Effects of biochar compared to organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil quality and plant growth in a greenhouse experiment

• Published in: Journal of plant nutrition and soil science Vol. 175; no. 3; pp. 410 - 422
• Main Authors: Schulz, Hardy, Glaser, Bruno
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim WILEY-VCH Verlag 01.06.2012; WILEY‐VCH Verlag; Wiley-VCH
• Subjects: Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Avena sativa; base saturation; biochar; Biological and medical sciences; carbon sequestration; cations; climate change; composts; crop response; ecosystem services; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Generalities. Analysis and diagnosis methods; greenhouse experimentation; greenhouse soils; households; mineral fertilizers; municipal solid waste; nitrates; nitrification; nutrient content; nutrients; oats; organic matter; Other nutrients. Amendments. Solid and liquid wastes. Sludges and slurries; people; phosphates; plant growth; rain; sandy soils; society; soil amelioration; soil degradation; Soil erosion, conservation, land management and development; soil fertility; soil nutrients; soil pH; soil quality; Soil science; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments; sustainable agriculture; terra preta; Soil fertility; crop response; Property of soil; Soil quality; Inorganic fertilizer; Organic fertilization; Organic fertilizer; Experimental study; Biochar; Carbon sequestration; Soil conservation; Carbonization; Response; terra preta; soil amelioration; Soil science; Soil plant relation; Greenhouse study

Our contemporary society is struggling with soil degradation due to overuse and climate change. Pre‐Columbian people left behind sustainably fertile soils rich in organic matter and nutrients well known as terra preta (de Indio) by adding charred residues (biochar) together with organic and inorgani...