Quantifying the effect of biochar amendment on soil quality and crop productivity in Chinese rice paddies

Field Crops Research

Volumn 154, Issue , 2013, Pages 172-177

  Huang, Min ^a   Yang, Liu ^b   Qin, Huadong ^a   Jiang, Ligeng ^a   Zou, Yingbin ^c  

^a GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER FOR NON FOOD BIOREFINERY   (China)

^c HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biochar amendment; Chinese rice paddies; Rice productivity; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LIMITING FACTOR; PADDY FIELD; POPULATION GROWTH; PYROLYSIS; RICE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL QUALITY; STABILIZATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84887828382     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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