Biochar to improve soil fertility. A review

Biochar increases vineyard productivity without affecting grape quality: Results from a four years field experiment in Tuscany

(2015) Lorenzo Genesio et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Short-term mesofauna responses to soil additions of corn stover biochar and the role of microbial biomass

(2015) Xavier Domene et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Impact of a woody biochar on properties of a sandy loam soil and spring barley during a two-year field experiment

(2015) Victoria Nelissen et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Biochar characteristics and application rates affecting corn growth and properties of soils contrasting in texture and mineralogy

(2015) Somchai Butnan et al.   GEODERMA

Properties of biochar obtained from pyrolysis of bamboo shoot shell

(2015) Liyi Ye et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

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

Plant growth improvement mediated by nitrate capture in co-composted biochar

(2015) Claudia I. Kammann et al.   Scientific Reports

Biochars produced from individual grassland species differ in their effect on plant growth

(2014) Tess F.J. van de Voorde et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Effects of biochar amendment on rapeseed and sweet potato yields and water stable aggregate in upland red soil

(2014) Zuxiang Liu et al.   CATENA

Biochar impact on Midwestern Mollisols and maize nutrient availability

(2014) Natalia Rogovska et al.   GEODERMA

Quantifying the influence of biochar on the physical and hydrological properties of dissimilar soils

(2014) Lewis R. Peake et al.   GEODERMA

Characterization of biochar from fast pyrolysis and its effect on chemical properties of the tea garden soil

(2014) Yan Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Structure alteration of a sandy-clay soil by biochar amendments

(2014) Giorgio Baiamonte et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Medium-term effects of corn biochar addition on soil biota activities and functions in a temperate soil cropped to corn

(2014) Xavier Domene et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effect of different biochar and fertilizer types on N2O and NO emissions

(2014) Victoria Nelissen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar Improves Sugarcane Seedling Root and Soil Properties Under a Pot Experiment

(2014) Liu Yang et al.   Sugar Tech

Impact of biochar on mineralisation of C and N from soil and willow litter and its relationship with microbial community biomass and structure

(2013) Cahyo Prayogo et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

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

(2013) Yongwoon Lee et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Effects of biochar on soil properties and erosion potential in a highly weathered soil

(2013) Shih-Hao Jien et al.   CATENA

Effect of rice husk biochar and coal fly ash on some physical properties of expansive clayey soil (Vertisol)

(2013) Sheng-Gao Lu et al.   CATENA

The sorption and desorption of phosphate-P, ammonium-N and nitrate-N in cacao shell and corn cob biochars

(2013) S.E. Hale et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Co-application of biochar and lignite fly ash on soil nutrients and biological parameters at different crop growth stages of Zea mays

(2013) R. Ebhin Masto et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Biochar had effects on phosphorus sorption and desorption in three soils with differing acidity

(2013) Gang Xu et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Characterization and influence of biochars on nitrous oxide emission from agricultural soil

(2013) Zhenyu Wang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2013) S. Baronti et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

The potential feasibility for soil improvement, based on the properties of biochars pyrolyzed from different feedstocks

(2013) Zhongmin Dai et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Sorption and desorption of phosphate on biochar and biochar-soil mixtures

(2013) M. M. Morales et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Biochar and denitrification in soils: when, how much and why does biochar reduce N2O emissions?

(2013) Maria Luz Cayuela et al.   Scientific Reports

Modelling the long-term response to positive and negative priming of soil organic carbon by black carbon

(2012) Dominic Woolf et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Wheat straw and its biochar have contrasting effects on inorganic N retention and N2O production in a cultivated Black Chernozem

(2012) Yi Cheng et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Characteristics and nutrient values of biochars produced from giant reed at different temperatures

(2012) Hao Zheng et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Water extractable organic carbon in untreated and chemical treated biochars

(2012) Yun Lin et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Textural and chemical properties of swine-manure-derived biochar pertinent to its potential use as a soil amendment

(2012) Wen-Tien Tsai et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Effect of biochar amendment on sorption and leaching of nitrate, ammonium, and phosphate in a sandy soil

(2012) Ying Yao et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Biochar: Carbon Sequestration, Land Remediation, and Impacts on Soil Microbiology

(2012) Christopher J. Ennis et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND 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

Nutrient resorption of coexistence species in alpine meadow of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau explains plant adaptation to nutrient-poor environment

(2012) Chunming Jiang et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Nature of water-biochar interface interactions

(2012) Pellegrino Conte et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Co-generated fast pyrolysis biochar mitigates green-house gas emissions and increases carbon sequestration in temperate soils

(2012) Catherine E. Stewart et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Organic carbon and nutrient release from a range of laboratory-produced biochars and biochar–soil mixtures

(2012) Atanu Mukherjee et al.   GEODERMA

Adsorption and catalytic hydrolysis of carbaryl and atrazine on pig manure-derived biochars: Impact of structural properties of biochars

(2012) Peng Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Improvement of soil aggregate stability by repeated applications of organic amendments to a cultivated silty loam soil

(2011) M. Annabi 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

Soil biochemical activities and the geometric mean of enzyme activities after application of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar to soil

(2011) J. Paz-Ferreiro et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Corn growth and nitrogen nutrition after additions of biochars with varying properties to a temperate soil

(2011) Shelby Rajkovich et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Impact of pyrolysis temperature and manure source on physicochemical characteristics of biochar

(2011) Keri B. Cantrell et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Qualitative analysis of volatile organic compounds on biochar

(2011) Kurt A. Spokas et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Removal and Recycling of Inherent Inorganic Nutrient Species in Mallee Biomass and Derived Biochars by Water Leaching

(2011) Hongwei Wu et al.   INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH

Biochar induced soil microbial community change: Implications for biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus

(2011) Craig R. Anderson et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Biochar’s role as an alternative N-fertilizer: ammonia capture

(2011) Kurt A. Spokas et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biochar adsorbed ammonia is bioavailable

(2011) Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Biochar reduces the bioavailability and phytotoxicity of heavy metals

(2011) Jin Hee Park et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

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

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

Biochar effects on soil biota – A review

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

Biochar-mediated changes in soil quality and plant growth in a three year field trial

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

Effects of slow and fast pyrolysis biochar on soil C and N turnover dynamics

(2011) Esben W. Bruun et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

Material derived from hydrothermal carbonization: Effects on plant growth and arbuscular mycorrhiza

(2010) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

An investigation into the reactions of biochar in soil

(2010) S. D. Joseph 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

The forms of alkalis in the biochar produced from crop residues at different temperatures

(2010) Jin-Hua Yuan et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Soil erosion rates in tropical villages: A case study from Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda

(2010) A. De Meyer et al.   CATENA

pH-Dependent Mineral Release and Surface Properties of Cornstraw Biochar: Agronomic Implications

(2010) A. Silber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

(2010) Andrew R. Zimmerman   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Catechol and Humic Acid Sorption onto a Range of Laboratory-Produced Black Carbons (Biochars)

(2010) Gabriel N. Kasozi et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

(2010) David A. Laird et al.   GEODERMA

Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil

(2010) Johannes Rousk et al.   ISME Journal

Residues of bioenergy production chains as soil amendments: Immediate and temporal phytotoxicity

(2010) Kealan Gell et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

The Influence of Different Land Uses on the Structure of Archaeal Communities in Amazonian Anthrosols Based on 16S rRNA and amoA Genes

(2010) Rodrigo Gouvêa Taketani et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Amazonian Anthrosols Support Similar Microbial Communities that Differ Distinctly from Those Extant in Adjacent, Unmodified Soils of the Same Mineralogy

(2010) Julie M. Grossman et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Ethylene: potential key for biochar amendment impacts

(2010) Kurt A. Spokas 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

Contrasted effect of biochar and earthworms on rice growth and resource allocation in different soils

(2010) Diana Noguera et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Reconciling apparent variability in effects of biochar amendment on soil enzyme activities by assay optimization

(2010) Vanessa L. Bailey et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

Study on the toxic effects of diphenol compounds on soil microbial activity by a combination of methods

(2009) Huilun Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Bacterial Community Composition in Brazilian Anthrosols and Adjacent Soils Characterized Using Culturing and Molecular Identification

(2009) B. O’Neill et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Black carbon affects the cycling of non-black carbon in soil

(2009) Biqing Liang et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

Plant growth-promoting bacteria in the rhizo- and endosphere of plants: Their role, colonization, mechanisms involved and prospects for utilization

(2009) Stéphane Compant et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Using poultry litter biochars as soil amendments

(2008) K. Y. Chan et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Biochar amendment techniques for upland rice production in Northern Laos

(2008) Hidetoshi Asai et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

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

Nitrogen retention and plant uptake on a highly weathered central Amazonian Ferralsol amended with compost and charcoal

(2008) Christoph Steiner et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Fire-Derived Charcoal Causes Loss of Forest Humus

(2008) D. A. Wardle et al.   SCIENCE

Comment on "Fire-Derived Charcoal Causes Loss of Forest Humus"

(2008) J. Lehmann et al.   SCIENCE

Relationships between soil pH and microbial properties in a UK arable soil

(2008) J.C. Aciego Pietri et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Black carbon decomposition and incorporation into soil microbial biomass estimated by 14C labeling

(2008) Yakov Kuzyakov et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Steam and KOH activation of biochar: Experimental and modeling studies

(2007) R. Azargohar et al.   MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS

Charcoal and smoke extract stimulate the soil microbial community in a highly weathered xanthic Ferralsol

(2007) Christoph Steiner et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA