Biochar but not humic acid product amendment affected maize yields via improving plant-soil moisture relations

Plant and Soil

Volumn 395, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 141-157

  Haider, Ghulam ^a   Koyro, Hans Werner ^a   Azam, Farooqe ^b   Steffens, Diedrich ^a   Müller, Christoph ^a   Kammann, Claudia ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b AMKA Biosolutions   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biochar; Eco physiology; Humic acid products; Maize; Osmotic potential; Photosynthesis; Sandy soil; Water holding capacity; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; CROP YIELD; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIC ACID; MAIZE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; OSMOSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOMASS; SANDY SOIL; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TRANSPIRATION; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84942372854     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2294-3     Document Type: Article

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