Properties of a clay soil from 1.5 to 3.5 years after biochar application and the impact on rice yield

Geoderma

Volumn 276, Issue , 2016, Pages 7-18

  Carvalho, M T M ^a   Madari, B E ^a   Bastiaans, L ^b   van Oort, P A J ^b,c   Leal, W G O ^a   Heinemann, A B ^a   da Silva, M A S ^a   Maia, A H N ^d   Parsons, D ^e,f   Meinke, H ^b,e  

^a EMBRAPA ARROZ E FEIJÃO   (Brazil)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c AFRICA RICE CENTER AFRICARICE   (Benin)

^d EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Soil C; Soil water retention capacity; Wood biochar

Indexed keywords

CLAY; CROPS; FORESTRY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; OXIC SEDIMENTS; SOIL MOISTURE; WOOD;

BIO CHARS; CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; CROP YIELD; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; MINERAL N FERTILIZATIONS; SOIL CHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER RETENTION;

SOILS;

CHARCOAL; CLAY SOIL; CROP YIELD; FERRALSOL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWING SEASON; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RICE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER RETENTION;

CHAR; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CLIMATES; RICE; WATER RETENTION; WOOD;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84964887344     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.04.013     Document Type: Article

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