Biochar and biochar-compost as soil amendments: Effects on peanut yield, soil properties and greenhouse gas emissions in tropical North Queensland, Australia

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 213, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-85

  Agegnehu, Getachew ^a   Bass, Adrian M ^b   Nelson, Paul N ^a   Muirhead, Brian ^c   Wright, Graeme ^d   Bird, Michael I ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Northern Gulf Resource Management Group   (Australia)

^d Peanut Company of Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biochar; Carbon sequestration; Co composted biochar compost; CO2< inf> and N2< inf>O fluxes; Ferralsol; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHARCOAL; COMPOST; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROUNDNUT; SEED PRODUCTION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

EID: 84938926498     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.07.027     Document Type: Article

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