Biochar and engineered biochar as slow- and controlled-release fertilizers

Review on biomass feedstocks, pyrolysis mechanism and physicochemical properties of biochar: state-of-the-art framework to speed up vision of circular bioeconomy

(2021) Gajanan Sampatrao Ghodake et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Effect of field-aged biochar on fertilizer N retention and N2O emissions: A field microplot experiment with 15N-labeled urea

(2021) Xia Liao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A critical review of the possible adverse effects of biochar in the soil environment

(2021) Martin Brtnicky et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Exploring phosphorus fertilizers and fertilization strategies for improved human and environmental health

(2020) Prem S. Bindraban et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Copyrolysis of Biomass, Bentonite, and Nutrients as a New Strategy for the Synthesis of Improved Biochar-Based Slow-Release Fertilizers

(2020) Xiongfang An et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Application of co-composted farm manure and biochar increased the wheat growth and decreased cadmium accumulation in plants under different water regimes

(2020) Arooj Bashir et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Remediation of Pb, Cd, and Cu contaminated soil by co-pyrolysis biochar derived from rape straw and orthophosphate: Speciation transformation, risk evaluation and mechanism inquiry

(2020) Ruili Gao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Development of fertilizers for enhanced nitrogen use efficiency – Trends and perspectives

(2020) Christian O. Dimkpa et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Sustainable soil use and management: An interdisciplinary and systematic approach

(2020) Deyi Hou et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar for urban agriculture: Impacts on soil chemical characteristics and on Brassica rapa growth, nutrient content and metabolism over multiple growth cycles

(2020) Shuang Song et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Effects of biochar-based controlled release nitrogen fertilizer on nitrogen-use efficiency of oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.)

(2020) Jiayuan Liao et al.   Scientific Reports

Role of biochar in promoting circular economy in the agriculture sector. Part 1: A review of the biochar roles in soil N, P and K cycles

(2020) Keiji Jindo et al.   Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Integrated co-pyrolysis and coating for the synthesis of a new coated biochar-based fertilizer with enhanced slow-release performance

(2020) Xiongfang An et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

A comprehensive review of engineered biochar: Production, characteristics, and environmental applications

(2020) Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Biochar Application in Combination with Inorganic Nitrogen Improves Maize Grain Yield, Nitrogen Uptake, and Use Efficiency in Temperate Soils

(2020) Peter Omara et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Analysis of the long-term effectiveness of biochar immobilization remediation on heavy metal contaminated soil and the potential environmental factors weakening the remediation effect: A review

(2020) Jie Wang et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

Soil degradation index developed by multitemporal remote sensing images, climate variables, terrain and soil atributes

(2020) Claudia Maria Nascimento et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Comparing straw, compost, and biochar regarding their suitability as agricultural soil amendments to affect soil structure, nutrient leaching, microbial communities, and the fate of pesticides

(2020) Martin Siedt et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Long-term effect of biochar-based fertilizers application in tropical soil: Agronomic efficiency and phosphorus availability

(2020) Jefferson Santana da Silva Carneiro et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Greenhouse gas emission mitigation potential from municipal solid waste treatment: A combined SD-LMDI model

(2020) Shijiang Xiao et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Investigating the effect of biochar and fertilizer on the composition and function of bacteria in red soil

(2019) Mengyang Zhang et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Slow-release urea fertilizer from sulfur, gypsum, and starch-coated formulations

(2019) Ayaz Mehmood et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION

Biochar composition-dependent impacts on soil nutrient release, carbon mineralization, and potential environmental risk: A review

(2019) Ali El-Naggar et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Biochar effects on phosphorus availability in agricultural soils: A meta-analysis

(2019) Bruno Glaser et al.   Scientific Reports

Nutrient rich biomass and effluent sludge wastes co-utilization for production of biochar fertilizer through different thermal treatments

(2019) Adnan Asad Karim et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Biochar effects on crop yields with and without fertilizer: a meta‐analysis of field studies using separate controls

(2019) L. Ye et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

A quantitative understanding of the role of co-composted biochar in plant growth using meta-analysis

(2019) Yuchuan Wang et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar-based nitrogen fertilizers: Greenhouse gas emissions, use efficiency, and maize yield in tropical soils

(2019) Aline Peregrina Puga et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Application of co-composted biochar significantly improved plant-growth relevant physical/chemical properties of a metal contaminated soil

(2019) Manuel Teodoro et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Influence of soil properties and feedstocks on biochar potential for carbon mineralization and improvement of infertile soils

(2018) Ali El-Naggar et al.   GEODERMA

Contrasting effects of biochar on phosphorus dynamics and bioavailability in different soil types

(2018) Marie Louise Bornø et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Modeling and Optimizing the Synthesis of Urea-formaldehyde Fertilizers and Analyses of Factors Affecting these Processes

(2018) Yanle Guo et al.   Scientific Reports

Biochar-ammonium phosphate as an uncoated-slow release fertilizer in sandy soil

(2018) Haytham M. El Sharkawi et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Benefits and limitations of biochar amendment in agricultural soils: A review

(2018) Beluri Kavitha et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Formulating and Optimizing a Novel Biochar-Based Fertilizer for Simultaneous Slow-Release of Nitrogen and Immobilization of Cadmium

(2018) Lu Chen et al.   Sustainability

Biochar improves soil quality and N2-fixation and reduces net ecosystem CO2 exchange in a dryland legume-cereal cropping system

(2018) Muhammad Azeem et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Biochar additions alter phosphorus and nitrogen availability in agricultural ecosystems: A meta-analysis

(2018) Si Gao et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar application to low fertility soils: A review of current status, and future prospects

(2018) Ali El-Naggar et al.   GEODERMA

Effects of biochar on soil available inorganic nitrogen: A review and meta-analysis

(2017) Thi Thu Nhan Nguyen et al.   GEODERMA

Synthesis and nutrient release patterns of a biochar-based N–P–K slow-release fertilizer

(2017) W. Gwenzi et al.   International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Co-Pyrolysis of Poultry Litter and Phosphate and Magnesium Generates Alternative Slow-Release Fertilizer Suitable for Tropical Soils

(2017) José F. Lustosa Filho et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of a Novel Biochar-Based Slow-Release Nitrogen Fertilizer with Enhanced Water-Retention Capacity

(2017) Peng Wen et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Microbial Phosphorus Solubilization and Its Potential for Use in Sustainable Agriculture

(2017) Elizabeth T. Alori et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Characterization of biochars from different sources and evaluation of release of nutrients and contaminants

(2017) Natália Aragão de Figueredo et al.   Revista Ciencia Agronomica

Biochar to improve soil fertility. A review

(2016) Yang Ding et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Slow release fertilizers based on urea/urea–formaldehyde polymer nanocomposites

(2016) Cintia F. Yamamoto et al.   CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL

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

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

Potential effects of biochar on the availability of phosphorus — mechanistic insights

(2016) Florian Schneider et al.   GEODERMA

Biochars with low polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations achievable by pyrolysis under high carrier gas flows irrespective of oxygen content or feedstock

(2016) Jarosław Madej et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Biochar amendment before or after composting affects compost quality and N losses, but not P plant uptake

(2016) Bart Vandecasteele et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Chemical and ecotoxicological evaluation of biochar produced from residues of biogas production

(2016) Magdalena Stefaniuk et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Use of biochar-compost to improve properties and productivity of the degraded coastal soil in the Yellow River Delta, China

(2016) Xianxiang Luo et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Benefits of biochar, compost and biochar–compost for soil quality, maize yield and greenhouse gas emissions in a tropical agricultural soil

(2016) Getachew Agegnehu et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochemical cycling of nitrogen and phosphorus in biochar-amended soils

(2016) Shamim Gul et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Influence of biochar addition on the humic substances of composting manures

(2016) Keiji Jindo et al.   WASTE MANAGEMENT

Copyrolysis of Biomass with Phosphate Fertilizers To Improve Biochar Carbon Retention, Slow Nutrient Release, and Stabilize Heavy Metals in Soil

(2016) Ling Zhao et al.   ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

The Potential Benefits and Limitations of Corn Cob and Sewage Sludge Biochars in an Infertile Oxisol

(2016) Jonathan Deenik et al.   Sustainability

Physico-chemical properties and microbial responses in biochar-amended soils: Mechanisms and future directions

(2015) Shamim Gul et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

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

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

Restoring Soil Quality to Mitigate Soil Degradation

(2015) Rattan Lal   Sustainability

A Comparison of Corn (Zea mays L.) Residue and Its Biochar on Soil C and Plant Growth

(2015) Francisco J. Calderón et al.   PLoS One

Pyrolysis Temperature-Dependent Changes in Dissolved Phosphorus Speciation of Plant and Manure Biochars

(2014) Minori Uchimiya et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Review on materials & methods to produce controlled release coated urea fertilizer

(2014) Babar Azeem et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

An Assessment of Urea-Formaldehyde Fertilizer on the Diversity of Bacterial Communities in Onion and Sugar Beet

(2014) Seishi Ikeda et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Nitrogen pollution removal from areas of intensive farming—comparison of various denitrification biotechnologies

(2014) Agnieszka Bednarek et al.   ECOHYDROLOGY & HYDROBIOLOGY

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 from Swine Solids and Digestate Influence Nutrient Dynamics and Carbon Dioxide Release in Soil

(2013) Rosa Marchetti et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

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

Nitrification, acidification, and nitrogen leaching from subtropical cropland soils as affected by rice straw-based biochar: laboratory incubation and column leaching studies

(2013) Xu Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Recent Trends in Microbial Inoculants in Agriculture

(2013) Koki Toyota et al.   MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

Consequences of human modification of the global nitrogen cycle

(2013) J. W. Erisman et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Diverse and abundant antibiotic resistance genes in Chinese swine farms

(2013) Yong-Guan Zhu et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Shifting paradigms: development of high-efficiency biochar fertilizers based on nano-structures and soluble components

(2013) S Joseph et al.   Carbon Management

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

(2012) Atanu Mukherjee et al.   GEODERMA

Biochar and Nitrogen Fertilizer Alters Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Two Temperate Soils

(2012) Jiyong Zheng et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Sugar Beet ( L.) Growth Reduction Caused by Hydrochar Is Related to Nitrogen Supply

(2012) Ana Gajić et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Impacts of greenwaste biochar on ammonia volatilisation from bauxite processing residue sand

(2012) C. R. Chen et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

Phosphorus losses from agricultural soils to surface waters in a small agricultural watershed

(2011) Min-Kyeong Kim et al.   BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Rhizobia species: A Boon for “Plant Genetic Engineering”

(2011) Urmi Patel et al.   INDIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

A wood based low-temperature biochar captures NH3-N generated from ruminant urine-N, retaining its bioavailability

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

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Availability in Biochar-Amended Soils

(2011) Nathan O. Nelson et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

The story of phosphorus: Global food security and food for thought

(2009) Dana Cordell et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

How a century of ammonia synthesis changed the world

(2008) Jan Willem Erisman et al.   Nature Geoscience