Impact of biochar amendments on the quality of a typical Midwestern agricultural soil

Geoderma

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 443-449

  Laird, David A ^a   Fleming, Pierce ^a   Davis, Dedrick D ^b   Horton, Robert ^b   Wang, Baiqun ^c   Karlen, Douglas L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biochar; Black carbon; Charcoal; Manure; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; AMENDED SOIL; BIOCHAR; BIOMASS HARVESTING; BLACK CARBON; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL; PH VALUE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL WATER MATRIC POTENTIALS; SWINE MANURE; THERMOCHEMICAL CONVERSION; WATER RETENTION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHARCOAL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; ZINC;

MANURES;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOFUEL; BLACK CARBON; BULK DENSITY; CELLULOSE; CHARCOAL; CHLORIDE; COPPER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ION EXCHANGE; MANURE; PH; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY; SULFUR; SUSTAINABILITY; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; ZINC;

BOONE COUNTY [IOWA]; IOWA; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

SUIDAE;

EID: 77955770020     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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