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Microbial utilisation of biochar-derived carbon
Mark Farrell,Thomas Kuhn,Thomas Kuhn,Lynne M. Macdonald,Todd Maddern,Daniel Murphy,Phillip A. Hall,Bhupinder Pal Singh,Karen Baumann,Karen Baumann,Evelyn S. Krull,Jeff Baldock +11 more
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The results demonstrate that this CO2 evolution was at least partially microbially mediated, and that biochar application to soil can cause significant and rapid changes in the soil microbial community; likely due to addition of labile C and increases in soil pH.About:
This article is published in Science of The Total Environment.The article was published on 2013-11-01. It has received 290 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Biochar & Soil organic matter.read more
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Physico-chemical properties and microbial responses in biochar-amended soils: Mechanisms and future directions
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis revealed that slow pyrolyzed biochars produced from various feedstocks at temperatures from 300°C to 600°C consistently increased some physico-chemical properties (i.e., pH, cation exchange capacity and aggregation) and microbial parameters (e.g., abundance and community structure of microorganisms) in a vast number of soils during short (≤90 days) laboratory incubations and longer (1-3 years) field studies.
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Effect of biochar additions to soil on nitrogen leaching, microbial biomass and bacterial community structure
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the effects of corn-straw biochar under the application of urea in layered soil columns in order to assess the change of bacterial diversity and community structure utilizing the Illumina technology.
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Biochar stability in soil: meta-analysis of decomposition and priming effects
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis of the biochar decomposition in soil was performed and the authors concluded that only a small part of biochar is bioavailable and that the remaining 97% contribute directly to long-term carbon sequestration in soil.
Biochar stability in soil: Meta-analysis of decomposition and priming effects
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors meta-analyzed the biochar decomposition in soil and estimated its mean residence time (MRT), and concluded that only a small part of biochar is bioavailable and that the remaining 97% contribute directly to long-term carbon sequestration in soil.
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Black Carbon (Biochar) In Water/Soil Environments: Molecular Structure, Sorption, Stability, and Potential Risk.
Fei Lian,Baoshan Xing +1 more
TL;DR: The molecular structure evolution of BC during pyrolysis and the impact of BC physicochemical properties on its sorption behavior, stability, and potential risk in terrestrial and aqueous ecosystems are highlighted.
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Biochar effects on soil biota – A review
Johannes Lehmann,Matthias C. Rillig,Janice E. Thies,Caroline A. Masiello,William C. Hockaday,David E. Crowley +5 more
TL;DR: A review of the literature reveals a significant number of early studies on biochar-type materials as soil amendments either for managing pathogens, as inoculant carriers or for manipulative experiments to sorb signaling compounds or toxins as mentioned in this paper.
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Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil.
Johannes Rousk,Erland Bååth,Philip C. Brookes,Christian L. Lauber,Catherine A. Lozupone,J. Gregory Caporaso,Rob Knight,Rob Knight,Noah Fierer,Noah Fierer +9 more
TL;DR: Soils collected across a long-term liming experiment were used to investigate the direct influence of pH on the abundance and composition of the two major soil microbial taxa, fungi and bacteria, and both the relative abundance and diversity of bacteria were positively related to pH.
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Review of mechanisms and quantification of priming effects.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reveal possible causes and processes leading to priming actions using the references on agricultural ecosystems and model experiments, and summarize in Tables for positive and negative real and apparent priming effects induced after the addition of different organic and mineral substances to the soil.
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Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change
TL;DR: The maximum sustainable technical potential of biochar to mitigate climate change is estimated, which shows that it has a larger climate-change mitigation potential than combustion of the same sustainably procured biomass for bioenergy, except when fertile soils are amended while coal is the fuel being offset.
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Effects of biochar from slow pyrolysis of papermill waste on agronomic performance and soil fertility
L. Van Zwieten,Stephen Kimber,Stephen Morris,K. Y. Chan,Adriana Downie,J. Rust,Stephen Joseph,Annette Cowie +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a glasshouse study of two agricultural soils with two biochars derived from the slow pyrolysis of papermill waste was assessed in a glass house study.