A critical review of the possible adverse effects of biochar in the soil environment

M Brtnicky, R Datta, J Holatko, L Bielska… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar has received extensive attention because of its multi-functionality for agricultural
and environmental applications. Despite its many benefits, there are concerns related to the …

Nitrogen deposition contributes to soil acidification in tropical ecosystems

X Lu, Q Mao, FS Gilliam, Y Luo, J Mo - Global change biology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated anthropogenic nitrogen (N) deposition has greatly altered terrestrial ecosystem
functioning, threatening ecosystem health via acidification and eutrophication in temperate …

Aluminum mobilization as influenced by soil organic matter during soil and mineral acidification: A constant pH study

K Li, H Lu, JN Nkoh, Z Hong, R Xu - Geoderma, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil acidification is an increasing challenge to food security due to the production of free
aluminum ion (Al 3+) that is toxic to crops. The production of exchangeable Al 3+ in soils …

Soil organic matter is important for acid buffering and reducing aluminum leaching from acidic forest soils

J Jiang, YP Wang, M Yu, N Cao, J Yan - Chemical Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
Elevated anthropogenic acid deposition has accelerated forest soil acidification in southern
China. However, the observed responses to increased acid inputs are quite variable among …

Tree species affect cation exchange capacity (CEC) and cation binding properties of organic matter in acid forest soils

P Gruba, J Mulder - Science of the Total Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
Soil organic matter (SOM) in forest soil is of major importance for cation binding and acid
buffering, but its characteristics may differ among soils under different tree species. We …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of biochar, lime and ash on maize yield in a long-term field trial in a Ultisol in the humid tropics

SE Hale, NL Nurida, J Mulder, E Sørmo… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
A multi-season field trial was carried out to investigate the effect of the amendment of
biochar, lime, ash and washed biochar on the growth of maize. A degraded, strongly acidic …

On the combined effect of soil fertility and topography on tree growth in subtropical forest ecosystems—a study from SE China

T Scholten, P Goebes, P Kühn, S Seitz… - Journal of Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aims The aim of our research was to understand small-scale effects of topography and soil
fertility on tree growth in a forest biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BEF) experiment in …

Soil acidification and loss of base cations in a subtropical agricultural watershed

Y Dong, JL Yang, XR Zhao, SH Yang, J Mulder… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Soil acidification along with base cations loss degrades soil quality and is a major
environmental problem, especially in agroecosystems with extensive nitrogen (N) …

Effect of temperate forest tree species on soil dehydrogenase and urease activities in relation to other properties of soil derived from loess and glaciofluvial sand

E Błońska, J Lasota, P Gruba - Ecological Research, 2016 - Springer
We investigated the effects of several tree species on dehydrogenase and urease activities
in soils derived from two different parent materials (glaciofluvial sand and loess) in forested …

Precipitation-mediated responses of soil acid buffering capacity to long-term nitrogen addition in a semi-arid grassland

J Cai, W Luo, H Liu, X Feng, Y Zhang, R Wang… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - Elsevier
Atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition can result in soil acidification and reduce soil acid
buffering capacity. However, it remains poorly understood how changes in precipitation …