Recent advancements on biochars enrichment with ammonium and nitrates from wastewaters: A critical review on benefits for environment and agriculture

S Jellali, L El-Bassi, Y Charabi, M Usman… - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the last decade, biochars have been considered as attractive and eco-friendly
materials with various applications including wastewater treatment, energy production and …

A critical-systematic review of the interactions of biochar with soils and the observable outcomes

JN Nkoh, MAA Baquy, S Mia, R Shi, MA Kamran… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Biochar research has experienced a significant increase in the recent two decades. It is
growing quickly, with hundreds of reviews, including meta-analyses, that have been …

Effects of combined biochar and organic fertilizer on nitrous oxide fluxes and the related nitrifier and denitrifier communities in a saline-alkali soil

Y Shi, X Liu, Q Zhang - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
This study intended to evaluate the combined effects of both biochar and organic fertilizer on
nitrous oxide (N 2 O) fluxes and composition of nitrifier and denitrifier of saline-alkali soil …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar enhances the retention capacity of nitrogen fertilizer and affects the diversity of nitrifying functional microbial communities in karst soil of southwest …

M Zhang, Y Liu, Q Wei, J Gou - Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2021 - Elsevier
Biochar is usually used as an agricultural soil amendment to improve soil nutrition
availability and soil microbial environment. However, the effects of Moutai lees biochar on …

[HTML][HTML] Coconut husk biochar amendment enhances nutrient retention by suppressing nitrification in agricultural soil following anaerobic digestate application

J Plaimart, K Acharya, W Mrozik, RJ Davenport… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestate and biochar are by-products of the biogasification and pyrolysis of
agricultural wastes. This study tested the hypothesis that combined application of anaerobic …

Interactive effects of soil amendments (biochar and gypsum) and salinity on ammonia volatilization in coastal saline soil

H Zhu, J Yang, R Yao, X Wang, W Xie, W Zhu, X Liu… - Catena, 2020 - Elsevier
Ammonia (NH 3) volatilization is a major route of nitrogen (N) loss from soil, especially in
saline soil. Biochar and gypsum are two important soil amendments that are widely used in …

Graphene oxide decreases the abundance of nitrogen cycling microbes and slows nitrogen transformation in soils

J Fang, Y Weng, B Li, H Liu, L Liu, Z Tian, S Du - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Graphene oxide (GO) has been widely used in many applications due to its excellent
properties. Given the extensive production and use of this nanomaterial, its release into the …

Beneficial dual role of biochars in inhibiting soil acidification resulting from nitrification

RY Shi, N Ni, JN Nkoh, JY Li, R Xu, W Qian - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
The dual role of biochar for inhibiting soil acidification induced by nitrification was
determined through two-step incubation experiments in this study. Ca (OH) 2 or biochar was …

A two years study on the combined effects of biochar and inhibitors on ammonia volatilization in an intensively managed rice field

T He, D Liu, J Yuan, K Ni, M Zaman, J Luo… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2018 - Elsevier
China is the world's largest emitter of gaseous ammonia (NH 3), a compound that poses
severe risks to human and ecosystem health. Adding biochar and inhibitors to soils has …

Comammox Nitrospira and AOB communities are more sensitive than AOA community to different fertilization strategies in a fluvo-aquic soil

H Liu, S Qin, Y Li, P Zhao, Z Nie, H Liu - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ammonia oxidizing archaea (AOA), ammonia oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and the newly
discovered complete ammonia oxidizers (comammox Nitrospira) are responsible for …