The role of biochar and biochar-compost in improving soil quality and crop performance: A review

G Agegnehu, AK Srivastava, MI Bird - Applied soil ecology, 2017 - Elsevier
Multiple nutrient deficiencies related to severe soil fertility depletion have emerged as the
major constraint to the sustainability of agriculture on a global scale. Use of biochar and …

[HTML][HTML] Restoration of soil quality using biochar and brown coal waste: A review

C Amoah-Antwi, J Kwiatkowska-Malina… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Soils in intensively farmed areas of the world are prone to degradation. Amendment of such
soils with organic waste materials attempts to restore soil quality. Organic amendments are …

Biochar and urease inhibitor mitigate NH3 and N2O emissions and improve wheat yield in a urea fertilized alkaline soil

K Dawar, S Fahad, MMR Jahangir, I Munir, SS Alam… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
In this study, we explored the role of biochar (BC) and/or urease inhibitor (UI) in mitigating
ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) discharge from urea fertilized wheat cultivated …

Sustainable agriculture and plant production by virtue of biochar in the era of climate change

HM Tauqeer, V Turan, M Farhad, M Iqbal - Managing plant production …, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, rapid increase in population growth, improper usage of synthetic fertilizers,
organic matter depletion, nutrient imbalance, and land degradation owing to several …

[HTML][HTML] Nitrous oxide emission from agricultural soils: Application of animal manure or biochar? A global meta-analysis

A Shakoor, SM Shahzad, N Chatterjee, MS Arif… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Organic amendments (animal manure and biochar) to agricultural soils may enhance soil
organic carbon (SOC) contents, improve soil fertility and crop productivity but also contribute …

Influence of variable biochar concentration on yield-scaled nitrous oxide emissions, Wheat yield and nitrogen use efficiency

K Dawar, S Fahad, SS Alam, SA Khan, A Dawar… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
An important source of the destructive greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide (N2O) comes from the
use of ammonium based nitrogen (N) fertilizers that release N2O in the incomplete …

Comprehensive assessment of the effects of nitrification inhibitor application on reactive nitrogen loss in intensive vegetable production systems

J Min, H Sun, HJ Kronzucker, Y Wang, W Shi - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Previous studies regarding environmental impacts of nitrification inhibitors (NIs) in intensive
vegetable production systems mainly focused on the fate of individual nitrogen (N) …

Four-year continuous residual effects of biochar application to a sandy loam soil on crop yield and N2O and NO emissions under maize-wheat rotation

X Liao, Y Niu, D Liu, Z Chen, T He, J Luo… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar application has been reported to effectively mitigate N 2 O emissions and increase
crop yield; however, its long-term residual effects remain largely unknown. A four-year field …

Dynamic responses of nitrous oxide emission and nitrogen use efficiency to nitrogen and biochar amendment in an intensified vegetable field in southeastern China

B Li, Z Bi, Z Xiong - Gcb Bioenergy, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Intensive vegetable production exhibits contrasting characteristics of high nitrous oxide
(N2O) emissions and low nitrogen use efficiency (NUE). In an effort to mitigate N2O …

Effect of fertilizer N rates and straw management on yield-scaled nitrous oxide emissions in a maize-wheat double cropping system

T Huang, H Yang, C Huang, X Ju - Field Crops Research, 2017 - Elsevier
Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and ensuring crop productivity simultaneously is a
major challenge that demands the balance of the amounts of nitrogen (N) and straw (S) …