The role of biochar and biochar-compost in improving soil quality and crop performance: A review

G Agegnehu, AK Srivastava, MI Bird - Applied soil ecology, 2017 - Elsevier
Multiple nutrient deficiencies related to severe soil fertility depletion have emerged as the
major constraint to the sustainability of agriculture on a global scale. Use of biochar and …

Sustainable improvement of soil health utilizing biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A review

N Gujre, A Soni, L Rangan, DCW Tsang, S Mitra - Environmental Pollution, 2021 - Elsevier
Conservation of soil health and crop productivity is the central theme for sustainable
agriculture practices. It is unrealistic to expect that the burgeoning crop production demands …

Biochar particle size, shape, and porosity act together to influence soil water properties

Z Liu, B Dugan, CA Masiello, HM Gonnermann - Plos one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Many studies report that, under some circumstances, amending soil with biochar can
improve field capacity and plant-available water. However, little is known about the …

Effects of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Biochar on Growth, Nutrient Absorption, and Physiological Properties of Maize (Zea mays L.)

J Sun, Q Jia, Y Li, T Zhang, J Chen, Y Ren, K Dong… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMFs) and biochar are two common alternatives to chemical
fertilizers applied to soil to improve crop growth. However, their interactive effects on maize …

Long-term aging of biochar: a molecular understanding with agricultural and environmental implications

S Mia, FA Dijkstra, B Singh - Advances in agronomy, 2017 - Elsevier
Biochar has unveiled a new avenue for carbon (C) sequestration and has shown the
potential to increase agricultural productivity. Although there is still debate about the …

Effects of biochar aging in the soil on its mechanical property and performance for soil CO2 and N2O emissions

L Wang, C Gao, K Yang, Y Sheng, J Xu, Y Zhao… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar application into the soils has been reported to have huge carbon sequestration
potential, although it remains unclear that how the biochar aging in the soil affects its …

Characterization of biochars derived from agriculture wastes and their adsorptive removal of atrazine from aqueous solution: A comparative study

N Liu, AB Charrua, CH Weng, X Yuan, F Ding - Bioresource technology, 2015 - Elsevier
The physicochemical properties of biochars produced from soybeans (SBB), corn stalks
(CSB), rice stalks (RSB), poultry manure (PMB), cattle manure (CMB), and pig manure …

Applications of biomass derived biochar in modern science and technology

SK Das, GK Ghosh, R Avasthe - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar production from waste biomass are attracting huge interest as a low cost
amendment due to its potential numerous benefits to modern science, technology, and …

[BOOK][B] Biochar: Production, characterization, and applications

YS Ok, SM Uchimiya, SX Chang, N Bolan - 2015 - books.google.com
Encompassing high priority research areas such as bioenergy production, global warming
mitigation, and sustainable agriculture, biochar has received increased worldwide interest in …

Biochar effects on the abundance, activity and diversity of the soil biota

JE Thies, MC Rillig, ER Graber - Biochar for environmental …, 2015 - api.taylorfrancis.com
For more than a decade, researchers on all continents have been engaged in an initiative to
simultaneously produce bioenergy, remove excess carbon (C) from the atmosphere and …