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Biochar as a soil amendment

Soil Science Annual, 2016
Abstract Biochar is a carbonaceous product of biomass pyrolysis under limited oxygen conditions. Due to the very good sorption properties material is used as a soil amendment. In recent years, much attention has been paid to biochar as a potential tool improving soil properties and fertility.
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Organic amendment effects on soil properties and crop yield in cotton field: A meta-analysis

Industrial Crops and Products
China is the world's largest cotton producer; however, its excessive nitrogen fertilizer application has led to serious environmental issues. Substituting part of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer with organic amendment is regarded as an effective approach ...
ZhaoFeng Wu, YunLong Zhai, Pengcheng Li, Zhanlei Pan, Jian Wang, Guilan Sun, Yaopeng Zhang, Junhong Li, Menghua Zhai, Wenqi Zhao, Xin Li, Zhenggui Zhang, Zhanbiao Wang   +12 more
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Composted Cattle Manure Increases Microbial Activity and Soil Fertility More Than Composted Swine Manure in a Submerged Rice Paddy

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2017
Livestock waste composts with minimum inorganic fertilizer as a soil amendment in low-input intensive farming are a feasible agricultural practice to improve soil fertility and productivity and to mitigate soil degradation.
Suvendu Das, Seung Tak Jeong, Subhasis Das, Pil Joo Kim, Pil Joo Kim   +4 more
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Biochar amendment reduced microbial necromass carbon accumulation in a paddy soil profile

Journal of Integrative Agriculture
Microbial necromass carbon (MNC) serves a crucial function in the formation and stabilization of soil organic carbon (SOC). Although biochar amendment is recognized as a promising approach for enhancing SOC sequestration, its impact on MNC accumulation ...
Ruiling Ma, Suping Ji, Shuo Jiang, Dingyao Lei, Ying Cai, Xiulan Wu, Zhiwei Liu, Qi Yi, Shaopan Xia, Rongjun Bian, Xuhui Zhang, Jufeng Zheng   +11 more
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Differential Ecological Responses of Acidified Greenhouse Soils to Different Amendment Treatments

Agriculture
Acidified soils in greenhouse vegetable systems constrain crop production and soil ecological functions. This study investigated the effects of different amendment treatments on soil ecological factors in acidified soils under greenhouse spinach ...
Wei Tan, Guoming Hui, Juan Wang, Zhiwei Wang, Chunmei Xu, Siyu Liu, Guiju Lv, Mingjie Wang   +7 more
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Optimized ridge-furrow technology with biochar amendment for alfalfa yield enhancement and soil erosion reduction based on a structural equation model on sloping land

Agricultural Water Management
Water scarcity and water-related soil erosion are severely exacerbated by inappropriate human activities and global climate change. Hence, to find a suitable technology to mitigate drought and soil erosion, three consecutive field experiments were ...
Xiaole Zhao, Erastus Mak-Mensah, Wucheng Zhao, Qi Wang, Xujiao Zhou, Dengkui Zhang, Jinhui Zhu, Wenjia Qi, Qinglin Liu, Xiaoling Li, Xuchun Li, Bing Liu   +11 more
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Microbial Metagenomics Evidence Reveals Forest Soil Amendment Contributes to Increased Sugarcane Yields in Long-Term Cropping Systems

Agronomy
Long-term continuous cropping is a prevalent agricultural practice aimed at maximizing land use efficiency and crop yields, yet it often leads to severe soil degradation, nutrient imbalance, and microbial community disruption.
Rudan Li, Ruli Zhang, Zhongfu Zhang, Guolei Tang, Peifang Zhao, Jun Deng   +5 more
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Effects of Biochar Amendment on N₂O Emissions from Soils with Different pH Levels

Atmosphere
Biochar application has the potential for mitigating N2O emissions from agricultural soils and has been suggested as a management practice to ameliorate soil fertility and increase crop productivity. Nevertheless, the influence of biochar addition on N2O
Feng Lin, Hong Wang, Hiba Shaghaleh, Amar Ali Adam Hamad, Yaojun Zhang, Bairen Yang, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud   +6 more
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Immobilization of toxic metal cations on goethite-amended soils: a remediation strategy

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2016
The study investigates a simple and viable option to reduce toxic metals mobility and availability in four surface (0–30cm) soils with varying physicochemical properties amended by different percentages of goethite.
Ifesinachi I. Mokwenye, Paul N. Diagboya, Bamidele I. Oluowolabi, Ikenna O. Anigbogu, Hilary I. Owamah   +4 more
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Leaching of simazine in organic‐amended soils

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 1999
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Cox, Lucía, Hermosín, M.C., Cornejo, J.   +2 more
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