Are soil–water functions affected by biochar application?

G Ojeda, S Mattana, A Àvila, JM Alcañiz, M Volkmann… - Geoderma, 2015 - Elsevier
… of biochar on soil functions depends mainly on biochar feedstock rather than on the pyrolysis
technique used during its production. In general, the performance of biochar obtained from …

Biochar application does not improve the soil hydrological function of a sandy soil

S Jeffery, MBJ Meinders, CR Stoof, TM Bezemer… - Geoderma, 2015 - Elsevier
… We found no significant effects of biochar application on soil water retention in either
experiment. Aggregate stability was also not significantly affected, nor was field saturated hydraulic …

A review of biochar and its use and function in soil

SP Sohi, E Krull, E Lopez-Capel, R Bol - Advances in agronomy, 2010 - Elsevier
… Quantitative description for the function of biochar with respect to water infiltration, water
retention, macroaggregation, and soil stability would enable prediction of beneficial properties, …

[PDF][PDF] Biochar application to soils

F Verheijen, S Jeffery, AC Bastos… - … processes, and functions …, 2010 - Citeseer
… regard to long-term effects of biochar application on soil functions, as well as on the behaviour
… of an unequivocal relation between soil water retention and biochar application (3.1.2) …

How good is the evidence that soil‐applied biochar improves water‐holding capacity?

CJ Atkinson - Soil Use and Management, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… that the application of biochar enhances crop available water and … to determine whether
biochar application increases not only … , such as biochar application, have on soil function. But, …

Application of biochar as functional material for remediation of organic pollutants in water: an overview

MF Gasim, ZY Choong, PL Koo, SC Low… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
application of biochar in water remediation. First, the biochar active sites with their functions
… Secondly, an overview and summary of biochar performance in treating organic pollutants in …

Improving agricultural water use efficiency with biochar–A synthesis of biochar effects on water storage and fluxes across scales

BMC Fischer, S Manzoni, L Morillas, M Garcia… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
… It must be recognized that biochar application does not adhere to a ‘one size fits-all’ … as a
function of biochar type (feedstock and production variables) and application depth method (Fig…

[HTML][HTML] Effects of biochar amendment on soil aggregates and hydraulic properties

L Ouyang, F Wang, J Tang, L Yu… - Journal of soil science and …, 2013 - SciELO Chile
… the silty clay soil to the biochar application on all sampling days. The … water processes in
the soil with biochar application. … of biochar on soil structure and soil water retention function, …

Impact of biochar application on plant water relations in Vitis vinifera (L.)

S Baronti, FP Vaccari, F Miglietta, C Calzolari… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
water retention. We investigated the effect of two rates of biochar application (22 and 44 ton
ha −1 ) on plant waterBiochar obtained from the carbonization of orchard pruning waste was …

Rice straw biochar application to soil irrigated with saline water in a cotton-wheat system improves crop performance and soil functionality in north-west India

G Singh, MS Mavi, OP Choudhary, N Gupta… - Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
… , biochar application to soil irrigated with canal or saline water … Our results indicated that
biochar amendment especially at … soil functions and promoting plant productivity under saline …