Biochar is gaining significant attention due to its potential for carbon (C) sequestration,
improvement of soil health, fertility enhancement, and crop productivity and quality. In this …

The use of biochar is changing, and the combined application of biochar with fertilizer is
increasingly gaining acceptance. However, the yield gains results reported in the existing …

Long-term fertilization causes declines in soil quality and crop yield, hindering current
agricultural development. This paper is about the effect of long-term fertilization (20 years) in …

Biochar application to soils may increase carbon (C) sequestration due to the inputs of
recalcitrant organic C. However, the effects of biochar application on the soil greenhouse …

Drought stress (DS) is a potential abiotic stress that is substantially reducing crop
productivity across the globe. Likewise, salinity stress (SS) is another serious abiotic stress …

To assess the effects of rice husk biochar (400° C, 0.5 h) on the conversion of soil
phosphorus in different soil types in China, a nine week microcosm incubation experiment …

Waste biorefinery concept is gaining attention in converting wastes to industrial products.
This is of paramount importance within sustainability paradigm of utilization of resources and …

Red soils are acid soils which occupy about one fifth of the total area of tropical and
subtropical soils in China. Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is regarded as the main oil and …

Biochar is a carbon (C)‐rich solid produced from the thermochemical pyrolysis of biomass.
Its amendment to soils has been proposed as a promising mean to mitigate greenhouse gas …

Replenishing soil nutrient particularly total nitrogen (TN) and available phosphorus (P) is
important to sustain soil health for food production. Organic amendments such as compost …