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Predicting phosphorus bioavailability from high-ash biochars 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
Background and aims
Biochars are highly variable in nutrient composition and availability, which are determined by types of feedstock and pyrolysis conditions. The aim of this research was to (a) study the bioavailability of phosphorus (P) in biochars using different feedstocks and pyrolysis conditions; (b) develop a robust chemical method for biochar P availability measurements.Methods
In the present study, (a) chemical analysis – including total P and extractable P (2% citric acid, 2% formic acid, and neutral ammonium citrate extraction), and (b) a bioassay test using rye-grass grown in a P deficient sandy soil were used to compare the P bioavailability of different biochars. Biochars were produced from two different feedstocks (dairy manure-wood mixture, MAe; biosolid-wood mixture, BSe) at four different pyrolysis temperatures (250, 350, 450, and 550°C).Results
Results showed that P in feedstock was fully recovered in the biochars. After 6 harvests, the biochars were as effective as the P fertilizers tested [Sechura phosphate rocks (SPR) and calcium dihydrogen phosphate (CaP)] in increasing the shoot yield. However, P uptake followed the order of CaP >MAe biochars >BSe biochars >SPR, on a same TP basis. Based on the Mitscherlich equation, 2% formic acid was the most sensitive indicator of P bioavailability in biochars.Conclusions
The results suggest that high-ash biochars with high P concentrations are potential P sources with high-agronomic efficiency. We propose the use of 2% formic acid extraction to predict the availability of P in ash-rich biochars. 相似文献2.
Contrasting effects of manure and green waste biochars on the properties of an acidic ferralsol and productivity of a subtropical pasture 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
P. G. Slavich K. Sinclair S. G. Morris S. W. L. Kimber A. Downie L. Van Zwieten 《Plant and Soil》2013,366(1-2):213-227
Background and Aim
We hypothesised that amending an acidic ferralsol with biochar would improve the productivity of a subtropical dairy pasture via reducing soil acidity related constraints and result in improved nitrogen use efficiency. We examined two contrasting biochars with different carbon, nutrient content and acid neutralising values.Methods
Field plots were amended with one of three biochar treatments (Nil, feedlot manure biochar [FM], green waste biochar [GW]) in combination with presence or absence of NPK fertiliser and presence or absence of liming. The FM and GW biochars had a carbon content of 44 and 76 %, available phosphorous of 5,960 and 93 mg kg?1, and liming values of 13 and 5.6 %, respectively. The pasture was managed to supply year round high quality feed for dairy production.Results
The FM biochar increased total pasture productivity by 11 % and improved the agronomic nitrogen use efficiency by 23 %. It also reduced soil acidity but did not significantly affect the pH dependent soil cation exchange capacity. The GW biochar did not improve pasture productivity. Both biochars resulted in an increase in the soil carbon density.Conclusions
The high available phosphorous content of FM biochar makes it an effective amendment for acidic ferralsols. Greenwaste biochar did not have sufficient acid neutralising capacity or phosphorous content to reduce soil acidity constraints. Both biochars enhance soil carbon storage in pasture systems on ferralsol. 相似文献3.
Nanoscale organo-mineral reactions of biochars in ferrosol: an investigation using microscopy 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Yun Lin Paul Munroe Stephen Joseph Stephen Kimber Lukas Van Zwieten 《Plant and Soil》2012,357(1-2):369-380
Aims
In this study, a chicken manure biochar (CM biochar) and a paper sludge biochar (PS biochar), prepared under similar treatment conditions, were amended into ferrosol as part of an agronomic field trial. The aim of this study is to investigate interactions between these biochars and the soil after a 3 month trial.Methods
Soil samples following field trials were taken and biochar was separated from the soil, and studied for both surface oxidation and the degree of interaction with surrounding soil by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), SEM and TEM equipped with EDS for elemental analysis.Results
Following incubation in field soil, both biochars showed that soil mineral incorporation on to their surfaces occurred within the first year, although the attachment was localized at specific sites on the surface. A relatively high concentration of Al was found at the interface between the biochar and mineral phases in both aged biochars, indicating a binding role of Al. For the CM biochar, a soil-iron redox reaction may be associated with the formation of biochar-mineral complexes due to the relatively higher labile carbon content and higher pH value of this biochar.Conclusions
Soil mineral attachment may occur directly on to the biochar surface because of the formation of carboxylic and phenolic functional groups on the aged CM biochar surface by an oxidation reaction. For the PS biochar, adsorption of organic matter from the soil facilitated interactions between the biochar and mineral phases in the soil. Calcium is believed to be important in this process. 相似文献4.
Hai-kun Ma Ana Pineda Andre W. G. van der Wurff T. Martijn Bezemer 《Plant and Soil》2018,431(1-2):257-272
Aim
To investigate the effects of biochar on biological and chemical phosphorus (P) processes and identify potential interactive effects between P fertilizer and biochar on P bioavailability in the rhizosphere of maize.Methods
We conducted a pot-experiment with maize in a sandy loam soil with two fertilizer levels (0 and 100 mg P kg ?1) and three biochars produced from soft wood (SW), rice husk (RH) and oil seed rape (OSR). Sequential P fractionation was performed on biochar, bulk soil, and rhizosphere soil samples. Acid and alkaline phosphatase activity and root exudates of citrate, glucose, fructose, and sucrose in the rhizosphere were determined.Results
RH and OSR increased readily available soil P, whereas SW had no effect. However, over time available P from the biochars moved to less available P pools (Al-P and Fe-P). There were no interactive effects between P fertilizer and biochar on P bioavailability. Exudates of glucose and fructose were strongly affected by especially RH, whereas sucrose was mostly affected by P fertilizer. Alkaline phosphatase activity was positively correlated with pH, and citrate was positively correlated with readily available P.Conclusion
Biochar effects on biological and chemical P processes in the rhizosphere are driven by biochar properties.5.
High surface area biochar negatively impacts herbicide efficacy 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Background and Aims
Amendment of soil by biochar may reduce efficacy of soil-applied herbicides due to sorption.Methods
Bioassays with Green Foxtail (Setaria viridis) tested the influence of two biochars on phytoavailability of S-metolachlor and sulfentrazone under biochar amendment of 0, 13, 26 and 52?Mg?ha-1.Results
Adsorption of both herbicides was an order of magnitude greater on a high specific surface area (SSA) biochar (EUC-800; SSA 242?m2?g-1) than on a low SSA biochar (BC-1; SSA 3.6?m2?g-1). Herbicide doses near the lowest recommended label rates controlled the weed at 13 and 26?Mg?ha-1 of BC-1; sulfentrazone was also effective at 52?Mg BC-1?ha-1. These same herbicide doses controlled weed germination and development only at 13?Mg?ha-1 of EUC-800; at herbicide doses near the highest label rates, weed control was also achieved at 26?Mg EUC-800?ha-1, but not at 52?Mg EUC-800?ha-1.Conclusions
Increased doses of soil-applied herbicides cannot necessarily offset decreases in herbicide phytoavailability in biochar-amended soils, particularly if the biochar has a high SSA. Considering the long half-life of biochar in soil, pest control needs will be best served by low SSA biochars. 相似文献6.
Background and aims
Crop phosphorus (P) content is controlled by P uptake from both banded P fertiliser and from P throughout the soil profile. These P supply factors are in turn controlled by soil, climatic and plant factors. The aim of this experiment was to measure the contribution of fertiliser, topsoil and subsoil P to wheat plants under wet and dry growing season conditions.Methods
An isotopic tracer technique was used to measure P uptake from fertiliser at seven agricultural field sites under wet and dry growing season conditions. At three of these sites a dual isotopic technique was used to distinguish between wheat uptake of P from fertiliser, topsoil (0–15 cm) and subsoil (below 15 cm).Results
The amount of P fertiliser used by wheat was in the order of 3–30% of the P applied and increased with increasing rainfall. Topsoil P was the most important P source, but when sufficient P was present in the subsoil, P fertiliser addition stimulated the use of subsoil P.Conclusions
Most crop P uptake was from the topsoil, however P fertiliser banded below the seed increased plant P uptake and stimulated the use of subsoil P in one soil type in a decile 7 (above average rainfall) growing season. 相似文献7.
Biochar from Miscanthus: a potential silicon fertilizer 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Background and aims
Silicon (Si) is largely recognized to improve plant growth subjected to various biotic and abiotic stresses. As plants accumulate Si in the form of readily-soluble phytolith, we examine the possibility of using phytolith-rich biochar as a bio-available Si source for increasing the agronomical productivity of Si high-accumulator plants while augmenting soil fertility and C sequestration.Methods
By adding three different biochars (Miscanthus x giganteus straws, coffee husks and woody material) at two different concentrations (1 % and 3 %; w/w) to soil samples, we investigated the effects on the soil respiration, the chemical characteristics and the kinetic release of bio-available Si (CaCl2-extractable Si).Results
Here we show that the biochar from Miscanthus straws was the most attractive amendment. Its incorporation at a 3 % rate improved the soil fertility parameters (pH and available cations) and combined the highest mean residence time of carbon (C) in soil (MRT?=?50 years) with the highest rate of release of bio-available Si. We attribute this result to the presence of phytoliths in this biochar, as revealed by SEM-EDS analysis.Conclusions
Not only did the biochar from Miscanthus enhance both soil C sequestration and fertility, but the results of this study suggest that it can also be considered as a potential source of bio-available Si. Although our conclusions should be substantiated in the field, we suggest that Miscanthus biochar could be used as a potential source of bio-available silicon for the culture of such crop as Si-accumulator plants growing, for instance, in highly weathered tropical soils with low content in carbon, nutrients and bio-available Si. 相似文献8.
Aims
A pot study spanning four consecutive crop seasons was conducted to compare the effects of successive rice straw biochar/rice straw amendments on C sequestration and soil fertility in rice/wheat rotated paddy soil.Methods
We adopted 4.5 t ha?1, 9.0 t ha?1 biochar and 3.75 t ha?1 straw for each crop season with an identical dose of NPK fertilizers.Results
We found no major losses of biochar-C over the 2-year experimental period. Obvious reductions in CH4 emission were observed from rice seasons under the biochar application, despite the fact that the biochar brought more C into the soil than the straw. N2O emissions with biochar were similar to the controls without additives over the 2-year experimental period. Biochar application had positive effects on crop growth, along with positive effects on nutrient (N, P, K, Ca and Mg) uptake by crop plants and the availability of soil P, K, Ca and Mg. High levels of biochar application over the course of the crop rotation suppressed NH3 volatilization in the rice season, but stimulated it in the wheat season.Conclusions
Converting straw to biochar followed by successive application to soil is viable for soil C sequestration, CH4 mitigation, improvements of soil and crop productivity. Biochar soil amendment influences NH3 volatilization differently in the flooded rice and upland wheat seasons, respectively. 相似文献9.
Degradation kinetics of biochar from pyrolysis and hydrothermal carbonization in temperate soils 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Mo Bai Burkhard Wilske Franz Buegger Jürgen Esperschütz Claudia Irene Kammann Christian Eckhardt Martin Koestler Philipp Kraft Martin Bach Hans-Georg Frede Lutz Breuer 《Plant and Soil》2013,372(1-2):375-387
Background and Aims
Estimates of biochar residence times in soils range over three orders of magnitude. We present the first direct comparison between the biodegradation of a char from hydrothermal carbonization (htcBC) and pyrolysis (pyrBC) with high temporal resolution.Methods
Mineralization of the biochars and their shared Miscanthus feedstock in three soils was determined directly by the 13CO2 efflux using a novel method incorporating wavelength scanned cavity ring-down spectroscopy. Biochar half-life (t1/2) was estimated with three empirical models.Results
(1) The htcBC was readily biodegradable, whereas pyrBC was more recalcitrant. (2) Cumulative degradation of both biochars increased with soil organic carbon and nitrogen content. (3) The corrected Akaike information criterion (AICC) showed an overall preference for the double exponential model (DEM) reflecting a labile and a recalcitrant C-pool, over the first-order degradation model (FODM) and a logarithmic model. (4) The DEM resulted in t1/2 ranging from 19.7–44.5, 0.7–2.1 and 0.8–1.3 years for pyrBC, htcBC and feedstock, respectively.Conclusion
The degradation was rather similar between feedstock and htcBC but one order of magnitude slower for pyrBC. The AICC preferred FODM in two cases, where the DEM parameters indicated no distinction between a labile and recalcitrant carbon pool. 相似文献10.
Background and aims
Biochar is known to decrease soil bulk density, increase nutrient and water retention, and to suppress certain soil-borne pathogens. The aims of our glasshouse and field experiments were to; 1) determine whether biochar amendments impact the severity of soybean root rot caused by Fusarium virguliforme; 2) to determine if biochar reduces severity of root rot by changes in physicochemical properties of soil; 3) whether biochar induces systemic resistance to root rot in soybean plants.Results
Results of the first glasshouse pot study indicate that biochars differ significantly in their effect on root rot caused by F. virguliforme, as two of eight biochars significantly suppressed root rot severity. Results for the second glasshouse pot study indicate that disease suppression was not related to changes in soil physicochemical properties (bulk density, soil moisture, soil pH). A third split-root experiment provided no evidence that biochar amendments are capable of inducing systemic resistance in soybean plants. Results of the small plot experiment proved that biochar was effective at reducing visual above ground symptoms of SDS, but did not affect soybean grain yields.Conclusions
Both systemic and indirect effects of biochar on SDS root rot severity have been eliminated in the present study; further research is needed to determine whether suppression of root rot severity is related to changes in soil microbial communities induced by biochar.11.
J. B. Goloran C. R. Chen I. R. Phillips Z. H. Xu L. M. Condron 《Plant and Soil》2014,374(1-2):565-578
Background and aims
Soil phosphorus (P) indices that have been originally developed and applied to agricultural soils for predicting P uptake by plants were examined in a pot experiment to determine the most suitable index for P availability in bauxite-processing residue sand (BRS).Methods
Pot trials with ryegrass were established using BRS that had been amended with various organic (greenwaste compost, biochar and biosolids) and inorganic (zeolite) materials and different levels of di-ammonium phosphate fertiliser. Soil P availability indices tested included anion-exchange membrane (AEM-P), 0.01 M calcium chloride (CaCl2-P), Colwell-P, and Mehlich 3-P.Results
AEM-P was found to most closely reflect the available P status in BRS across all treatments, and had the strongest associations with plant P uptake compared to Colwell-P, Mehlich 3-P and CaCl2-P. AEM-P was more closely correlated with P uptake by ryegrass than other P indices, while Colwell-P was closely related to leaf dry matter. Interestingly, a strong inverse relationship between plant indices and pH in BRS growth media was observed, and an adequate level of plant P uptake was found only in 15 year-old rehabilitated BRS with pH <?8.0.Conclusions
AEM-P was found to be the most suitable index for evaluating P availability in highly alkaline BRS and pH was an important parameter affecting uptake of P by ryegrass. Importantly, time is required (> 5 years) before improved uptake of P by plants can be observed in rehabilitated residue sand embankments. 相似文献12.
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Uptake of zinc and phosphorus by plants is affected by zinc fertiliser material and arbuscular mycorrhizas 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Stephanie J. Watts-Williams Terence W. Turney Antonio F. Patti Timothy R. Cavagnaro 《Plant and Soil》2014,376(1-2):165-175
Background and Aims
Water solubility of zinc (Zn) fertilisers affects their plant availability. Further, simultaneous application of Zn and phosphorus (P) fertiliser can have antagonistic effects on plant Zn uptake. Arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) can improve plant Zn and P uptake. We conducted a glasshouse experiment to test the effect of different Zn fertiliser materials, in conjunction with P fertiliser application, and colonisation by AM, on plant nutrition and biomass.Methods
We grew a mycorrhiza-defective tomato genotype (rmc) and its mycorrhizal wild-type progenitor (76R) in soil with six different Zn fertilisers ranging in water solubility (Zn sulphate, Zn oxide, Zn oxide (nano), Zn phosphate, Zn carbonate, Zn phosphate carbonate), and supplemental P. We measured plant biomass, Zn and P contents, mycorrhizal colonisation and water use efficiency.Results
Whereas water solubility of the Zn fertilisers was not correlated with plant biomass or Zn uptake, plant Zn and P contents differed among Zn fertiliser treatments. Plant Zn and P uptake was enhanced when supplied as Zn phosphate carbonate. Mycorrhizal plants took up more P than non-mycorrhizal plants; the reverse was true for Zn.Conclusions
Zinc fertiliser composition and AM have a profound effect on plant Zn and P uptake. 相似文献14.
Timothy I. McLaren Michael J. McLaughlin Therese M. McBeath Richard J. Simpson Ronald J. Smernik Christopher N. Guppy Alan E. Richardson 《Plant and Soil》2016,401(1-2):23-38
Background and aims
Single superphosphate (SSP) is a major source of phosphorus (P) used in grazing systems to improve pasture production. The aim of this experiment was to determine the fate of fertiliser P in clover pastures under field conditions.Methods
A procedure was developed to radiolabel SSP granules with a 33P radiotracer, which was then applied to the soil surface (equivalent to ~12 kg P ha?1) of a clover pasture. Recovery of fertiliser P was determined in clover shoots, fertiliser granules and soil fractions (surface layer: 0–4 cm and sub-surface layer: 4–8 cm).Results
The P diffusion patterns of the 33P-labelled SSP granules were not significantly different to those of commercial SSP granules (P?>?0.05). Recovery of fertiliser P in clover shoots was 30–35 %. A considerable proportion of the fertiliser P (~28 %) was recovered in the surface soil layer and was largely inorganic P.Conclusions
Recovery of fertiliser P by clover plants was up to 35 % in the year of application. Much of the fertiliser P in soil fractions was inorganic P, which highlights the importance of inorganic P forms and dynamics in soils under clover pasture on a single season timeframe at these sites.15.
Marie J. Zwetsloot Johannes Lehmann Taryn Bauerle Steven Vanek Rachel Hestrin Abebe Nigussie 《Plant and Soil》2016,408(1-2):95-105
Aims
The objectives of this study were to evaluate (1) the fertilizer potential of bone char, (2) the effects of wood biochar on plant-available phosphorus (P), and (3) the role of root-mycorrhizae-biochar interactions in plant P acquisition from a P-fixing soil.Methods
Incubation and pot experiments were conducted with a P-fixing soil and maize with or without root hairs and arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) inoculation. Olsen-, resin-P and plant P accumulation were used to estimate P availability from bone char, co-pyrolyzed bone char-wood biochar, and separate bone char and wood biochar additions produced at 60, 350 and 750 °C, and Triple Superphosphate (TSP).Results
Maize inoculated with AM showed similar P accumulation when fertilized with either 750 °C bone char or TSP. Pyrolyzing bone did not increase extractable P in soil in comparison to unpyrolyzed bone, apart from a 67 % increase in resin-extractable P after additions of bone char pyrolyzed at 350 °C. Despite greater Olsen-P extractability, co-pyrolysis of bone with wood reduced maize P uptake. Wood biochars reduced resin-P from bone char by 14–26 %, whereas oven-dried wood increased resin-P by 23 %.Conclusions
Bone char is an effective P fertilizer, especially if root-AM interactions are simultaneously considered. Biochar influences plant access to soil P and requires careful management to improve P availability.16.
Marcus Hardie Brent Clothier Sally Bound Garth Oliver Dugald Close 《Plant and Soil》2014,376(1-2):347-361
Aims
This study aims to (i) determine the effects of incorporating 47 Mg ha?1 acacia green waste biochar on soil physical properties and water relations, and (ii) to explore the different mechanisms by which biochar influences soil porosity.Methods
The pore size distribution of the biochar was determined by scanning electron microscope and mercury porosimetry. Soil physical properties and water relations were determined by in situ tension infiltrometers, desorption and evaporative flux on intact cores, pressure chamber analysis at ?1,500 kPa, and wet aggregate sieving.Results
Thirty months after incorporation, biochar application had no significant effect on soil moisture content, drainable porosity between –1.0 and ?10 kPa, field capacity, plant available water capacity, the van Genuchten soil water retention parameters, aggregate stability, nor the permanent wilting point. However, the biochar-amended soil had significantly higher near-saturated hydraulic conductivity, soil water content at ?0.1 kPa, and significantly lower bulk density than the unamended control. Differences were attributed to the formation of large macropores (>1,200 μm) resulting from greater earthworm burrowing in the biochar-amended soil.Conclusion
We found no evidence to suggest application of biochar influenced soil porosity by either direct pore contribution, creation of accommodation pores, or improved aggregate stability. 相似文献17.
Arezoo Taghizadeh-Toosi Tim J. Clough Robert R. Sherlock Leo M. Condron 《Plant and Soil》2012,353(1-2):73-84
Aims
Ammonia (NH3) can be volatilised from the soil surface following the surface application of nitrogenous fertilisers or ruminant urine deposition. The volatilisation of NH3 is of agronomic and environmental concern, since NH3-N is a form of reactive nitrogen. Ammonia adsorption onto biochar has the potential to mitigate NH3 losses, but to date no studies have examined the potential for reducing NH3 losses when biochar is present in the soil matrix.Methods
We used 15N-enriched urine to examine the effect of incorporating a wood based low-temperature biochar into soil on NH3 volatilisation. Then, we extracted the urine-treated biochar and compared its potential to act as a plant N source with fresh biochar, while growing ryegrass (Lolium perenne).Results
The NH3 volatilisation from 15N-labelled ruminant urine, applied to soil, was reduced by 45% after incorporating either 15 or 30?t ha?1 of biochar. When the urine-treated biochar particles were transferred into fresh soil, subsequent plant growth was not affected but the uptake of 15N in plant tissues increased, indicating that the adsorbed-N was plant available.Conclusions
Our results show that incorporating biochar into the soil can significantly decrease NH3 volatilisation from ruminant urine and that the NH3-N adsorbed onto the biochar is bioavailable. Further studies are now required to assess the temporal dynamics of the N pools involved. 相似文献18.
Zubin Xie Yanping Xu Gang Liu Qi Liu Jianguo Zhu Cong Tu James E. Amonette Georg Cadisch Jean W. H. Yong Shuijin Hu 《Plant and Soil》2013,370(1-2):527-540
Aims
Two field microcosm experiments and 15N labeling techniques were used to investigate the effects of biochar addition on rice N nutrition and GHG emissions in an Inceptisol and an Ultisol.Methods
Biochar N bioavailability and effect of biochar on fertilizer nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) were studied by 15N-enriched wheat biochar (7.8803 atom% 15N) and fertilizer urea (5.0026 atom% 15N) (Experiment I). Corn biochar and corn stalks were applied at 12 Mg?ha?1 to study their effects on GHG emissions (Experiment II).Results
Biochar had no significant impact on rice production and less than 2 % of the biochar N was available to plants in the first season. Biochar addition increased soil C and N contents and decreased urea NUE. Seasonal cumulative CH4 emissions with biochar were similar to the controls, but significantly lower than the local practice of straw amendment. N2O emissions with biochar were similar to the control in the acidic Ultisol, but significantly higher in the slightly alkaline Inceptisol. Carbon-balance calculations found no major losses of biochar-C.Conclusion
Low bio-availability of biochar N did not make a significantly impact on rice production or N nutrition during the first year. Replacement of straw amendments with biochar could decrease CH4 emissions and increase SOC stocks. 相似文献19.
Background and aims
Biochar is produced from the pyrolysis of organic materials, and when buried in soil can act as a long term soil carbon (C) store. Evidence suggests that biochar can also increase crop yields, reduce nutrient leaching and increase biological nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants. However, the potential for increasing biological N2 fixation in agroecosystems is poorly understood, with inconsistent reports of root nodulation following biochar application. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of biochar application rate and time since application on nodulation and nitrogenase activity in nodules of clover grown in a temperate agricultural soil.Methods
We used replicated field plots with three biochar application rates (0, 25 and 50 t ha?1). Three years after biochar amendment, the plots were further split and fresh biochar added at two different rates (25 and 50 t ha?1) resulting in double-loaded reapplications of 25?+?25 and 50?+?50 t ha?1.Results
Three years after biochar application, there was no significant difference in the total number of root nodules between biochar-amended and unamended soil, regardless of the application rate. However, despite clover root nodules being of a similar number and size the level of nitrogenase activity of individual nodules in biochar-amended soil was significantly higher than in unamended soil. Reapplication of biochar resulted in decreased nodulation, although the rate of nitrogenase activity per nodule remained unaffected.Conclusion
In the short term, biochar influences root nodule number and localised N2 fixation per nodule; however, total nitrogenase activity for the whole root system remained unaffected by the application rate of biochar or time since its application. These results emphasise the importance of long-term field studies, with a variety of applications rates for determining the influence of biochar applications on N2-fixing organisms and in providing data that can meaningfully inform agronomic management decisions and climate change mitigation strategies. 相似文献20.