Biochar increases plant-available water in a sandy loam soil under an aerobic rice crop system

Solid Earth

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 939-952

  De Melo Carvalho, M T ^a,b,c   De Holanda Nunes Maia, A ^d   Madari, B E ^a   Bastiaans, L ^b   Van Oort, P A J ^b,e   Heinemann, A B ^a   Da Silva, M A Soler ^a   Petter, F A ^f   Marimon, B H ^g   Meinke, H ^b,c  

^a EMBRAPA ARROZ E FEIJÃO   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POROSITY; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

APPLICATION RATES; BIOCHAR AMENDMENTS; NONLINEAR MIXED MODEL; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WATER RETENTION CAPACITY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CROP YIELD; OXIC CONDITIONS; POROSITY; RAINFALL; RICE; SANDY LOAM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84918503909     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-5-939-2014     Document Type: Article

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