Effects of biochars generated from crop residues on chemical properties of acid soils from tropical and subtropical China

Soil Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 570-578

  Yuan, Jin Hua ^a,b   Xu, Ren Kou ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

alkalinity; amelioration of acid soils; base cations; biochar; CEC; crop residues

Indexed keywords

ACID SOILS; BASE CATIONS; BIOCHAR; CEC; CROP RESIDUE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ALKALINITY; MAGNESIUM; PH; PHENOLS; POSITIVE IONS; TROPICS;

SOILS;

ACID SOIL; ALKALINITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP RESIDUE; PH; SOIL REMEDIATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL SOIL;

CHINA;

EID: 84869161676     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR12118     Document Type: Article

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