Biochar application to a fertile sandy clay loam in boreal conditions: effects on soil properties and yield formation of wheat, turnip rape and faba bean

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 374; no. 1/2; pp. 89 - 107
• Main Authors: Tammeorg, Priit, Simojoki, Asko, Mäkelä, Pirjo, Stoddard, Frederick L., Alakukku, Laura, Helenius, Juha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer 01.01.2014; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acid soils; Agricultural biotechnology; Agricultural production; Agricultural research; Agricultural soils; Agrology; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biochar; Biological and medical sciences; Biomass; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brassica rapa; Brassica rapa subsp. oleifera; Cereal crops; Charcoal; Chemical properties; Clay loam; Clay loam soils; Clay soils; Crop yield; Ecology; Environmental aspects; Experimental design; faba beans; fertilizer rates; Fertilizers; field experimentation; Finland; Forest soils; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Growing season; Life Sciences; Moisture content; nitrogen content; NPK fertilizers; plant density; plant development; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant-soil relationships; Planting density; Plants; Rape (Plant); Regular Article; sandy clay loam soils; Soil fertility; Soil moisture; Soil properties; Soil science; Soil Science & Conservation; Soil sciences; Soil water content; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments; Studies; subarctic climates; Triticum aestivum; Vicia faba; Water deficit; Wheat; Wheat soils; Finland; Yield components; Nitrogen uptake; Brassica rapa; Water retention; Vicia faba; Triticum aestivum; Water; Monocotyledones; Fababean; Retention; Cereal crop; Carbonization; Cruciferae; Gramineae; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; C3-Type; Vegetals; Property of soil; Nitrogen; Nutrient uptake; Biochar; Grain legume; Leguminosae; Vegetable crop; Sandy clay loam soil; Spermatophyta; Yield; Yield component; Soil plant relation

Background and aims We studied the effect of different biochar (BC) application rates on soil properties, crop growth dynamics and yield on a fertile sandy clay loam in boreal conditions. Methods In a three-year field experiment conducted in Finland, the field was divided into three sub-experiments...