Biochar application to low fertility soils: A review of current status, and future prospects

A El-Naggar, SS Lee, J Rinklebe, M Farooq, H Song… - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
Rapid industrial development and human activities have caused a degradation of soil
quality and fertility. There is increasing interest in rehabilitating low fertility soils to improve …

Review of large-scale biochar field-trials for soil amendment and the observed influences on crop yield variations

V Vijay, S Shreedhar, K Adlak, S Payyanad… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Increasing pressure on farming systems due to rapid urbanization and population growth
has severely affected soil health and fertility. The need to meet the growing food demands …

Influence of soil properties and feedstocks on biochar potential for carbon mineralization and improvement of infertile soils

A El-Naggar, SS Lee, YM Awad, X Yang, C Ryu… - Geoderma, 2018 - Elsevier
The impact of biochar (BC) application on soil varies with BC feedstock and soil type. The
objective of this study was to investigate the linkage between the properties and surface …

Active and passive soil organic carbon pools as affected by different land use types in Mizoram, Northeast India

UK Sahoo, SL Singh, A Gogoi, A Kenye, SS Sahoo - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Soil organic carbon plays an important role in the stability and fertility of soil and is
influenced by different management practice. We quantified active and passive carbon pools …

Agroforestry: a sustainable environmental practice for carbon sequestration under the climate change scenarios—a review

F Abbas, HM Hammad, S Fahad, A Cerdà… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Agroforestry is a sustainable land use system with a promising potential to sequester
atmospheric carbon into soil. This system of land use distinguishes itself from the other …

Effects of grazing exclusion on carbon sequestration in China's grassland

L Deng, ZP Shangguan, GL Wu, XF Chang - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Globally, grazing exclusion (GE) is an effective management practice to restore degraded
grasslands and improve carbon (C) stock. However, the C dynamics in grasslands …

Spatio-temporal topsoil organic carbon map** of a semi-arid Mediterranean region: The role of land use, soil texture, topographic indices and the influence of …

C Schillaci, M Acutis, L Lombardo, A Lipani… - Science of the total …, 2017 - Elsevier
SOC is the most important indicator of soil fertility and monitoring its space-time changes is a
prerequisite to establish strategies to reduce soil loss and preserve its quality. Here we …

Biochar production and characteristics, its impacts on soil health, crop production, and yield enhancement: A review

S Khan, S Irshad, K Mehmood, Z Hasnain, M Nawaz… - Plants, 2024 - mdpi.com
Rapid urban expansion and a booming population are placing immense pressure on our
agricultural systems, leading to detrimental impacts on soil fertility and overall health. Due to …

Effect of soil surface roughness on infiltration water, ponding and runoff on tilled soils under rainfall simulation experiments

L Zhao, R Hou, F Wu, S Keesstra - Soil and Tillage Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Agriculture has a large effect on the properties of the soil and with that on soil hydrology. The
partitioning of rainfall into infiltration and runoff is relevant to understand runoff generation …

Agricultural land abandonment in Mediterranean environment provides ecosystem services via soil carbon sequestration

A Novara, L Gristina, G Sala, A Galati… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abandonment of agricultural land leads to several consequences for ecosystem functions.
Agricultural abandonment may be a significant and low cost strategy for carbon …