Microgranular biochar improves soil fertility and mycorrhization in crop system
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985939%3A_____%2F24%3A00605125" target="_blank" >RIV/67985939:_____/24:00605125 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.13068" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.13068</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sum.13068" target="_blank" >10.1111/sum.13068</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Microgranular biochar improves soil fertility and mycorrhization in crop system
Original language description
Intensive agricultural practices have accelerated soil organic carbon mineralization, compromising soil health and function. This study evaluated the efficacy of microgranular biochar (MicroCHAR) and powdered biochar as soil additives enhancing soil function, and pea, maize and wheat growth and yield. We carried out a series of experiments with degraded drought-prone soils in greenhouse and field conditions, combining biochar addition with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). The combination of amendments variously impacted soil nutrient status, availability of extractable potassium (K) increased in all cases, whilst that of calcium (Ca) was reduced when AMF inoculation was applied alone but not in combination with biochar. MicroCHAR positively affected root biomass and pea P content compared with the control, but biochar did not enhance N or K. Crop yield was not significantly increased by MicroCHAR amendment. MicroCHAR enhanced the mycorrhization rate of crop roots by 260%, an effect seen in the greenhouse and field conditions. This study suggests that credible benefits in some crops can be gained by the application of MicroCHAR to some soils. Observed effects may be soil and crop specific, future study of optimal nutrient and microorganism coatings on microgranular biochar opens exciting avenues for the improvement of crop yields in degraded agricultural soils.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10611 - Plant sciences, botany
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TN02000044" target="_blank" >TN02000044: Biorefining and circular economy for sustainability</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Soil Use and Management
ISSN
0266-0032
e-ISSN
1475-2743
Volume of the periodical
40
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
e13068
UT code for WoS article
001234189700001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85195144316