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A Review of the Unintended Consequences of Biochar in Various Applications

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, Volume 7, Issue 5, May 2026.
Biochar is widely promoted as a sustainable material for applications ranging from soil amendment to energy storage and construction materials. This review critically examines the often‐overlooked and unintended consequences of biochar, including variability in properties, safety risks, and performance limitations.
Singaravelu Vivekanandhan, Elif Kaynak, Dong Wang, Vigneshwaran Shanmugam, Aurelio Bifulco, Julio Diarte Almada, Imelda Saran Piri, Zhengyang Wang, Lokesh P. Padhye, Nam Kyeun Kim, Michael Försth, Jaime Gonzalez‐Libreros, Igor Wachter, Sabrina Karim, Oisik Das   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bulliform Phytolith Research in Wild and Domesticated Rice Paddy Soil in South China.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Bulliform phytoliths play an important role in researching rice origins as they can be used to distinguish between wild and domesticated rice. Rice bulliform phytoliths are characterized by numerous small shallow fish-scale decorations on the lateral ...
Xiujia Huan, Houyuan Lu, Can Wang, Xiangan Tang, Xinxin Zuo, Yong Ge, Keyang He   +6 more
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Stratified Pit Features at the Presbytère de l'Ancienne‐Lorette (CeEu‐11) and the Fort Odanak (CaFe‐7) Sites in Québec, Canada: A Comparative Geoarchaeological Analysis

Geoarchaeology, Volume 41, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT A geoarcheological study of two large, stratified Indigenous pit features discovered at two Jesuit mission sites in Québec (Canada) was carried out to offer a detailed documentation of their contents and better understand their use over time. One of the pits is a 17th c.
Sarah Robert, Allison Bain, Najat Bhiry
wiley   +1 more source

Silicon Supplementation of Rescuegrass Reduces Herbivory by a Grasshopper

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019
The theory of coevolution suggests that herbivores play an important role in the diversification and composition of plant communities. A prevalent idea holds that grasses and grazing animals participated in an evolutionary “arms race” as grassland ...
Showkat Hamid Mir, Irfan Rashid, Barkat Hussain, Zafar A. Reshi, Rezwana Assad, Irshad A. Sofi   +5 more
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Could large‐scale silicon supplementation of crop‐lands mitigate the impacts of climate change?

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 764-772, May 2026.
Intervention strategies that involve supplementing crop‐lands with silicon have significant scope for carbon capture and drought mitigation, offering wide‐ranging societal impacts. These include contributing to decarbonisation goals, enhancing food security, providing economic benefits and reducing environmental damage associated with intensive ...
Scott N. Johnson, Kimberley J. Simpson, Susan E. Hartley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Barnyard grasses were processed with rice around 10000 years ago [PDF]

, 2015
Rice (Oryza sativa) is regarded as the only grass that was selected for cultivation and eventual domestication in the Yangtze basin of China. Although both macro-fossils and micro-fossils of rice have been recovered from the Early Neolithic site of ...
A Weisskopf, B Gross, C Zhang, DQ Fuller, DQ Fuller, DQ Fuller, DQ Fuller, DQ Fuller, E Harvey, EC Ellis, G Crawford, GW Crawford, H Lu, L Jiang, L Li, M Madella, Pokharia, T Ishii, T Yabuno, TM Htun, WetJPrasada De, X Yang, X Yang, X Yang, X Yang, Y Zheng, Y Zheng, Z Zhao, Z Zhao   +28 more
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A framework linking silicon fertilisation, plant silicification and soil carbon cycling

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 3, Page 861-870, May 2026.
Soil organic carbon (SOC) is vital for soil health, food security, and climate change mitigation. We reviewed how silicon (Si) fertilisers, commonly used to improve plant health, may also influence SOC dynamics. We developed a framework linking Si and SOC and discussed the possibility of Si‐mediated plant changes contributing to SOC sequestration.
Xuqing Li, Scott Johnson, Yolima Carrillo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Where are the cereals? Contribution of phytolith analysis to the study of subsistence economy at the Trypillia site Maidanetske (ca. 3900-3650 BCE),central Ukraine [PDF]

, 2018
Phytolith analysis has been applied in one of the extraordinary Trypillia “mega-site” in central Ukraine. The site Maidanetske, dated to ca. 3900–3650 BCE, is composed of ca. 3000 houses, which were built of earth-based architecture.
Dal Corso, Marta, Dreibrot, Stefan, Hofmann, Robert, Kirleis, Wibke, Muller, Johanness, Ohlrau, Rene, Videiko, Mykhailo, Welmoed, Out   +7 more
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Phytolith Characteristics in Leaves and Culm Sheaths of Three Sympodial Bamboo Genera (Bambusoideae) in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China

Agronomy
This study focused on the phytolith characteristics of leaves and culm sheaths from nine bamboo species across three genera (Bambusa Schreb., Gigantochloa Nees, and Dendrocalamus Kurz ex Munro) in the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden. By analyzing
Taiyang Zhao, Mengsi Duan, Guomi Luo, Kemei Gao, Tingxuan Fu, Xiao Wang, Rui Xu, Changming Wang   +7 more
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Archaeobotanical implications of phytolith assemblages from cultivated rice systems, wild rice stands and macro-regional patterns [PDF]

, 2013
Rice can be cultivated in a range of arable systems, including upland rainfed, lowland rainfed or irrigated, flooded or décrue, and deep water cultivation.
Weisskopf, AR
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