Biochar is widely suggested as a soil amendment to improve soil physical properties for crop
production. However, the heterogeneity between experiments in terms of biochar …

Rapid industrial development and human activities have caused a degradation of soil
quality and fertility. There is increasing interest in rehabilitating low fertility soils to improve …

Core Ideas Biochar generally improves the soil physical environment Sandy soils appear to
respond more to biochar than clayey soils Long‐term studies are needed to conclusively …

Biochar application in agricultural soils can be highly beneficial to plant productivity.
However, how plant productivity response (PPR)[% change of plant yield from control …

Soil microbial communities are responsive to biochar amendments. As the residence time of
biochar in soil is expected to be hundreds to thousands of years, the changes in microbial …

Purpose Forests play a critical role in terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycling and the mitigation
of global climate change. Intensive forest management and global climate change have had …

Biochar, a carbonaceous material, is increasingly used in the remediation of the
anthropogenically polluted soils and the restoration of their ecological functions. However …

This review summarizes the influences of pyrolysis conditions and feedstock types on
biochar properties and how biochar properties in turn affect soil properties. Mechanistic …

Low impact development (LID) systems are increasingly used to manage stormwater, but
they have limited capacity to treat stormwater—a resource to supplement existing water …

The objective of this study was to assess the use of Concarpus biochar as a soil amendment
for reducing heavy metal accessibility and uptake by maize plants (Zea mays L.). The …