Biochar in agriculture - prospects and related implications

Current Science

Volumn 99, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1218-1225

  Jha, Pramod ^a   Biswas, A K ^a   Lakaria, B L ^a   Subba Rao, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SOIL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Biochar; Carbon sequestration; Crop yield; Soil amendment; Soil attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650948104     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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