How good is the evidence that soil-applied biochar improves water-holding capacity?

Biochar boosts tropical but not temperate crop yields

(2017) Simon Jeffery et al.   Environmental Research Letters

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

Coupled biochar amendment and limited irrigation strategies do not affect a degraded soil food web in a maize agroecosystem, compared to the native grassland

(2017) Yamina Pressler et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Biochar and Soil Physical Properties

(2017) Humberto Blanco-Canqui   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Field application of pelletized biochar: Short term effect on the hydrological properties of a silty clay loam soil

(2016) M.C. Andrenelli et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Is current biochar research addressing global soil constraints for sustainable agriculture?

(2016) Dengxiao Zhang et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Quantification of biochar effects on soil hydrological properties using meta-analysis of literature data

(2016) Morris Oduor Omondi et al.   GEODERMA

Effect of biochar application on soil hydrological properties and physical quality of sandy soil

(2016) Tomasz Głąb et al.   GEODERMA

In situ effects of biochar on aggregation, water retention and porosity in light-textured tropical soils

(2016) Alfred Obia et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Effects of biochar application rate on sandy desert soil properties and sorghum growth

(2015) Mahmood Laghari et al.   CATENA

Biochar increased water holding capacity but accelerated organic carbon leaching from a sloping farmland soil in China

(2015) Chen Liu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Are soil–water functions affected by biochar application?

(2015) Gerardo Ojeda et al.   GEODERMA

Biochar application does not improve the soil hydrological function of a sandy soil

(2015) Simon Jeffery et al.   GEODERMA

Influence of feedstocks and pyrolysis on biochar’s capacity to modify soil water retention characteristics

(2015) Javier Mollinedo et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Acidity, water retention, and mechanical physical quality of a strongly acidic Ultisol amended with biochars derived from different feedstocks

(2015) Yutong Zong et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Impact of biochar addition on the physical and hydraulic properties of a clay soil

(2015) M. Castellini et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Why short-term biochar application has no yield benefits: evidence from three field-grown crops

(2015) C. N. Jay et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Water uptake in biochars: The roles of porosity and hydrophobicity

(2014) Myles Gray et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Biochar impact on Midwestern Mollisols and maize nutrient availability

(2014) Natalia Rogovska et al.   GEODERMA

Biochar but not humic acid product amendment affected maize yields via improving plant-soil moisture relations

(2014) Ghulam Haider et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

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

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

(2013) Shih-Hao Jien et al.   CATENA

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

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

Effect of biochar on soil physical properties in two contrasting soils: An Alfisol and an Andisol

(2013) H.M.S.K. Herath et al.   GEODERMA

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

(2013) Stefan Abel et al.   GEODERMA

Does biochar influence soil physical properties and soil water availability?

(2013) Marcus Hardie 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

Hydrologic properties of biochars produced at different temperatures

(2012) T.J. Kinney et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Nature of water-biochar interface interactions

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

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

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

Biochar soil amendment increases tomato seedling resistance to drought in sandy soils

(2012) D.N. Mulcahy et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

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

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

Biochars Impact on Soil-Moisture Storage in an Ultisol and Two Aridisols

(2012) Jeffrey M. Novak et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

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

Surface chemistry variations among a series of laboratory-produced biochars

(2011) A. Mukherjee et al.   GEODERMA

Quality variations of poultry litter biochar generated at different pyrolysis temperatures

(2011) Weiping Song et al.   JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS

Influence of biochar on drought tolerance of Chenopodium quinoa Willd and on soil–plant relations

(2011) Claudia Irene Kammann et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

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

Effect of banded biochar on dryland wheat production and fertiliser use in south-western Australia: an agronomic and economic perspective

(2010) Paul Blackwell 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

Biochar impact on development and productivity of pepper and tomato grown in fertigated soilless media

(2010) Ellen R. Graber 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

Pre-Columbian agricultural landscapes, ecosystem engineers, and self-organized patchiness in Amazonia

(2010) Doyle McKey et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change

(2010) Dominic Woolf et al.   Nature Communications

Biochar amendment techniques for upland rice production in Northern Laos

(2008) Hidetoshi Asai et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

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

(2007) Christoph Steiner et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA