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

Wheat straw and its biochar have contrasting effects on inorganic N retention and N2O production in a cultivated Black Chernozem

(2012) Yi Cheng et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

Chemical and biochemical characterisation of biochar-blended composts prepared from poultry manure

(2012) Keiji Jindo et al.   BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY

Biochar enhances seedling growth and alters root symbioses and properties of sub-boreal forest soils

(2012) Susan J. Robertson et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Effects of sewage sludge biochar on plant metal availability after application to a Mediterranean soil

(2012) A. Méndez et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Impacts of climate change on the future of biodiversity

(2012) Céline Bellard et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Effects of soil dilution and amendments (mussel shell, cow bone, and biochar) on Pb availability and phytotoxicity in military shooting range soil

(2012) Mahtab Ahmad et al.   ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY

An Index-Based Approach to Assessing Recalcitrance and Soil Carbon Sequestration Potential of Engineered Black Carbons (Biochars)

(2012) Omar R. Harvey et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Quantifying the Total and Bioavailable Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Dioxins in Biochars

(2012) Sarah E. Hale et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Climate change and skin disease: a review of the English-language literature

(2012) Louise K. Andersen et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

Influence of Biochar on Nitrogen Fractions in a Coastal Plain Soil

(2012) Harry H. Schomberg et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Biochar Pyrolyzed at Two Temperatures Affects Transport through a Sandy Soil

(2012) Carl H. Bolster et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Chicken Manure Biochar as Liming and Nutrient Source for Acid Appalachian Soil

(2012) Amir Hass et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Biochar: A Synthesis of Its Agronomic Impact beyond Carbon Sequestration

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

Nutrient Leaching in a Colombian Savanna Oxisol Amended with Biochar

(2012) Julie Major et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Biochar and Manure Affect Calcareous Soil and Corn Silage Nutrient Concentrations and Uptake

(2012) R. D. Lentz 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

Biochar mediates systemic response of strawberry to foliar fungal pathogens

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

Organic nitrogen mineralisation in two contrasting agro-ecosystems is unchanged by biochar addition

(2012) D.N. Dempster et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar but not earthworms enhances rice growth through increased protein turnover

(2012) D. Noguera et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of biochar application on vegetable production and emissions of N2O and CH4

(2012) Junxiang Jia et al.   SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION

Biochar from swine manure solids: influence on carbon sequestration and Olsen phosphorus and mineral nitrogen dynamics in soil with and without digestate incorporation

(2012) Rosa Marchetti et al.   Italian Journal of Agronomy

Biochar application in a tropical, agricultural region: A plot scale study in Tamil Nadu, India

(2011) Utra Mankasingh et al.   APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY

Soil biochemical activities and the geometric mean of enzyme activities after application of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar to soil

(2011) J. Paz-Ferreiro et al.   BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY OF SOILS

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

Comparison of kiln-derived and gasifier-derived biochars as soil amendments in the humid tropics

(2011) Christopher Deal et al.   BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

Poor efficacy of herbicides in biochar-amended soils as affected by their chemistry and mode of action

(2011) Subir K. Nag et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

Climate change, the monsoon, and rice yield in India

(2011) Maximilian Auffhammer et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Amending greenroof soil with biochar to affect runoff water quantity and quality

(2011) Deborah A. Beck et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effects of Chemical, Biological, and Physical Aging As Well As Soil Addition on the Sorption of Pyrene to Activated Carbon and Biochar

(2011) SarahE. Hale et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

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

Application of biochar to soil and N2O emissions: potential effects of blending fast-pyrolysis biochar with anaerobically digested slurry

(2011) E. W. Bruun et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Effects and fate of biochar from rice residues in rice-based systems

(2011) S.M. Haefele et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Effects of biochar amendment on soil quality, crop yield and greenhouse gas emission in a Chinese rice paddy: A field study of 2 consecutive rice growing cycles

(2011) Afeng Zhang et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Modeling wildlife and other trade-offs with biofuel crop production

(2011) David M. Stoms et al.   Global Change Biology Bioenergy

Enhancing phosphorus availability in phosphorus-fertilized zones by reducing phosphate adsorbed on ferrihydrite using rice straw-derived biochar

(2011) Hao-Jie Cui et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Reducing CH4 and CO2 emissions from waterlogged paddy soil with biochar

(2011) Yuxue Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Comparison of the ameliorating effects on an acidic ultisol between four crop straws and their biochars

(2011) Jin-Hua Yuan et al.   JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS

Amendment of Acid Soils with Crop Residues and Biochars

(2011) Jin-Hua YUAN et al.   PEDOSPHERE

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

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

Biochar adsorbed ammonia is bioavailable

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

Biochar reduces the bioavailability and phytotoxicity of heavy metals

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

Decreased soil microbial biomass and nitrogen mineralisation with Eucalyptus biochar addition to a coarse textured soil

(2011) D. N. Dempster et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effect of biochar amendment on maize yield and greenhouse gas emissions from a soil organic carbon poor calcareous loamy soil from Central China Plain

(2011) Afeng Zhang 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

Charcoal addition to soils in NE England: A carbon sink with environmental co-benefits?

(2011) M.J. Bell et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Biochar for the mitigation of nitrate leaching from soil amended with biosolids

(2011) O.A. Knowles et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Temperature- and duration-dependent rice straw-derived biochar: Characteristics and its effects on soil properties of an Ultisol in southern China

(2011) X. Peng et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Short-term biochar-induced increase in soil CO2 release is both biotically and abiotically mediated

(2011) D.L. Jones et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Positive and negative carbon mineralization priming effects among a variety of biochar-amended soils

(2011) Andrew R. Zimmerman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Localisation of nitrate in the rhizosphere of biochar-amended soils

(2011) Miranda T. Prendergast-Miller et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochar-mediated changes in soil quality and plant growth in a three year field trial

(2011) D.L. Jones et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Effects of slow and fast pyrolysis biochar on soil C and N turnover dynamics

(2011) Esben W. Bruun et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Charcoal Ash and Volatile Matter Effects on Soil Properties and Plant Growth in an Acid Ultisol

(2011) Jonathan L. Deenik et al.   SOIL SCIENCE

Influence of Contrasting Biochar Types on Five Soils at Increasing Rates of Application

(2011) J. D. Streubel et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

Impact of Biochar on Manure Carbon Stabilization and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

(2011) Natalia Rogovska et al.   SOIL SCIENCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA JOURNAL

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

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

Release of Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Poultry Litter Amended with Acidified Biochar

(2011) Sarah A. Doydora et al.   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

The Biochar Option to Improve Plant Yields: First Results From Some Field and Pot Experiments in Italy

(2011) Silvia Baronti et al.   Italian Journal of Agronomy

Effect of biochar amendment on yield and methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a rice paddy from Tai Lake plain, China

(2010) Afeng Zhang et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Material derived from hydrothermal carbonization: Effects on plant growth and arbuscular mycorrhiza

(2010) Matthias C. Rillig et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Influences of non-herbaceous biochar on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal abundances in roots and soils: Results from growth-chamber and field experiments

(2010) Daniel D. Warnock et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Influence of biochars on flux of N2O and CO2from Ferrosol

(2010) L. van Zwieten 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

Influence of biochar use on sugarcane growth, soil parameters, and groundwater quality

(2010) Yan Chen et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF SOIL RESEARCH

A glasshouse study on the interaction of low mineral ash biochar with nitrogen in a sandy soil

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

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

Agronomic properties of wastewater sludge biochar and bioavailability of metals in production of cherry tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)

(2010) Mustafa K. Hossain et al.   CHEMOSPHERE

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

Biochar impact on nutrient leaching from a Midwestern agricultural soil

(2010) David Laird et al.   GEODERMA

Impact of biochar amendments on the quality of a typical Midwestern agricultural soil

(2010) David A. Laird et al.   GEODERMA

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

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

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

Testing for allelopathic effects in plant competition: does activated carbon disrupt plant symbioses?

(2010) Susanne Wurst et al.   PLANT ECOLOGY

Impact of black carbon addition to soil on the determination of soil microbial biomass by fumigation extraction

(2010) M. Durenkamp et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Contrasted effect of biochar and earthworms on rice growth and resource allocation in different soils

(2010) Diana Noguera et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

The amelioration effects of low temperature biochar generated from nine crop residues on an acidic Ultisol

(2010) J.-H. Yuan et al.   SOIL USE AND MANAGEMENT

Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change

(2010) Dominic Woolf et al.   Nature Communications

Activated carbon may have undesired side effects for testing allelopathy in invasive plants

(2009) Karoline Weißhuhn et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Review of the pyrolysis platform for coproducing bio-oil and biochar

(2009) David A. Laird et al.   Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr

The ecology of climate change and infectious diseases

(2009) Kevin D. Lafferty   ECOLOGY

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

Seed germination and seedling physiology of Larix kaempferi and Pinus densiflora in seedbeds with charcoal and elevated CO2

(2009) Dongsu Choi et al.   Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Buried charcoal layer and ectomycorrhizae cooperatively promote the growth of Larix gmelinii seedlings

(2009) K. Makoto et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of biochar from slow pyrolysis of papermill waste on agronomic performance and soil fertility

(2009) L. Van Zwieten et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

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

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

Using poultry litter biochars as soil amendments

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

Reversibility of Soil Productivity Decline with Organic Matter of Differing Quality Along a Degradation Gradient

(2008) Joseph M. Kimetu et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Biochar amendment techniques for upland rice production in Northern Laos

(2008) Hidetoshi Asai et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Natural oxidation of black carbon in soils: Changes in molecular form and surface charge along a climosequence

(2008) Chih-Hsin Cheng et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

X-ray microtomographic imaging of charcoal

(2008) Michael I. Bird et al.   JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL 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

Inference of allelopathy is complicated by effects of activated carbon on plant growth

(2008) Jennifer A. Lau et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Effects of carbonized and dried chicken manures on the growth, yield, and N content of soybean

(2008) Seth O. Tagoe et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Wood ash applications to temperate forest ecosystems—potential benefits and drawbacks

(2008) L. Augusto et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Fire-Derived Charcoal Causes Loss of Forest Humus

(2008) D. A. Wardle et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2007) Christoph Steiner et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA