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Biochar to Mitigate Crop Exposure to Soil Compaction Stress
Soil compaction stress is a major obstacle in improving soil health and performance, calling for advanced agricultural practices such as biochar...
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Biochar Application to Soils to Improve the Management of Irrigation Water
Climate change has accentuated extreme events such as drought and flooding, thus altering the supply of water to plants. To solve this issue, the...
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Biochar as Soil Amendment for Mitigating Nutrients Stress in Crops
Global food security is threatened by decreasing soil fertility and climate change. Moreover, soil erosion and salinity are depleting mineral...
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Biochar for Crop Protection from Soil Borne Diseases
Pest diseases in crop soils are likely to increase under the warming effects of climate change, calling for advanced practices to control pest and...
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Biochar for Improving Crop Productivity and Soil Fertility
Biochar application to soils can both sequester carbon in the long term, and improve soil fertility by storing nutrients and water. Biochar is...
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Biochar from On-Farm Feedstocks for Sustainable Potassium Management in Soils
Potassium is an essential soil macronutrient for crop production, yet a large proportion of potassium is either lost or accumulates in plant tissues....
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Role of Biochar in the Adsorption of Heavy Metals
Some heavy metals are highly toxic and can be stored for long periods in any ecosystem. This is a very sensitive issue because heavy metals can enter...
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Biochar for Mitigation of Heat Stress in Crop Plants
Global warming is accelerating heat stress in plants, thus requiring agricultural strategies for the global food security. For instance, soil...
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Biochar Application for Improving the Yield and Quality of Crops Under Climate Change
Global climate change, which is mainly caused by industrialized nations, has a negative impact on the agricultural production of poor and emerging...
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Biochar and Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Fungi to Improve Soil Organic Matter and Fertility
Increasing feeding mouths are the vital element of increased food production and demand. The required resources (i.e. land, water and nutrients) to...
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Biochar Feedstocks, Synthesis and Interaction with Soil Microorganisms
Biochar application to soils allows to enhance soil quality and fertility by improving soil structure and replenishment of nutrients. Biochar...
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Biofertilizers to Improve Soil Health and Crop Yields
Current soil management practices depend highly on mineral fertilizers, which are costly and unsustainable. Alternatively, eco-friendly strategies...
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Biochar Application to Soil for Mitigation of Nutrients Stress in Plants
Nutrient stress is a worldwide problem which may alter the biochemical, physiological, and molecular processes in all kinds of plants. In addition,...
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Biochar to Improve Crops Yield and Quality Under a Changing Climate
Climate change is threatening global food security, calling for advanced agricultural practices to feed an increasing population. In particular, a...
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Biochar Application to Soil to Improve Fertility
Biochar application to soils improves fertility by facilitating the uptable of essential nutrients by plants. Biochar is carbon-rich and is produced...
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Positive and Negative Impacts of Biochar on Microbial Diversity
Excessive exploitation of agricultural land has degraded the environment. Biochar application to soil has gained attention as an ecofriendly method...
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Practices of Circular Agricultural Supply Chains
This chapters starts by explaining the importance of circular economycircular economy practices in the agricultural supply chain. Then the practices...
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Drivers, Enablers and Barriers of Circular Agricultural Supply Chains
This chapter focuses on a discussion of the driversdrivers, enablers and barriers of circular agricultural supply chainsagricultural supply chains....
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Introduction to This Book
The introduction chapter presents the aim of this book and provides summaries of each chapters’ contents.
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The Circular Economy Advantage and Implications on Sustainability Performance: Collaborative Advantage and Impact of CE Implementation
This chapter focuses on explaining the relationship between circular economycircular economy, collaborative advantagecollaborative advantage and...