Enrichment of primary macronutrients in biochar for sustainable agriculture: a review

AA Karim, M Kumar, E Singh, A Kumar… - Critical Reviews in …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Macronutrient-enriched biochars have potential for nutrient recycling from waste, enhance
soil fertility, reduce consumption of fertilizers, and thereby promoting sustainable agriculture …

Unlocking the potential of co-applied biochar and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) for sustainable agriculture under stress conditions

L Malik, M Sanaullah, F Mahmood, S Hussain… - Chemical and biological …, 2022 - Springer
Sustainable food security is a major challenge in today's world, particularly in develo**
countries. Among many factors, environmental stressors, ie, drought, salinity and heavy …

Biochar improves phosphorus use efficiency of organic-inorganic fertilizers, maize-wheat productivity and soil quality in a low fertility alkaline soil

M Arif, M Ilyas, M Riaz, K Ali, K Shah, IU Haq… - Field crops …, 2017 - Elsevier
Low and declining soil organic matter contents pose a significant threat to soil fertility, crop
productivity and economic returns in arid and semi-arid agroecosystems. Holistic …

Microbially driven iron cycling facilitates organic carbon accrual in decadal biochar-amended soil

H He, J Liu, Z Shu, Y Chen, Z Pan, C Peng… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is pivotal for both agricultural activities and climate change
mitigation, and biochar stands as a promising tool for bolstering SOC and curtailing soil …

Enhancing phosphorus availability, soil organic carbon, maize productivity and farm profitability through biochar and organic–inorganic fertilizers in an irrigated maize …

M Arif, S Ali, M Ilyas, M Riaz, K Akhtar… - Soil Use and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biochar amendments offer promising potential to improve soil fertility, soil organic carbon
(SOC) and crop yields; however, a limited research has explored these benefits of biochar in …

Migration and transformation mechanisms of nutrient elements (N, P, K) within biochar in straw–biochar–soil–plant systems: a review

L Liu, Z Tan, H Gong, Q Huang - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
In recent years, biochar has attracted interest as a soil amendment. As biochar research has
increased, the nutrient characteristics of biochar were gradually determined. Pyrolysis …

Sand-milled nanosized N-doped biochar for the efficient remediation of Pb-and Cd-contaminated soil: Preparation, performance and mechanism

S Anum, S Liu, P Zhang, A Bostani, X Wang… - Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Continued research into improving the effectiveness of biochar for remediating heavy metal-
contaminated soil is crucial for develo** practical applications that can benefit agricultural …

Interactive priming of soil N transformations from combining biochar and urea inputs: A 15N isotope tracer study

N Fiorentino, MA Sánchez-Monedero… - Soil Biology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biochar has been found to interact with N transformations in soil but the mechanisms remain
largely unknown. In this study we investigated the priming effect of combined biochar and …

Effects of co-composting of farm manure and biochar on plant growth and carbon mineralization in an alkaline soil

MF Qayyum, F Liaquat, RA Rehman, M Gul… - … science and pollution …, 2017 - Springer
In the present study, the effects of co-composts of biochar (BC) and farm manure (FM) on the
growth of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and carbon mineralization in an alkaline soil were …

Biochar acts as an emerging soil amendment and its potential ecological risks: a review

Y Zhao, X Li, Y Li, H Bao, J **ng, Y Zhu, J Nan, G Xu - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Biochar, known as “Black Gold”, has become a novel approach with potential benefits for
soil amendment, such as improving soil physicochemical properties, reducing greenhouse …