Soil properties, greenhouse gas emissions and crop yield under compost, biochar and co-composted biochar in two tropical agronomic systems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 550, Issue , 2016, Pages 459-470

  Bass, Adrian M ^a   Bird, Michael I ^a   Kay, Gavin ^b   Muirhead, Brian ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Terrain Natural Resource Management   (Australia)

^c Northern Gulf Resource Management Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biochar; Carbon dioxide; Compost; Crop yield; Nitrous oxide; Tropical agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; CROPS; DATA HANDLING; DIGITAL STORAGE; EMISSION CONTROL; FORESTRY; FRUITS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUTRIENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; TROPICS;

BIO CHARS; CROP YIELD; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; EMISSION REDUCTION; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL CARBON STORAGE; TROPICAL AGRICULTURE;

SOILS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; NITRATE; NITROUS OXIDE; POTASSIUM; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOCHAR; FERTILIZER; SOIL;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COMPOST; CROP YIELD; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; TROPICAL REGION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BANANA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CARBON STORAGE; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; HARVEST; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PAPAYA; PLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PROCEDURES; SOIL;

AUSTRALIA;

CARICA PAPAYA;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; AUSTRALIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHARCOAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NITROUS OXIDE; SOIL;

EID: 84956639705     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.143     Document Type: Article

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