Impacts of adding biochar on nitrogen retention and bioavailability in agricultural soil

Geoderma

Volumn 206, Issue , 2013, Pages 32-39

  Zheng, Hao ^a,b   Wang, Zhenyu ^a   Deng, Xia ^a   Herbert, Stephen ^b   Xing, Baoshan ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Biochar; Leaching; Nitrogen (N); Retention

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; BIO CHARS; BIOAVAILABILITY; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); NITROGEN RETENTION; RETENTION; SOIL WATER HOLDINGS; UTILIZATION EFFICIENCY;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCHEMISTRY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN; SOIL MOISTURE;

LEACHING;

ADSORPTION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHARCOAL; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; IMMOBILIZATION; MAIZE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84878369760     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.04.018     Document Type: Article

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