Capacity of biochar application to maintain energy crop productivity: Soil chemistry, sorghum growth, and runoff water quality effects

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1044-1051

  Schnell, Ronnie W ^a   Vietor, Donald M ^b   Provin, Tony L ^b   Munster, Clyde L ^b   Capareda, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION METHOD; BIOCHAR; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BIOMASS YIELD; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; ENERGY CROPS; GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS; MASS BALANCE; MASS LOSS; N FERTILIZERS; NUTRIENT BALANCE; RAIN EVENTS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH; SURFACE RUNOFFS; SUSTAINABLE ENERGY; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS;

BIOMASS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOCHAR; CHARCOAL; DISSOLVED REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; ENERGY CROP; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRIENT; PYROLYSIS; RUNOFF WATER QUALITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILIZATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SORGHUM; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BIOFUELS; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOIL; SORGHUM; WATER MOVEMENTS;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84864502264     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0077     Document Type: Article

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