Sustainable applications of rice feedstock in agro-environmental and construction sectors: a global perspective

SM Shaheen, V Antoniadis, M Shahid, Y Yang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rice is second only to maize among the world's most important cereal crops, with a global
harvested area of approximately 158 million hectares and an annual production of more …

Revamping highly weathered soils in the tropics with biochar application: what we know and what is needed

BB Basak, B Sarkar, A Saha, A Sarkar, S Mandal… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Fast weathering of parent materials and rapid mineralization of organic matter because of
prevalent climatic conditions, and subsequent development of acidity and loss/exhaustion of …

Effects of combined biochar and organic fertilizer on nitrous oxide fluxes and the related nitrifier and denitrifier communities in a saline-alkali soil

Y Shi, X Liu, Q Zhang - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
This study intended to evaluate the combined effects of both biochar and organic fertilizer on
nitrous oxide (N 2 O) fluxes and composition of nitrifier and denitrifier of saline-alkali soil …

Advances in pyrolytic technologies with improved carbon capture and storage to combat climate change

MI Al-Wabel, M Ahmad, ARA Usman, M Akanji… - … , climate, plant and …, 2020 - Springer
Emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) including carbon dioxide (CO 2), nitrous oxide (N 2
O), and methane (CH 4) due to anthropogenic activities has changed the world climate …

Beneficial dual role of biochars in inhibiting soil acidification resulting from nitrification

RY Shi, N Ni, JN Nkoh, JY Li, R Xu, W Qian - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The dual role of biochar for inhibiting soil acidification induced by nitrification was
determined through two-step incubation experiments in this study. Ca (OH) 2 or biochar was …

Evaluation of orange peel waste and its biochar on greenhouse gas emissions and soil biochemical properties within a loess soil

TA Sial, Z Lan, MN Khan, Y Zhao, F Kumbhar, J Liu… - Waste Management, 2019 - Elsevier
The environmentally safe disposal of the large quantity of orange peels waste produced
each day causes economic and environmental problems, which after conversion into …

Factors influencing soil nitrification process and the effect on environment and health

OE Ayiti, OO Babalola - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
To meet the global demand for food, several factors have been deployed by agriculturists to
supply plants with nitrogen. These factors have been observed to influence the soil …

Biochar coupled with contrasting nitrogen sources mediated changes in carbon and nitrogen pools, microbial and enzymatic activity in paddy soil

S Ullah, H Liang, I Ali, Q Zhao, A Iqbal, S Wei… - Journal of Saudi …, 2020 - Elsevier
There is limited information on changes cause by nitrogen (N) fertilizers and biochar (BC)
application in soil carbon and nitrogen availability, leaching and microbial activity at different …

Variation in N2O emission and N2O related microbial functional genes in straw-and biochar-amended and non-amended soils

R Huang, Y Wang, J Liu, J Li, G Xu, M Luo, C Xu… - Applied Soil …, 2019 - Elsevier
Reducing mineral fertilizer application is an important management practice for mitigating
nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions. Crop straw and biochar are two farmer-friendly residues …

Decreased N2O and NO emissions associated with stimulated denitrification following biochar amendment in subtropical tea plantations

C Ji, S Li, Y Geng, Y Yuan, J Zhi, K Yu, Z Han, S Wu… - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Acidic soils are hotspots of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and nitric oxide (NO) and biochar is
documented to have the potential for mitigating N 2 O and NO. The N 2 O and NO emissions …