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Multifarious Benefits of Biochar Application in Different Soil Types

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Biochar Applications in Agriculture and Environment Management

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The extensive use of chemical fertilizers in agriculture have long term deleterious impact such as leading salinity, decline fertility of soil with fast growth of agricultural production and it is predicted that the fertilizer use to continue increase in the coming years. With current scenario, there has been keen interest on biochar, produced from various crop residues with multiple environmental applications such as soil amelioration, pollutants removal and carbon sequestration. Biochar has several unique properties like high alkaline pH, fixed carbon content, stability against decay, water holding capacity and cation exchange capacity, which makes it an efficient, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly material. Many study showed the effectiveness of biochar amendments in soil i.e. nutrient status improvement, increases soil porosity, soil pH, soil moisture-holding capacity and boost the growth of beneficial plant growth promoting microbial community.

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Pankaj, U. (2020). Multifarious Benefits of Biochar Application in Different Soil Types. In: Singh, J., Singh, C. (eds) Biochar Applications in Agriculture and Environment Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40997-5_12

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