[HTML][HTML] Biochar implications for sustainable agriculture and environment: A review

WM Semida, HR Beheiry, M Sétamou… - South African Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Sustainable agriculture, characterized by farming profitably while minimizing damage to the
environment, is not easy to practice.“Conventional agriculture” worldwide is commonly …

Organic amendments, beneficial microbes, and soil microbiota: toward a unified framework for disease suppression

G Bonanomi, M Lorito, F Vinale… - Annual Review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Organic amendments (OAs) and soilborne biocontrol agents or beneficial microbes (BMs)
have been extensively studied and applied worldwide in most agriculturally important plant …

Biomass-derived biochar and its application in agriculture

Z Hamidzadeh, P Ghorbannezhad, MR Ketabchi… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
As an alternative for fossil fuels, biomass (agricultural waste) has been introduced as a
cheap, affordable, and sustainable resource. Application of biochar as a biomass derivative …

[HTML][HTML] Role of biochar, compost and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in the management of tomato early blight disease

M Rasool, A Akhter, G Soja, MS Haider - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The individual role of biochar, compost and PGPR has been widely studied in increasing the
productivity of plants by inducing resistance against phyto-pathogens. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] Linking the belowground microbial composition, diversity and activity to soilborne disease suppression and growth promotion of tomato amended with biochar

AK Jaiswal, Y Elad, I Paudel, ER Graber, E Cytryn… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Biochar, in addition to sequestering carbon, ameliorating soil, and improving plant
performance, can impact foliar and soilborne plant diseases. Nevertheless, the mechanisms …

[HTML][HTML] The role of peat-free organic substrates in the sustainable management of soilless cultivations

G Atzori, C Pane, M Zaccardelli, S Cacini, D Massa - Agronomy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vegetable and ornamental crops require high input demand to adequately support their
standard commercial quality and yield. For these crops, a very high level of agronomic use …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar amendment controlled bacterial wilt through changing soil chemical properties and microbial community

S Chen, G Qi, G Ma, X Zhao - Microbiological research, 2020 - Elsevier
Long-term continuous cropping has led to epidemic of bacterial wilt disease in Southern
China. Bacterial wilt disease is caused by Ralstonia solanacearum and difficult to control. In …

Applications of biomass derived biochar in modern science and technology

SK Das, GK Ghosh, R Avasthe - Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar production from waste biomass are attracting huge interest as a low cost
amendment due to its potential numerous benefits to modern science, technology, and …

Biochar suppresses bacterial wilt disease of flue-cured tobacco by improving soil health and functional diversity of rhizosphere microorganisms

C Li, W Ahmed, D Li, L Yu, L Xu, T Xu, Z Zhao - Applied Soil Ecology, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum is a devastating disease of flue-cured
tobacco production. Amendments of biochar in soil suppress the incidence of bacterial wilt …

Effect of Biochar on Microbial Growth: A Metabolomics and Bacteriological Investigation in E. coli

RA Hill, J Hunt, E Sanders, M Tran… - … science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
Biochar has been proposed as a soil amendment in agricultural applications due to its
advantageous adsorptive properties, high porosity, and low cost. These properties allow …