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1. Prospects of Vermicompost and Biochar in Climate Smart Agriculture

   Agricultural food production in Africa is low and cannot sustain its ever-growing population. Climate change-induced high rainfall variability and...

   P. Nyambo, L. Zhou, ... M. Musokwa in Vermicomposting for Sustainable Food Systems in Africa

   Chapter 2023
   

2. Biochar: A Growing Sanguinity as a Combinatorial Tool for Remediation of Heavy Metals from Wastewaters and Solid Waste Management

   Contamination of surface and ground water due to rapid industrial development has become a dangerous problem of high concern to the world, especially...

   Amita Shakya, Faraz Ahmad in Environmental Biotechnology Vol. 1

   Chapter 2020
   

3. Soil amendments for management of Phytophthora root rot in avocado and their impact on the soil microbiome

   Phytophthora root rot is a major problem for avocado growers around the world. This review summarises the current control measures and their impact...

   Qurrat Ul Ain Farooq, Jen McComb, ... Treena I. Burgess in Journal of Plant Pathology

   Article Open access 21 February 2024
   

4. Carbon-Based Slow-Release Fertilizers for Efficient Nutrient Management: Synthesis, Applications, and Future Research Needs

   In modern agriculture, fertilizers are the most significant prerequisite to ensure sustainable crop production, and the intervention of chemical...

   Muhammad Rashid, Qaiser Hussain, ... Obaid-ur-Rehman in Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

   Article 19 February 2021
   

5. Deep Soil Carbon: Characteristics and Measurement with Particular Bearing on Kaolinitic Profiles

   Deep soils are located in most continents of the world. Soil carbon measurements are invariably made from the surface horizons, whereas much larger...

   Podjanee Sangmanee, Bernard Dell, ... Richard Harper in Subsoil Constraints for Crop Production

   Chapter 2022
   

6. Interactions between biochar and mycorrhizal fungi in a water-stressed agricultural soil

   Biochar may alleviate plant water stress in association with arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi but research has not been conclusive. Therefore, a...

   Bede S. Mickan, Lynette K. Abbott, ... Zakaria M. Solaiman in Mycorrhiza

   Article 11 April 2016
   

7. Chemolithotrophic processes in the bacterial communities on the surface of mineral-enriched biochars

   Biochar and mineral-enriched biochar (MEB) have been used as soil amendments to improve soil fertility, sequester carbon and mitigate greenhouse gas...

   Jun Ye, Stephen D Joseph, ... Torsten Thomas in The ISME Journal

   Article 07 February 2017
   

8. Changes in δ¹⁵N in a soil–plant system under different biochar feedstocks and application rates

   The application of biochar in soils has been hypothesised to improve soil quality whilst enhancing carbon (C) sequestration. However, its effect on...

   Frédérique Reverchon, Robert C. Flicker, ... Dongke Zhang in Biology and Fertility of Soils

   Article 12 September 2013
   

9. Decreased soil microbial biomass and nitrogen mineralisation with Eucalyptus biochar addition to a coarse textured soil

   Background and Aims

   Biochar has been shown to aid soil fertility and crop production in some circumstances. We investigated effects of the addition of...

   D. N. Dempster, D. B. Gleeson, ... D. V. Murphy in Plant and Soil

   Article 30 November 2011
   

10. Biochars influence seed germination and early growth of seedlings

    Background and aims

    Biochar can be produced from a wide range of organic sources with varying nutrient and metal concentrations. Before making...

    Zakaria M. Solaiman, Daniel V. Murphy, Lynette K. Abbott in Plant and Soil

    Article 05 November 2011