Phytolith‐rich biochar: A potential Si fertilizer in desilicated soils

Effects of phytolithic rice-straw biochar, soil buffering capacity and pH on silicon bioavailability

(2019) Zimin Li et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The weathering stage of tropical soils affects the soil-plant cycle of silicon, but depending on land use

(2019) Charles Vander Linden et al.   GEODERMA

Effect of pH and added slag on the extractability of Si in two Si-deficient sugarcane soils

(2018) Richard J. Haynes et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Impact of sugarcane bagasse-derived biochar on heavy metal availability and microbial activity: A field study

(2018) Chengrong Nie et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Processes controlling silicon isotopic fractionation in a forested tropical watershed: Mule Hole Critical Zone Observatory (Southern India)

(2018) Jean Riotte et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Silicon cycling by plant and its effects on soil Si translocation in a typical subtropical area

(2018) Jin-Ling Yang et al.   GEODERMA

Effect of KOH-enhanced biochar on increasing soil plant-available silicon

(2018) Meng Wang et al.   GEODERMA

Physicochemical surface properties of different biogenic silicon structures: Results from spectroscopic and microscopic analyses of protistic and phytogenic silica

(2018) Daniel Puppe et al.   GEODERMA

Silicon (Si) biochar for the mitigation of arsenic (As) bioaccumulation in spinach ( Spinacia oleracean ) and improvement in the plant growth

(2018) Eric F. Zama et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Phytolith-rich biochar increases cotton biomass and silicon-mineralomass in a highly weathered soil

(2018) Zimin Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

The controversies of silicon's role in plant biology

(2018) Devrim Coskun et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Application of the 15 N tracer method to study the effect of pyrolysis temperature and atmosphere on the distribution of biochar nitrogen in the biomass–biochar-plant system

(2018) Zhongxin Tan et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar application for the remediation of heavy metal polluted land: A review of in situ field trials

(2018) David O'Connor et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar Impacts on Soil Silicon Dissolution Kinetics and their Interaction Mechanisms

(2018) Yaofeng Wang et al.   Scientific Reports

pH as a proxy for estimating plant-available Si? A case study in rice fields in Karnataka (South India)

(2018) Jean-Dominique Meunier et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Enhanced removal of Cr(VI) by silicon rich biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron

(2018) Linbo Qian et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

The impact of crop residue biochars on silicon and nutrient cycles in croplands

(2018) Zichuan Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Thermal Properties of Biochars Derived from Waste Biomass Generated by Agricultural and Forestry Sectors

(2017) Xing Yang et al.   Energies

Biochar soil amendment on alleviation of drought and salt stress in plants: a critical review

(2017) Shafaqat Ali et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Effect of bamboo and rice straw biochars on the mobility and redistribution of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn) in contaminated soil

(2017) Kouping Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Effect of phytoliths for mitigating water stress in durum wheat

(2017) Jean Dominique Meunier et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Organic coating on biochar explains its nutrient retention and stimulation of soil fertility

(2017) Nikolas Hagemann et al.   Nature Communications

Biochar built soil carbon over a decade by stabilizing rhizodeposits

(2017) Zhe (Han) Weng et al.   Nature Climate Change

Uptake of Silicon by Sugarcane from Applied Sources May Not Reflect Plant-Available Soil Silicon and Total Silicon Content of Sources

(2017) Malcolm G. Keeping   Frontiers in Plant Science

Biochar increases availability and uptake of phosphorus to wheat under leaching conditions

(2016) Obed F. Madiba et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Evaluation of the long-term effect of biochar on properties of temperate agricultural soil at pre-industrial charcoal kiln sites in Wallonia, Belgium

(2016) B. Hardy et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

The functional ecology of plant silicon: geoscience to genes

(2016) Julia Cooke et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Consistent alleviation of abiotic stress with silicon addition: a meta-analysis

(2016) Julia Cooke et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Soil processes drive the biological silicon feedback loop

(2016) Jean-Thomas Cornelis et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The ecology of herbivore-induced silicon defences in grasses

(2016) Susan E. Hartley et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Biochar: a potential route for recycling of phosphorus in agricultural residues

(2016) Lichun Dai et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Fire enhances solubility of biogenic silica

(2016) Dácil Unzué-Belmonte et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Plant-available silicon in paddy soils as a key factor for sustainable rice production in Southeast Asia

(2015) Thimo Klotzbücher et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

A review of biochar as a low-cost adsorbent for aqueous heavy metal removal

(2015) Mandu I. Inyang et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Effect of biochar on the extractability of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) and enzyme activity in soil

(2015) Xing Yang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Human appropriation of biogenic silicon - the increasing role of agriculture

(2015) Joanna C. Carey et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Molecular evolution of aquaporins and silicon influx in plants

(2015) Rupesh Deshmukh et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The protozoic Si pool in temperate forest ecosystems — Quantification, abiotic controls and interactions with earthworms

(2015) Daniel Puppe et al.   GEODERMA

Silicon pools in human impacted soils of temperate zones

(2015) F. I. Vandevenne et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Bioavailability of Cd and Zn in soils treated with biochars derived from tobacco stalk and dead pigs

(2015) Xing Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Silica cycling over geologic time

(2015) Daniel J. Conley et al.   Nature Geoscience

Interaction between silicon cycling and straw decomposition in a silicon deficient rice production system

(2015) A. Marxen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Four hundred million years of silica biomineralization in land plants

(2015) Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Continental erosion and the Cenozoic rise of marine diatoms

(2015) Pedro Cermeño et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A possible mechanism of biological silicification in plants

(2015) Christopher Exley   Frontiers in Plant Science

The Phanerozoic diversification of silica-cycling testate amoebae and its possible links to changes in terrestrial ecosystems

(2015) Daniel J.G. Lahr et al.   PeerJ

Enhancing phytolith carbon sequestration in rice ecosystems through basalt powder amendment

(2015) Fengshan Guo et al.   Science Bulletin

Plant growth responses to biochar addition: an Australian soils perspective

(2014) Lynne M. Macdonald et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Magnetic biochar composite: Facile synthesis, characterization, and application for heavy metal removal

(2014) D. Harikishore Kumar Reddy et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A-PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING ASPECTS

Biogeochemical silicon cycle and carbon sequestration in agricultural ecosystems

(2014) Zhaoliang Song et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Transformation, Morphology, and Dissolution of Silicon and Carbon in Rice Straw-Derived Biochars under Different Pyrolytic Temperatures

(2014) Xin Xiao et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Insights on the Molecular Mechanism for the Recalcitrance of Biochars: Interactive Effects of Carbon and Silicon Components

(2014) Jianhua Guo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Pedogenic and biogenic alkaline-extracted silicon distributions along a temperate land-use gradient

(2014) L. Barão et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Characteristics of biochars from crop residues: Potential for carbon sequestration and soil amendment

(2014) Jayne H. Windeatt et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Effect of biochar amendment on soil-silicon availability and rice uptake

(2014) Xiaoyu Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

A contemporary overview of silicon availability in agricultural soils

(2014) Richard J. Haynes   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Phosphorus availability to beans via interactions between mycorrhizas and biochar

(2014) Steven J. Vanek et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Influence of increasing combustion temperature on the AMS 14C dating of modern crop phytoliths

(2014) Jinhui Yin et al.   Scientific Reports

Increase of available soil silicon by Si-rich manure for sustainable rice production

(2013) Zhaoliang Song et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Mobility, bioavailability and pH-dependent leaching of cadmium, zinc and lead in a contaminated soil amended with biochar

(2013) David Houben et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: A review

(2013) Mahtab Ahmad et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

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

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

Effective Alleviation of Aluminum Phytotoxicity by Manure-Derived Biochar

(2013) Linbo Qian et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Using biochar for remediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals and organic pollutants

(2013) Xiaokai Zhang et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

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

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

The way forward in biochar research: targeting trade-offs between the potential wins

(2013) Simon Jeffery et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Biochar application to temperate soils: Effects on soil fertility and crop growth under greenhouse conditions

(2013) Stefanie Kloss et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Effects of pretreatment and solution chemistry on solubility of rice-straw phytoliths

(2013) Minh Ngoc Nguyen et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Evaluation of industrial wastes as sources of fertilizer silicon using chemical extractions and plant uptake

(2013) Richard J. Haynes et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Responses of methane emissions and rice yield to applications of biochar and straw in a paddy field

(2013) Da Dong et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Biochar from Miscanthus: a potential silicon fertilizer

(2013) David Houben 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

The Terrestrial Silica Pump

(2013) Joanna C. Carey et al.   PLoS One

Potential of Global Cropland Phytolith Carbon Sink from Optimization of Cropping System and Fertilization

(2013) Zhaoliang Song et al.   PLoS One

Chemical characterization of rice straw-derived biochar for soil amendment

(2012) Weixiang Wu et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Impact of agriculture on the Si biogeochemical cycle: Input from phytolith studies

(2012) Catherine Keller et al.   COMPTES RENDUS GEOSCIENCE

Plant impact on the coupled terrestrial biogeochemical cycles of silicon and carbon: Implications for biogeochemical carbon sequestration

(2012) Zhaoliang Song et al.   EARTH-SCIENCE REVIEWS

Production and characterization of slow pyrolysis biochar: influence of feedstock type and pyrolysis conditions

(2012) Frederik Ronsse et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Effects of biochar compared to organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil quality and plant growth in a greenhouse experiment

(2012) Hardy Schulz et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

The transformation of phytolith morphology as the result of their exposure to high temperature

(2012) Yan Wu et al.   MICROSCOPY RESEARCH AND TECHNIQUE

Biochar addition indirectly affects N2O emissions via soil moisture and plant N uptake

(2012) S. Saarnio et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

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

Benefits of plant silicon for crops: a review

(2011) Flore Guntzer et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Human perturbations on the global biogeochemical cycles of coupled Si–C and responses of terrestrial processes and the coastal ocean

(2011) Darcy Dan Li et al.   APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY

Emerging understanding of the ecosystem silica filter

(2011) Eric Struyf et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

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

(2011) Luke Beesley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects and fate of biochar from rice residues in rice-based systems

(2011) S.M. Haefele et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

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

Agricultural silica harvest: have humans created a new loop in the global silica cycle?

(2011) Floor Vandevenne et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Stability of phytoliths in the archaeological record: a dissolution study of modern and fossil phytoliths

(2011) Dan Cabanes et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Screening biochars for heavy metal retention in soil: Role of oxygen functional groups

(2011) Minori Uchimiya et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Comparison of the ameliorating effects on an acidic ultisol between four crop straws and their biochars

(2011) Jin-Hua Yuan et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Long-term removal of wheat straw decreases soil amorphous silica at Broadbalk, Rothamsted

(2011) Flore Guntzer et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Temperature- and duration-dependent rice straw-derived biochar: Characteristics and its effects on soil properties of an Ultisol in southern China

(2011) X. Peng et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

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

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

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

An investigation into the reactions of biochar in soil

(2010) S. D. Joseph et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

The immobilisation and retention of soluble arsenic, cadmium and zinc by biochar

(2010) Luke Beesley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2010) A. Silber 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

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

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

Historical land use change has lowered terrestrial silica mobilization

(2010) Eric Struyf et al.   Nature Communications

Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change

(2010) Dominic Woolf et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of biochar from slow pyrolysis of papermill waste on agronomic performance and soil fertility

(2009) L. Van Zwieten et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Functions and transport of silicon in plants

(2008) J. F. Ma et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Surface chemistry and reactivity of plant phytoliths in aqueous solutions

(2008) Fabrice Fraysse et al.   CHEMICAL GEOLOGY

Biogenic silica: a neglected component of the coupled global continental biogeochemical cycles of carbon and silicon

(2008) F. Alayne Street-Perrott et al.   EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND LANDFORMS

Energy Balance and Emissions Associated with Biochar Sequestration and Pyrolysis Bioenergy Production

(2008) John L. Gaunt et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Terrestrial plant-Si and environmental changes

(2008) J. D. Meunier et al.   MINERALOGICAL MAGAZINE

Leaf silicon content in banana (Musa spp.) reveals the weathering stage of volcanic ash soils in Guadeloupe

(2008) C. Henriet et al.   PLANT AND SOIL