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Biochar increased water holding capacity but accelerated organic carbon leaching from a sloping farmland soil in China
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A hydrologically contained field study, to assess biochar (produced from mixed crop straws) influence upon soil hydraulic properties and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) leaching, was conducted on a loamy soil (entisol). The soil, noted for its low plant-available water and low soil organic matter, is the most important arable soil type in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River catchment, China. Pore size distribution characterization (by N2 adsorption, mercury intrusion, and water retention) showed that the biochar had a tri-modal pore size distribution. This included pores with diameters in the range of 0.1-10 μm that can retain plant-available water. Comparison of soil water retention curves between the control (0) and the biochar plots (16 t ha(-1) on dry weight basis) demonstrated biochar amendment to increase soil water holding capacity. However, significant increases in DOC concentration of soil pore water in both the plough layer and the undisturbed subsoil layer were observed in the biochar-amended plots. An increased loss of DOC relative to the control was observed upon rainfall events. Measurements of excitation-emission matrix (EEM) fluorescence indicated the DOC increment originated primarily from the organic carbon pool in the soil that became more soluble following biochar incorporation.
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“Therefore, the increase in water holding capacity (WHC) of biochar amended soils can be used as an indicator of the overall rise in plant available water (Hafeez et al., 2017;Liu et al., 2016).”
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- Authors
- Liu, C., Wang, H., Tang, X., Guan, Z., Reid, B. J., Rajapaksha, A. U., Ok, Y. S., & Sun, H.
- Affiliations
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Kangwon National University (KR)
- Sichuan University (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Tang, Xiangyu
- Sun, Hui
- Venue
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
- Published
- 2015-06-25
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 995-1006
- ISSN
- 0944-1344 (ISSN-L)
- 1614-7499
- OpenAlex
- W754238945
- Cited by
- 175
- References
- 44
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- journal article
- Language
- en
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Soil and Unsaturated Flow
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Keywords
- biochar, dissolved organic carbon leaching, soil water holding capacity, soil hydraulic properties, pore size distribution, soil water retention, crop straw, Entisol, sloping farmland, rainfall-runoff, fluorescence excitation-emission matrix
- MeSH terms
- Adsorption, Carbon, Charcoal, China, Soil, Groundwater
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