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

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

Biochar as a strategy to sequester carbon and increase yield in durum wheat

(2011) F.P. Vaccari et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

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

(2011) Kurt A. Spokas 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

Influence of biochars on flux of N2O and CO2from Ferrosol

(2010) L. van Zwieten et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Pioneering works in biochar research, Japan

(2010) Makoto Ogawa et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

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

Stability and stabilisation of biochar and green manure in soil with different organic carbon contents

(2010) Joseph M. Kimetu et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

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

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

Short-term CO2 mineralization after additions of biochar and switchgrass to a Typic Kandiudult

(2009) J.M. Novak et al.   GEODERMA

Fate of soil-applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration

(2009) JULIE MAJOR et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Lessons from the Terra Preta de Índios of the Amazon region for the utilisation of charcoal for soil amendment

(2009) Etelvino H. Novotny et al.   JOURNAL OF THE BRAZILIAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Soil degradation as a reason for inadequate human nutrition

(2009) R. Lal   Food Security

Biochar amendment techniques for upland rice production in Northern Laos

(2008) Hidetoshi Asai et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

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

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

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