Biochar application for greenhouse gas mitigation, contaminants immobilization and soil fertility enhancement: A state-of-the-art review

K Abhishek, A Shrivastava, V Vimal, AK Gupta… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rising global temperature, pollution load, and energy crises are serious problems, recently
facing the world. Scientists around the world are ambitious to find eco-friendly and cost …

The effects of biochar addition on soil physicochemical properties: A review

Y Zhang, J Wang, Y Feng - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Excessive land use has a series consequences on the degradation of land function and
exerts tremendous pressure on the ecological environment. Farming, mining, and heavy …

Biochar as a tool for effective management of drought and heavy metal toxicity

S Mansoor, N Kour, S Manhas, S Zahid, OA Wani… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Drought and heavy metal stress undesirably disturb soil fertility and plant growth. Heavy
metals pose severe biological toxic effects. Biochar, a carbon rich source application …

Biochar application to low fertility soils: A review of current status, and future prospects

A El-Naggar, SS Lee, J Rinklebe, M Farooq, H Song… - Geoderma, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar-plant interaction and detoxification strategies under abiotic stresses for achieving agricultural resilience: A critical review

M Hasnain, N Munir, Z Abideen, F Zulfiqar… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The unpredictable climatic perturbations, the expanding industrial and mining sectors,
excessive agrochemicals, greater reliance on wastewater usage in cultivation, and landfill …

Review of biochar for the management of contaminated soil: Preparation, application and prospect

P Yuan, J Wang, Y Pan, B Shen, C Wu - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
As a multi-beneficial amendment, biochar is reasonable and reliable to be employed as an
amendment to implement soil remediation. An overview on the manufacture, applications for …

Biochar application for the remediation of salt-affected soils: Challenges and opportunities

S Dahlawi, A Naeem, Z Rengel, R Naidu - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Soil salinization and sodification are two commonly occurring major threats to soil
productivity in arable croplands. Salt-affected soils are found in> 100 countries, and their …

Biochar soil amendment on alleviation of drought and salt stress in plants: a critical review

S Ali, M Rizwan, MF Qayyum, YS Ok, M Ibrahim… - … Science and Pollution …, 2017 - Springer
Drought and salt stress negatively affect soil fertility and plant growth. Application of biochar,
carbon-rich material developed from combustion of biomass under no or limited oxygen …

A review on biochar modulated soil condition improvements and nutrient dynamics concerning crop yields: pathways to climate change mitigation and global food …

TJ Purakayastha, T Bera, D Bhaduri, B Sarkar… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The beneficial role of biochar on improvement of soil quality, C sequestration, and
enhancing crop yield is widely reported. As such there is not much consolidated information …

Biochemical cycling of nitrogen and phosphorus in biochar-amended soils

S Gul, JK Whalen - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
There is global interest in understanding the prospects for biochar application to agricultural
soils. If biochar enhances the availability of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) to crops, this …