Microbial biomass growth, following incorporation of biochars produced at 350 °C or 700 °C, in a silty-clay loam soil of high and low pH

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 513-523

  Luo, Y ^a,b   Durenkamp, M ^b   De Nobili, M ^c   Lin, Q ^a   Devonshire, B J ^b   Brookes, P C ^b  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biochar; PH; Ryegrass; Slow pyrolysis; Soil microbial biomass; Soil microbial colonization

Indexed keywords

BIOCHAR; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; RYEGRASS; SLOW PYROLYSIS; SOIL MICROBIAL BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; PH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; C4 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PYROLYSIS; SILTY CLAY LOAM; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE;

LOLIUM; MISCANTHUS X GIGANTEUS;

EID: 84870169834     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.10.033     Document Type: Article

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