Plant growth improvement mediated by nitrate capture in co-composted biochar

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kammann, Claudia I ^a,g   Schmidt, Hans Peter ^b   Messerschmidt, Nicole ^a   Linsel, Sebastian ^a   Steffens, Diedrich ^a   Müller, Christoph ^a,c   Koyro, Hans Werner ^a   Conte, Pellegrino ^d   Stephen, Joseph ^e,f  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Ithaka Institute for Carbon Strategies   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g HOCHSCHULE GEISENHEIM UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHAR; CHARCOAL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BIOMASS; CHENOPODIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; CHENOPODIUM; NITRATES;

EID: 84930959089     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11080     Document Type: Article

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