Biochar organic fertilizers from natural resources as substitute for mineral fertilizers

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 667-678

  Glaser, Bruno ^a   Wiedner, Katja ^a   Seelig, Sebastian ^b   Schmidt, Hans Peter ^c   Gerber, Helmut ^d  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b Ithaka Institute ^*  (Germany)

^c Ithaka Institute   (Switzerland)

^d PYREG GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biochar organic fertilizer interaction; Biogas digestate; Central Europe; Compost; Effective microorganisms; Microbial inoculation; Mineral fertilizer; Plant nutrition; Temperate climate conditions; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; BIOGAS; CHARCOAL; CROP YIELD; DIGESTIBILITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MAIZE; MINERAL RESOURCE; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

AMAZONIA; GERMANY; GORLEBEN; LOWER SAXONY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84925813817     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0251-4     Document Type: Article

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