How may biochar influence severity of diseases caused by soilborne pathogens?

Biochar soil amendment increased bacterial but decreased fungal gene abundance with shifts in community structure in a slightly acid rice paddy from Southwest China

(2013) Junhui Chen et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Water Holding Capacity and Absorption Properties of Wood Chars

(2013) Jun Zhang et al.   ENERGY & FUELS

Reductions in soil surface albedo as a function of biochar application rate: implications for global radiative forcing

(2013) Frank G A Verheijen et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Biochar and Microbial Signaling: Production Conditions Determine Effects on Microbial Communication

(2013) Caroline A. Masiello et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Reducing capacity of water extracts of biochars and their solubilization of soil Mn and Fe

(2013) E. R. Graber et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Biochar addition rate influences soil microbial abundance and activity in temperate soils

(2013) J. D. Gomez et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Biochar-root interactions are mediated by biochar nutrient content and impacts on soil nutrient availability

(2013) M. T. Prendergast-Miller et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Volatiles produced by the mycophagous soil bacteriumCollimonas

(2013) Paolina Garbeva et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

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

(2013) Stefan Abel et al.   GEODERMA

Volatile Organic Compound Mediated Interactions at the Plant-Microbe Interface

(2013) Robert R. Junker et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Dynamic Chemical Communication between Plants and Bacteria through Airborne Signals: Induced Resistance by Bacterial Volatiles

(2013) Mohamed A. Farag et al.   JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ECOLOGY

Heavy metal and phenol adsorptive properties of biochars from pyrolyzed switchgrass and woody biomass in correlation with surface properties

(2013) Yanxue Han et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Sniffing on Microbes: Diverse Roles of Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds in Plant Health

(2013) Vasileios Bitas et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Going back to the roots: the microbial ecology of the rhizosphere

(2013) Laurent Philippot et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Induced Systemic Resistance and the Rhizosphere Microbiome

(2013) Peter A.H.M. Bakker et al.   Plant Pathology Journal

Rhizoctonia solani suppression and plant growth promotion in cucumber as affected by biochar pyrolysis temperature, feedstock and concentration

(2013) Amit K. Jaiswal et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of Biochar Amendment on Soil Thermal Conductivity, Reflectance, and Temperature

(2013) Qingzhong Zhang et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Biochar and denitrification in soils: when, how much and why does biochar reduce N2O emissions?

(2013) Maria Luz Cayuela et al.   Scientific Reports

Biochar Effect on Maize Yield and Soil Characteristics in Five Conservation Farming Sites in Zambia

(2013) Gerard Cornelissen et al.   Agronomy-Basel

A Review of Biochar and Soil Nitrogen Dynamics

(2013) Tim Clough et al.   Agronomy-Basel

Electromicrobiology

(2012) Derek R. Lovley   Annual Review of Microbiology

Retention of Heavy Metals by Carboxyl Functional Groups of Biochars in Small Arms Range Soil

(2012) Minori Uchimiya et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Biochar and Hydrochar Effects on Greenhouse Gas (Carbon Dioxide, Nitrous Oxide, and Methane) Fluxes from Soils

(2012) Claudia Kammann et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Biochar Reduces Copper Toxicity in Willd. in a Sandy Soil

(2012) Wolfram Buss 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

Elucidating the role of the phenylacetic acid metabolic complex in the pathogenic activity of Rhizoctonia solani anastomosis group 3

(2012) F. E. Bartz et al.   MYCOLOGIA

Biochar mediates systemic response of strawberry to foliar fungal pathogens

(2012) Yael Meller Harel et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Redox potential (Eh) and pH as drivers of soil/plant/microorganism systems: a transdisciplinary overview pointing to integrative opportunities for agronomy

(2012) Olivier Husson   PLANT AND SOIL

The effect of biochar addition on N2O and CO2 emissions from a sandy loam soil – The role of soil aeration

(2012) Sean D.C. Case et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of biochars generated from crop residues on chemical properties of acid soils from tropical and subtropical China

(2012) Jin-Hua Yuan et al.   Soil Research

Impact of Biochar Application to Soil on the Root-Associated Bacterial Community Structure of Fully Developed Greenhouse Pepper Plants

(2011) Max Kolton et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Qualitative analysis of volatile organic compounds on biochar

(2011) Kurt A. Spokas et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Biochar induced soil microbial community change: Implications for biogeochemical cycling of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus

(2011) Craig R. Anderson et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

High surface area biochar negatively impacts herbicide efficacy

(2011) E. R. Graber et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effect of Biochar Amendments on Mycorrhizal Associations and Fusarium Crown and Root Rot of Asparagus in Replant Soils

(2011) Wade H. Elmer et al.   PLANT DISEASE

Effects of wood char and activated carbon on the hydrolysis of cellobiose by β-glucosidase from Aspergillus niger

(2011) Carlo Lammirato et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Sorption, Volatilization, and Efficacy of the Fumigant 1,3-Dichloropropene in a Biochar-Amended Soil

(2011) E. R. Graber et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Direct and residual effect of biochar application on mycorrhizal root colonisation, growth and nutrition of wheat

(2010) Zakaria M. Solaiman et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

An investigation into the reactions of biochar in soil

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

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

(2010) A. Silber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Induction of Systemic Resistance in Plants by Biochar, a Soil-Applied Carbon Sequestering Agent

(2010) Yigal Elad et al.   PHYTOPATHOLOGY

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

(2010) Ellen R. Graber et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Taxa-specific changes in soil microbial community composition induced by pyrogenic carbon amendments

(2010) Christina L.M. Khodadad et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Influence of Pecan Biochar on Physical Properties of a Norfolk Loamy Sand

(2010) Warren J. Busscher et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Interactions of Colletotrichum musae and Lasiodiplodia theobromae and their biocontrol by Pantoea agglomerans and Flavobacterium sp. in expression of crown rot of “Embul” banana

(2009) W. K. R. Niroshini Gunasinghe et al.   BIOCONTROL

Sorption of naphthalene and 1-naphthol by biochars of orange peels with different pyrolytic temperatures

(2009) Baoliang Chen et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Adsorption of cellulase Aspergillus niger on a commercial activated carbon: Kinetics and equilibrium studies

(2009) Fatima Boukraa-Oulad Daoud et al.   COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES

Using poultry litter biochars as soil amendments

(2008) K. Y. Chan et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

Induction of systemic resistance against Plasmopara viticola in grapevine by Trichoderma harzianum T39 and benzothiadiazole

(2008) Michele Perazzolli et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Slow pyrolysis of poultry litter and pine woody biomass: Impact of chars and bio-oils on microbial growth

(2008) K. C. Das et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH PART A-TOXIC/HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Effects of charcoal production on soil physical properties in Ghana

(2008) Philip G. Oguntunde et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

A β-1,3 Glucan Sulfate Induces Resistance in Grapevine against Plasmopara viticola Through Priming of Defense Responses, Including HR-like Cell Death

(2008) S. Trouvelot et al.   MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS

Ethylene: Fine-tuning plant growth and development by stimulation and inhibition of elongation

(2008) Jasper Dugardeyn et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Effects of chitin and salicylic acid on biological control activity of Pseudomonas spp. against damping off of pepper

(2008) M. Rajkumar et al.   SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY