BIOCHAR: PYROGENIC CARBON FOR AGRICULTURAL USE - A CRITICAL REVIEW

Effects of pyrolysis temperature and heating time on biochar obtained from the pyrolysis of straw and lignosulfonate

(2015) Jie Zhang et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass: Developments from batch to continuous process

(2015) Douglas C. Elliott et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Biochar: An emerging policy arrangement in Brazil?

(2015) Tatiana Francischinelli Rittl et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY

Effect of biochar on the properties of loamy sand Spodosol soil samples with different fertility levels: A laboratory experiment

(2015) E. Ya. Rizhiya et al.   EURASIAN SOIL SCIENCE

Interactive effects of biochar ageing in soils related to feedstock, pyrolysis temperature, and historic charcoal production

(2015) Julian Heitkötter et al.   GEODERMA

Biochar production and applications in sub-Saharan Africa: Opportunities, constraints, risks and uncertainties

(2015) Willis Gwenzi et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Agriculture: State-of-the-art soil

(2015) Rachel Cernansky   NATURE

Aromaticity and degree of aromatic condensation of char

(2015) Daniel B. Wiedemeier et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Active removal of biochar by earthworms ( Lumbricus terrestris )

(2015) W.H. Elmer et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Recent advances in utilization of biochar

(2015) Kezhen Qian et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Effect of temperature on biochar priming effects and its stability in soils

(2015) Yunying Fang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of temperature and processing conditions on biochar chemical properties and their influence on soil C and N transformations

(2015) H. Zhang et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar does not mitigate field-scale N2O emissions in a Northern California vineyard: An assessment across two years

(2014) Elizabeth Verhoeven et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Selective extraction of humic acids from an anthropogenic Amazonian dark earth and from a chemically oxidized charcoal

(2014) Joyce R. Araujo et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Water uptake in biochars: The roles of porosity and hydrophobicity

(2014) Myles Gray et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Organic and inorganic contaminants removal from water with biochar, a renewable, low cost and sustainable adsorbent – A critical review

(2014) Dinesh Mohan et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Influence of Pyrolysis Temperature on Cadmium and Zinc Sorption Capacity of Sugar Cane Straw–Derived Biochar

(2014) Leônidas C. A. Melo et al.   BioResources

Effect of volatile organic compounds absorbed to fresh biochar on survival of Bacillus mucilaginosus and structure of soil microbial communities

(2014) Daquan Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Soil Charcoal to Assess the Impacts of Past Human Disturbances on Tropical Forests

(2014) Jason Vleminckx et al.   PLoS One

Effects of biochar and other amendments on the physical properties and greenhouse gas emissions of an artificially degraded soil

(2014) A. Mukherjee et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Positive effects of composted biochar on plant growth and soil fertility

(2013) Hardy Schulz et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Comparison of biochar properties from biomass residues produced by slow pyrolysis at 500°C

(2013) Yongwoon Lee et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Effects of feedstock type, production method, and pyrolysis temperature on biochar and hydrochar properties

(2013) Yining Sun et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

The effects of biochar on the physical properties of bare soil

(2013) Francesca Ventura et al.   Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

The effects of biochar on soil physical properties and winter wheat growth

(2013) Rachel C. Devereux et al.   Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Heterogeneous global crop yield response to biochar: a meta-regression analysis

(2013) Andrew Crane-Droesch et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Impact of biochar addition on water retention, nitrification and carbon dioxide evolution from two sandy loam soils

(2013) J. Ulyett et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Biochar and its effects on plant productivity and nutrient cycling: a meta-analysis

(2013) Lori A. Biederman et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Impact of biochar and hydrochar addition on water retention and water repellency of sandy soil

(2013) Stefan Abel et al.   GEODERMA

Impacts of adding biochar on nitrogen retention and bioavailability in agricultural soil

(2013) Hao Zheng et al.   GEODERMA

Evaluation of Modified Boehm Titration Methods for Use with Biochars

(2013) Rivka B. Fidel et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Heterogeneity of biochar properties as a function of feedstock sources and production temperatures

(2013) Ling Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Designing relevant biochars as soil amendments using lignocellulosic-based and manure-based feedstocks

(2013) Jeffrey M. Novak et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Nitrogen fluxes from irrigated common‑bean as affected by mulching and mineral fertilization

(2013) Márcia Thaís de Melo Carvalho et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Biochar application to a fertile sandy clay loam in boreal conditions: effects on soil properties and yield formation of wheat, turnip rape and faba bean

(2013) Priit Tammeorg et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biochar’s effect on crop productivity and the dependence on experimental conditions—a meta-analysis of literature data

(2013) Xiaoyu Liu et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Global Charcoal Mobilization from Soils via Dissolution and Riverine Transport to the Oceans

(2013) R. Jaffe et al.   SCIENCE

Effect of Conocarpus Biochar Application on the Hydraulic Properties of a Sandy Loam Soil

(2013) Hesham M. Ibrahim et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Effect of formation conditions on biochars: Compositional and structural properties of cellulose, lignin, and pine biochars

(2012) David W. Rutherford et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Chemical characterization of rice straw-derived biochar for soil amendment

(2012) Weixiang Wu et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Influence of pyrolysis temperature on physicochemical properties of biochar obtained from the fast pyrolysis of pitch pine (Pinus rigida)

(2012) Kwang Ho Kim et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Can biochar amendment be an ecological engineering technology to depress N2O emission in rice paddies?—A cross site field experiment from South China

(2012) Xiao-yu Liu et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Assessing potential of biochar for increasing water-holding capacity of sandy soils

(2012) Andres S. Basso et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Microwave and slow pyrolysis biochar—Comparison of physical and functional properties

(2012) Ondřej Mašek et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Extent of Pyrolysis Impacts on Fast Pyrolysis Biochar Properties

(2012) Catherine E. Brewer et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Biochar: A Synthesis of Its Agronomic Impact beyond Carbon Sequestration

(2012) Kurt A. Spokas et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Short-term effect of biochar and compost on soil fertility and water status of a Dystric Cambisol in NE Germany under field conditions

(2012) Jie Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Context and importance of biochar research

(2012) Beáta Emöke Madari et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Reproducing the organic matter model of anthropogenic dark earth of Amazonia and testing the ecotoxicity of functionalized charcoal compounds

(2012) Carolina Rodrigues Linhares et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Soil fertility and upland rice yield after biochar application in the Cerrado

(2012) Fabiano André Petter et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Characterization of phosphate structures in biochar from swine bones

(2012) Etelvino Henrique Novotny et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Transpiration response of upland rice to water deficit changed by different levels of eucalyptus biochar

(2012) Rogério Gomes Pereira et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Molecular and morphological characterization of hydrochar produced by microwave-assisted hydrothermal carbonization of cellulose

(2012) Marcela Guiotoku et al.   PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA

Biochar mediates systemic response of strawberry to foliar fungal pathogens

(2012) Yael Meller Harel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Urea coated with oxidized charcoal reduces ammonia volatilization

(2012) Diogo Mendes de Paiva et al.   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE CIENCIA DO SOLO

Clay and biochar amendments decreased inorganic but not dissolved organic nitrogen leaching in soil

(2012) Daniel N. Dempster et al.   Soil Research

Biochar addition to agricultural soil increased CH4 uptake and water holding capacity – Results from a short-term pilot field study

(2011) Kristiina Karhu et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

A quantitative review of the effects of biochar application to soils on crop productivity using meta-analysis

(2011) S. Jeffery et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Thermal decomposition and combustion chemistry of cellulosic biomass

(2011) A.L. Sullivan et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Criteria to Select Biochars for Field Studies based on Biochar Chemical Properties

(2011) Catherine E. Brewer et al.   BioEnergy Research

Comparison of kiln-derived and gasifier-derived biochars as soil amendments in the humid tropics

(2011) Christopher Deal et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Review of fast pyrolysis of biomass and product upgrading

(2011) A.V. Bridgwater   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Sorption of bisphenol A, 17α-ethinyl estradiol and phenanthrene on thermally and hydrothermally produced biochars

(2011) Ke Sun et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Characterisation of the products from pyrolysis of residues after acid hydrolysis of Miscanthus

(2011) F. Melligan et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Application of biochar on mine tailings: Effects and perspectives for land reclamation

(2011) G. Fellet et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Soil Organic Carbon, Biochar, and Applicable Research Results for Increasing Farm Productivity under Australian Agricultural Conditions

(2011) Mark P. McHenry   COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS

Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass: A review of subcritical water technologies

(2011) Saqib Sohail Toor et al.   ENERGY

Amending greenroof soil with biochar to affect runoff water quantity and quality

(2011) Deborah A. Beck et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

A review of biochars’ potential role in the remediation, revegetation and restoration of contaminated soils

(2011) Luke Beesley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Metal Interactions at the Biochar-Water Interface: Energetics and Structure-Sorption Relationships Elucidated by Flow Adsorption Microcalorimetry

(2011) Omar R. Harvey et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Interactive Priming of Biochar and Labile Organic Matter Mineralization in a Smectite-Rich Soil

(2011) Alexandra Keith et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Effects of biochar amendment on soil quality, crop yield and greenhouse gas emission in a Chinese rice paddy: A field study of 2 consecutive rice growing cycles

(2011) Afeng Zhang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Influence of production conditions on the yield and environmental stability of biochar

(2011) Ondřej Mašek et al.   FUEL

Surface chemistry variations among a series of laboratory-produced biochars

(2011) A. Mukherjee et al.   GEODERMA

Persistence of soil organic matter as an ecosystem property

(2011) Michael W. I. Schmidt et al.   NATURE

Determination of the aromaticity and the degree of aromatic condensation of a thermosequence of wood charcoal using NMR

(2011) Anna V. McBeath et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Contribution to characterisation of biochar to estimate the labile fraction of carbon

(2011) R. Calvelo Pereira et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Effect of biochar amendment on the soil-atmosphere exchange of greenhouse gases from an intensive subtropical pasture in northern New South Wales, Australia

(2011) Clemens Scheer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Characterization and prediction of biomass pyrolysis products

(2011) Daniel Neves et al.   PROGRESS IN ENERGY AND COMBUSTION SCIENCE

Pyrogenic organic matter in soil: Its origin and occurrence, its chemistry and survival in soil environments

(2011) Heike Knicker   QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL

A review on process conditions for optimum bio-oil yield in hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass

(2011) Javaid Akhtar et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Short-term biochar-induced increase in soil CO2 release is both biotically and abiotically mediated

(2011) D.L. Jones et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Positive and negative carbon mineralization priming effects among a variety of biochar-amended soils

(2011) Andrew R. Zimmerman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Short term soil priming effects and the mineralisation of biochar following its incorporation to soils of different pH

(2011) Y. Luo et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar effects on soil biota – A review

(2011) Johannes Lehmann et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Quantitative analysis of biochar in field soil

(2011) Roger T. Koide et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The priming potential of biochar products in relation to labile carbon contents and soil organic matter status

(2011) Andrew Cross et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Charcoal Ash and Volatile Matter Effects on Soil Properties and Plant Growth in an Acid Ultisol

(2011) Jonathan L. Deenik et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Effect of cow manure biochar on maize productivity under sandy soil condition

(2011) K. C. Uzoma et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Effect of biochar amendment on yield and methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a rice paddy from Tai Lake plain, China

(2010) Afeng Zhang et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Pioneering works in biochar research, Japan

(2010) Makoto Ogawa et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Influence of biochar use on sugarcane growth, soil parameters, and groundwater quality

(2010) Yan Chen et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Characterisation and evaluation of biochars for their application as a soil amendment

(2010) Balwant Singh et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Influence of fast pyrolysis temperature on biochar labile fraction and short-term carbon loss in a loamy soil

(2010) Esben W. Bruun et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Pressurised pyrolysis of Miscanthus using a fixed bed reactor

(2010) F. Melligan et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Contaminant immobilization and nutrient release by biochar soil amendment: Roles of natural organic matter

(2010) Minori Uchimiya et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Overview of recent advances in thermo-chemical conversion of biomass

(2010) Linghong Zhang et al.   ENERGY CONVERSION AND MANAGEMENT

Dynamic Molecular Structure of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar)

(2010) Marco Keiluweit et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Abiotic and Microbial Oxidation of Laboratory-Produced Black Carbon (Biochar)

(2010) Andrew R. Zimmerman   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Impact of biochar amendments on the quality of a typical Midwestern agricultural soil

(2010) David A. Laird et al.   GEODERMA

Effect of amendment of bauxite processing sand with organic materials on its chemical, physical and microbial properties

(2010) B.E.H. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Isotopes in pyrogenic carbon: A review

(2010) Michael I. Bird et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Induction of Systemic Resistance in Plants by Biochar, a Soil-Applied Carbon Sequestering Agent

(2010) Yigal Elad et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

Effect of fires on soil nutrient availability in an open savanna in Central Brazil

(2010) Vânia Regina Pivello et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Potential mechanisms for achieving agricultural benefits from biochar application to temperate soils: a review

(2010) Christopher J. Atkinson et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Maize yield and nutrition during 4 years after biochar application to a Colombian savanna oxisol

(2010) Julie Major et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Hidrólise do óleo de Azadirachta indica em água subcrítica e determinação da composição dos triacilglicerídeos e ácidos graxos por cromatografia gasosa de alta resolução a alta temperatura e cromatografia gasosa de alta resolução acoplada à espectrometria de massas

(2010) Jair Sebastião da Silva Pinto et al.   QUIMICA NOVA

Fate of lignins in soils: A review

(2010) Mathieu Thevenot et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The effect of young biochar on soil respiration

(2010) Jeffrey L. Smith et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Review of the stability of biochar in soils: predictability of O:C molar ratios

(2010) Kurt A Spokas   Carbon Management

Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass residuals: a comparative review of the chemistry, processes and applications of wet and dry pyrolysis

(2010) Judy A Libra et al.   Biofuels-UK

Impacts of woodchip biochar additions on greenhouse gas production and sorption/degradation of two herbicides in a Minnesota soil

(2009) K.A. Spokas et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Characterization of biochar from fast pyrolysis and gasification systems

(2009) Catherine E. Brewer et al.   Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy

Fate of soil-applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration

(2009) JULIE MAJOR et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Sorption of the herbicide terbuthylazine in two New Zealand forest soils amended with biosolids and biochars

(2009) Hailong Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Lessons from the Terra Preta de Índios of the Amazon region for the utilisation of charcoal for soil amendment

(2009) Etelvino H. Novotny et al.   JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Effect of biochar amendment on soil carbon balance and soil microbial activity

(2009) S. Steinbeiss et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Transitional Adsorption and Partition of Nonpolar and Polar Aromatic Contaminants by Biochars of Pine Needles with Different Pyrolytic Temperatures

(2008) Baoliang Chen et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Biochar amendment techniques for upland rice production in Northern Laos

(2008) Hidetoshi Asai et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Influence of production variables and starting material on charcoal stable isotopic and molecular characteristics

(2008) P.L. Ascough et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Natural oxidation of black carbon in soils: Changes in molecular form and surface charge along a climosequence

(2008) Chih-Hsin Cheng et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

A simplified method for the quantification of pyrogenic organic matter in grassland soils via chemical oxidation

(2008) Heike Knicker et al.   GEODERMA

A new conceptual model for the structural properties of char produced during vegetation fires

(2008) Heike Knicker et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Mineralisation and structural changes during the initial phase of microbial degradation of pyrogenic plant residues in soil

(2008) André Hilscher et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Torrefaction of reed canary grass, wheat straw and willow to enhance solid fuel qualities and combustion properties

(2007) T.G. Bridgeman et al.   FUEL

A review on gasification of biomass

(2007) V. Kirubakaran et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS