Is There a Positive Synergistic Effect of Biochar and Compost Soil Amendments on Plant Growth and Physiological Performance?

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

Soil properties, greenhouse gas emissions and crop yield under compost, biochar and co-composted biochar in two tropical agronomic systems

(2016) Adrian M. Bass et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

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

Thermal treatment and leaching of biochar alleviates plant growth inhibition from mobile organic compounds

(2016) Nigel V. Gale et al.   PeerJ

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

Biochar and forest restoration: a review and meta-analysis of tree growth responses

(2015) Sean C. Thomas et al.   NEW FORESTS

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

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

Influence of biochar, mycorrhizal inoculation, and fertilizer rate on growth and flowering of Pelargonium (Pelargonium zonale L.) plants

(2015) Giulia Conversa et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Biochar and biochar-compost as soil amendments to a vineyard soil: Influences on plant growth, nutrient uptake, plant health and grape quality

(2014) Hans-Peter Schmidt et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Assessing the influence of compost and biochar amendments on the mobility and toxicity of metals and arsenic in a naturally contaminated mine soil

(2014) Luke Beesley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Soil and greenhouse gas responses to biochar additions in a temperate hardwood forest

(2014) Tara E. Sackett et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Trace element concentrations in leachates and mustard plant tissue (Sinapis alba L.) after biochar application to temperate soils

(2014) Stefanie Kloss et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar amendment to coarse sandy subsoil improves root growth and increases water retention

(2014) E. W. Bruun et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Positive effects of composted biochar on plant growth and soil fertility

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

In situ application of activated carbon and biochar to PCB-contaminated soil and the effects of mixing regime

(2013) Mackenzie J. Denyes et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of amendment of biochar-manure compost in conjunction with pyroligneous solution on soil quality and wheat yield of a salt-stressed cropland from Central China Great Plain

(2013) Muhammad Siddique Lashari et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Stimulation of boreal tree seedling growth by wood-derived charcoal: effects of charcoal properties, seedling species and soil fertility

(2013) Nathalie Pluchon et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

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

Biochar mitigates negative effects of salt additions on two herbaceous plant species

(2013) Sean C. Thomas et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

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

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

An estimation of annual nitrous oxide emissions and soil quality following the amendment of high temperature walnut shell biochar and compost to a small scale vegetable crop rotation

(2013) Emma C. Suddick et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Composting for Increasing the Fertilizer Value of Chicken Manure: Effects of Feedstock on P Availability

(2013) B. Vandecasteele et al.   Waste and Biomass Valorization

A simple technique to eliminate ethylene emissions from biochar amendment in agriculture

(2012) Will Fulton et al.   Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Biochar: A Synthesis of Its Agronomic Impact beyond Carbon Sequestration

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

Characterization of Slow Pyrolysis Biochars: Effects of Feedstocks and Pyrolysis Temperature on Biochar Properties

(2012) Stefanie Kloss et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Biochar Affected by Composting with Farmyard Manure

(2012) Katharina Prost 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

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 use of biochar to reduce soil PCB bioavailability to Cucurbita pepo and Eisenia fetida

(2012) Mackenzie J. Denyes et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL 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

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

Efficiency of green waste compost and biochar soil amendments for reducing lead and copper mobility and uptake to ryegrass

(2011) Nadia Karami et al.   JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS

Biochar reduces the bioavailability and phytotoxicity of heavy metals

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

Effects of biochar and greenwaste compost amendments on mobility, bioavailability and toxicity of inorganic and organic contaminants in a multi-element polluted soil

(2010) Luke Beesley et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

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

(2010) Andrew R. Zimmerman   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change

(2010) Dominic Woolf et al.   Nature Communications

Ageing of black carbon along a temperature gradient

(2009) Chih-Hsin Cheng et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Physiological functions of mineral micronutrients (Cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, Ni, Mo, B, Cl)

(2009) Robert Hänsch et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

Impact of Biochar Amendment on Fertility of a Southeastern Coastal Plain Soil

(2009) Jeffrey M. Novak et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

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

Studies on the Effect of Compost Made of Post-Use Wood Waste on the Growth of Willow Plants

(2008) Hanna Wróblewska   MOLECULAR CRYSTALS AND LIQUID CRYSTALS