the responses of crop yields to biochar amendments in agricultural ecosystems, specifically under temperate field conditions, are still uncertain this paper.
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Advances and future directions of biochar characterization methods and applications
Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana,Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana,Sanchita Mandal,Nabeel Khan Niazi,Nabeel Khan Niazi,Meththika Vithanage,Sanjai J. Parikh,Fungai N.D. Mukome,Muhammad Rizwan,Patryk Oleszczuk,Mohammad I. Al-Wabel,Nanthi Bolan,Daniel C.W. Tsang,Ki-Hyun Kim,Yong Sik Ok +14 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the state-of-the-art biochar characterization methods is presented, focusing on proximate, ultimate, physicochemical, surface and structural analyses.
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A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis
TL;DR: In this paper, a statistical meta-analysis was performed with the aim of evaluating the relationship between biochar and crop productivity (either yield or above-ground biomass) with an overall small, but statistically significant, benefit of biochar application to soils on crop productivity, with a grand mean increase of 10%.
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Maize yield and nutrition during 4 years after biochar application to a Colombian savanna oxisol
Julie Major,Marco Antonio Rondón,Marco Antonio Rondón,Diego Molina,Susan J. Riha,Johannes Lehmann +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors studied the effect of a single application of 0, 8 and 20 t of biochar to a Colombian savanna Oxisol for 4 years (2003-2006) under a maize-soybean rotation.
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Impact of Biochar Amendment on Fertility of a Southeastern Coastal Plain Soil
Jeffrey M. Novak,Warren J. Busscher,David L. Laird,Mohamed Ahmedna,Don W. Watts,M. A. S. Niandou +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors hypothesized that biochar additions to agricultural soils in the southeastern U.S. coastal plain region have meager soil fertility characteristics because of their sandy textures, acidic pH values, kaolinitic clays, low cation exchange capacities, and diminutive soil organic carbon contents.
Characterization of designer biochar produced at different temperatures and their effects on a loamy sand
Jeffrey M. Novak,Isabel M. Lima,Julia W. Gaskin,Christoph Steiner,Mohamed Ahmedna,Donald W. Watts,Harry H. Schomberg +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors hypothesize that the biochar production process can be tailored to form designer biochars that have specific chemical characteristics matched to selective chemical and/or physical issues of degraded soil.