Stability of biochar in the soil

Biochar for Environmental Management: Science and Technology

Volumn 9781849770552, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-205

  Lehmann, Johannes ^a   Czimczik, Claudia ^b   Laird, David ^c   Sohi, Saran ^d  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

^d ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781849770552     Document Type: Chapter

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