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Optimising water holding capacity and hydrophobicity of biochar for soil amendment - A review.

Science of the Total Environment, 2022
Biochar is a product of the thermal treatment of biomass, and it can be used for enhancing soil health and productivity, soil carbon sequestration, absorbance of pollutants from water and soil, and promoting environmental sustainability.
S. Adhikari, W. Timms, M. P. Mahmud
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Succession of biochar addition for soil amendment and contaminants remediation during co-composting: A state of art review.

Journal of Environmental Management, 2023
This paper aimed to highlight the succession of biochar addition for soil amendment and contaminants remediation during composting process. Biochar incorporated into the compost mixture promotes composting performance and enhances contaminants reduction.
Huu-Tuan Tran   +9 more
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Superabsorbent hydrogel (SAH) as a soil amendment for drought management: A review

Soil and Tillage Research, 2020
Drought is one of the worst natural disasters that affect the economic, social, and environmental status of any country. The long-term drought affects the soil ecosystem and can initiate desertification and deterioration of soil health.
A. Saha, Sreedeep Sekharan, U. Manna
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Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions for various feedstocks-based biochars as soil amendment.

Science of the Total Environment, 2023
Anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are a major factor influencing climate change. The application of biochar as a soil amendment may be an effective way to reduce GHG emissions. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is widely used to assess the impact of
Fang Xia   +4 more
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Evaluating the potential of okara-derived black soldier fly larval frass as a soil amendment.

Journal of Environmental Management, 2021
Bioconversion of organic waste by the black soldier fly (BSF) larva yields a by-product commonly known as 'frass'. Although BSF larval frass has often been marketed as a biofertilizer, few studies have evaluated this claim.
Zhongyu Chiam   +6 more
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Roles of biochar-derived dissolved organic matter in soil amendment and environmental remediation: A critical review

, 2021
Biochar is an emerging, cost-effective, and renewable carbonaceous material with abundant functional groups and tuneable mesoporous structure, showing a promising performance in fertility improvement, nutrient retention, microbial activity enhancement ...
Yuqing Sun   +9 more
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Effects of biochar nanoparticles as a soil amendment on the structure and hydraulic characteristics of a sandy loam soil

Soil use and management, 2021
Biochar as a soil amendment can influence the physical and solute transport properties of soils and, thus, provide a means to improve soil fertility. However, the use of different sized biochar particles down to the nano‐scale has revealed inconsistent ...
Xiaopeng Chen   +3 more
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