The priming potential of biochar products in relation to labile carbon contents and soil organic matter status

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2127-2134

  Cross, Andrew ^a   Sohi, Saran P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biochar; Priming; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

AMENDED SOIL; BIOCHAR; C4 PLANT; CARBON MINERALISATION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DISCRETE LEVELS; EX SITU; FLUX RATES; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LABILE CARBON; LABILE FRACTIONS; LAND MANAGEMENTS; ORGANIC SOIL; POTENTIAL TOOL; PRIMING; PYROLYSIS PROCESS; SINGLE SITES; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SYSTEMATIC SET;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; MINERALOGY; PYROLYSIS; SOILS;

ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRONOMY; C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHARCOAL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYTOMASS; PYROLYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; STABILIZATION;

EID: 80051669618     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.06.016     Document Type: Article

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