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Biochar and its importance on nutrient dynamics in soil and plant
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This review synthesizes how biochar affects nutrient dynamics in soil and plants, acting as a nutrient source, nutrient sink, and soil conditioner. It reports that outcomes depend strongly on feedstock, pyrolysis temperature, application rate, and soil type, with generally positive but variable effects on nutrient retention, leaching, gaseous losses, and crop nutrient uptake.
Key findings
- Biochar nutrient contents vary widely: N ranges from 0.24 to 6.8%, and P from 0.005 to 5.9%; manure- and biosolid-based biochars generally contain more N and P than wood- and straw-based biochars. N content decreases with increasing pyrolysis temperature, while P and K contents increase due to ash concentration effects.
- Biochar can reduce nutrient losses: NO₃⁻ leaching was reduced by 26% (Fig. 7), and a meta-analysis cited in the review showed about a 54% reduction in N₂O emissions with biochar application. N₂O-N emission factor and yield-scaled N₂O emissions were reduced by 16–67% and 14–53%, respectively (Li et al. 2017a). However, biochar could temporarily increase NH₃ volatilization by 19%.
- Biochar alters soil properties relevant to nutrients: biochar pH ranges from 6.52 to 12.64 and correlates positively with pyrolysis temperature. Rice husk biochar at 3, 6, and 12 t ha⁻¹ increased water-stable aggregates by 10, 18, and 23%, respectively, at 0–10 cm in the first year; maize straw biochar at 10–60 t ha⁻¹ increased soil porosity from 42.5% to 48–56%.
- Nutrient uptake and use efficiency responses are mostly positive but inconsistent: biochar increased N uptake by 11% (Fig. 7); P uptake increased by 23–2096% in some studies; NUE and PUE increased by 90 and 191%, respectively, with biochar up to 20 t ha⁻¹. Negative or neutral effects on N, Ca, Mg, and micronutrient uptake are also reported.
Methods
- Narrative review synthesizing published literature on biochar production and characteristics, effects on soil physical, chemical, and biological properties, biochar as a nutrient source, and impacts on nutrient reactions, leaching, gaseous emission, uptake, and nutrient use efficiency.
- The paper organizes evidence in Tables 1–6 and conceptual figures, drawing on cited studies across feedstocks, pyrolysis temperatures, soils, and crops.
- No new primary experiment or formal meta-analysis is described; the review does not state a systematic literature search or selection protocol.
Limitations
- The paper states future research recommendations rather than a formal limitations section: long-term field studies are needed instead of pot or column studies; feedstock selection and application rate should be studied in relation to nutrient availability; methods to increase biochar N content should be considered; P availability across pyrolysis temperatures needs study; and biochar–microbe interactions affecting nutrient transformation require further work.
- Evident from the text: as a narrative review, it does not describe systematic search or quantitative synthesis methods, and it repeatedly notes inconsistent effects of biochar on N availability, Ca, Mg, and micronutrient uptake depending on biochar type, rate, soil, and crop.
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“the P and K contents increase due to an increase in ash content (Christel et al. 2016;Tomczyk et al. 2020;Wang et al. 2013).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 1. Introduction
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Section 2.4 (page not provided) states that ash content increases with pyrolysis temperature and explains increases in potassium and phosphorus in high-temperature biochars as due to increased ash content. This supports the attributed claim. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“As a source, biochar can supply nutrients such as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), and other trace elements inherently present in the original feedstock used for biochar production (Purakayastha et al. 2019).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 1. Introduction
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The Introduction (p. 7) says biochar can supply nutrients directly to plants. Section 4 (p. 13) says it contains macro- and micronutrients and that its composition depends on the feedstock. The discussion on p. 21 cautions that not all nutrients in biochar are readily available, but that does not conflict with the claim that it can supply them. (LLM, conf=0.91)
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“(iii) as a soil conditioner, thereby altering soil properties that influence the reactions and cycling of nutrients in the soil (Lusiba et al. 2017).”
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“(ii) as a nutrient sink, thereby impacting the mobility and bioavailability of nutrients (Gul and Whalen 2016);”
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“While the N content decreases with increasing pyrolytic temperature through gaseous emission (Leng et al. 2020)”
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“While some nitrogen and sulfur in the feedstock materials are lost through gaseous emission during pyrolysis (Al-Wabel et al. 2013;Leng et al. 2020)”
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“The nutrient content of biochar depends on the nature of the feedstock materials and the pyrolytic conditions.”
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“These changes in soil properties are likely to impact nutrient reactions on soil particles and microbial transformation of nutrients (Mandal et al. 2018).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 1. Introduction
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“most nutrients are released during the weathering of biochar in soil, and they become available for plant uptake (Zhao et al. 2018).”
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“The nutrient retention capacity of biochar depends on its porosity and surface charge (cation and anion exchange capacity) (Yu et al. 2018).”
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“Moreover, biochar is known to increase the organic carbon content in soil (Table 2) and stimulate C sequestration by suppressing the long-term turnover of soil organic matter (Schofield et al. 2019).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.2 Chemical properties
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Section 3.2 (page unavailable) reports greater organic-carbon retention in biochar-amended soil and says reduced carbon mineralisation is possible, but its mechanism could not be determined. Section 3.4 (page unavailable) explicitly says the study offers limited evidence about how long the effect lasts. The claim overstates the evidence by presenting suppression of long-term soil-organic-matter turnover as an established mechanism. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“Nair et al. (2017) observed that biochar improved soil water retention, reduced bulk density, and stabilized soil organic matter.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.1 Physical properties
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- Partly supportedcites Nair et al. 2017 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Soil physical properties section reports that biochar can decrease bulk density and increase water-holding capacity. The Soil aggregate formation and stabilization of soil organic matter section reports improved physical protection of soil organic matter in one soil, but no significant effect in another; it says the effect varies by soil type. Nair et al. review these findings rather than report their own observations. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“As a nutrient sink, biochar can retain nutrients, thereby reducing their losses through leaching and gaseous emission.”
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“Biochar application reduces the loss of N, P, and K through leaching, and N through nitrous oxide emission (Beusch et al. 2019;Yao et al. 2012;Yuan et al. 2016).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 1. Introduction
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“However, the loss of N through ammonia emission depends mainly on the pH of the biochar; biochar with a slightly acidic or near-neutral pH reduce ammonia volatilization from soil (Mandal et al. 2019;Mandal et al. 2018).”
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“Biochar application influences various soil properties including pH, bulk density, cation exchange capacity, water retention, and biological activity.”
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“Upon application to the soil, biochar improves soil fertility and crop productivity by increasing the soil nutrient contents and the mobility of nutrients.”
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“Moreover, the application of rice husk biochar (10 t ha -1 ) increased soil porosity by decreasing bulk density and increased available water in a sandy clay loam soil (Laghari et al. 2016).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.1 Physical properties
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“Based on the ash composition and its properties, biochar can be divided into the following three main groups (Joseph and Taylor 2014).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 2. Production and characteristics of biochar
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“Li et al. (2018) said that maize straw biochar reduced soil bulk density and improved soil porosity in a semi-arid region.”
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“Biochar can change the soil microbial community composition (Ducey et al. 2013), and thus it impacts nutrient cycling and uptake by plants (Lehmann et al. 2011).”
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“improves aeration, and water retention (Kambo and Dutta 2015;Razzaghi et al. 2020)”
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“Biochar produced from biomass with minimum ash content (<3-5%), such as wood, nut shells, bamboo, and some seeds (e.g., apricots).These hard biochars have large porosity, surface area (SA), and hold more water than biochars in other groups.”
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“For example, under high-temperature pyrolytic conditions (>550° C), biochar is characterised by having a large surface area and a high aromaticity (Ralebitso-Senior and Orr 2016).”
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“Generally, biochar is produced from a range of biomasses (e.g., manure, wood, crop, and industrial residues) at temperatures less than 900 °C and under oxygen-limited pyrolytic conditions (Zhang et al. 2019e).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 2. Production and characteristics of biochar
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“However, at pyrolysis under low temperatures (200-400°C), biochar is characterised by having more oxygen-containing functional groups, such as -COOH, -OH, C=O, phenolic -OH and -CHO groups, which stimulate nutrient exchange and, thus, improve soil fertility (Mandal et al. 2020;Ralebitso-Senior and Orr 2016).”
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“Biochar decreases nitrification in soil resulting in reduced nitrate leaching (Igalavithana et al. 2016).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 1. Introduction
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“However, recent studies have shown that biochar can also be produced by other thermochemical processes, e.g., hydrothermal carbonization, gasification, torrefaction, and microwave-assisted pyrolysis (Kambo and Dutta 2015;Vithanage et al. 2017;Yuan et al. 2017).”
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“Soil pH can be altered by incorporation of biochar into soil, thereby contributing to alterations in nutrient availability.”
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“Biochars generally have a pH range of 6.52-12.64(Table 4), and the pH values positively correlate with the pyrolytic temperature (Fig. 4).”
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“Du et al. (2018) found that peanut-shell biochar (1%) increased microbial populations, microbial biomass, and actinomycetes.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.3 Biological properties
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“Therefore, various types of biochars produced from various feedstocks change the CEC of soils to a different extent (Table 2), and the CEC affects nutrient availability and water retention of soil (Yadav et al. 2018).”
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“and suppressed soil shrinkage by increasing the ability of the soil to hold water; thus, soil structure was improved (Fu et al. 2019).”
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“Zheng et al. (2018) also found a shift of the bacterial community towards low C turnover bacterial taxa (e.g., Actinobacteria and Deltaproteobacteria), which stabilised soil aggregates.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.3 Biological properties
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“Most biochars contain high amounts of soluble salts, and, hence, the EC of biochar is generally higher than most agricultural soils (Igalavithana et al. 2018).”
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“Biochar also showed a positive impact on surface area of soil (Anawar et al. 2015), which varied with biochar types (Tomczyk et al. 2020).”
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“These soil chemical properties influence nutrient interactions in soil.”
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“The authors suggested that such variation of biochar's effects was due to the toxic effect (chemical stress) of biochar on soil microorganisms when applied at a high rate.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.3 Biological properties
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“For example, in a coastal wetland soil, biochar application boosted the soil microbial biomass C and resulted in a low metabolic quotient (Zheng et al. 2018).”
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“The effects of pyrolytic temperature on the S content of biochars are inconsistent (Table 4), because high temperatures can either increase S content by the incorporation of S into complex structures or decrease S content due to volatilization loss (Al-Wabel et al. 2013).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 4.2 Secondary nutrients
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“Although, most biochars have low N content (below 1.5 %) (Table 4), the N content is high in a few biochars such as those derived from sewage sludge (6.8%), poultry litter (5.85%), grass waste (4.9%), and microalgae (14.12%) (Chang et al. 2015).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 4.1.1 Nitrogen
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“As in the case of P, K content of biochar also increases with increasing pyrolytic temperature (Fig. 5), which can be attributed to the 'concentration effect'.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 4.1.3 Potassium
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“A continuous application of N in available forms is essential for many agricultural soils to maintain production in cropping seasons (Fageria and Baligar 2005).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 4.1.1 Nitrogen
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“However, the effect of these factors is not consistent for micronutrient contents of biochar products, which can be attributed mainly to the low micronutrient contents in feedstock materials.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 4.3 Trace elements
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“Similarly, Weyers and Spokas (2011) observed a negative effect (short-term) or no effect (long-term) of poultry litter biochar on earthworm activity in soil, which was attributed to a rapid pH change or high ammonia concentration in the soil due to the addition of the biochar (Liesch 2010).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.3 Biological properties
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“While the N content decreases with pyrolytic temperature, the P content is positively correlated with the pyrolytic temperature (Fig. 5).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 4.1.2 Phosphorus
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“Biochar also increased P-solubilizing bacterial populations such as Burkholderia-Paraburkholderia, Planctomyces, Sphingomonas, and Singulisphaera, which contributed to improving P availability in a forest soil (mountain acidic red loam soil) (Zhou et al. 2020).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.3 Biological properties
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“The Ca contents of animal-manure biochar ranged from 0.40 to 6.15% and that of industrial and municipal waste-derived biochar ranged from 0.37-6.57%(Table 4).Biochar derived from crop residues had concentrations of Ca ranging from 0.20-1.57%and that of woody biochar was in the range of 0.05-2.42%(Table 4).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 4.2 Secondary nutrients
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“So, biochar can reduce ortho-P leaching from nutrient-rich soil and influences P availability (Gul and Whalen 2016;Hussain et al. 2017).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 5.2.2 Phosphorus
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“The availability of micronutrients is influenced by the application of biochar to soil (Table 5), and feedstock and type of soil are important in determining micronutrient availability.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 5.1 Nutrient Retention
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“For instance, Gao et al. (2016) reported that addition of biochar increased NO3 --N and NH4 + -N retention in soil by 33 and 53%, respectively.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 5.1 Nutrient Retention
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“Availability of most nutrients are positively correlated with the pyrolytic temperature, except N and S, and that is because of volatilization loss.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 6. Conclusion and Future Research Recommendations
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“The impact of biochar on P uptake is mostly positive and few studies show a negative impact (Table 6).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 5.6 Phosphorus
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“Biochar can be an important source of plant nutrients and can supply macro-nutrients, secondary nutrients, and micronutrients to plants.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 6. Conclusion and Future Research Recommendations
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“Therefore, the effects of biochar application on N availability in soil are not consistent as the N availability is governed by rate and type of biochar as well as the soil type (Table 5).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 5.1 Nutrient Retention
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“Usually the availability of K in soil is increased with the addition of biochar irrespective of the study, although some negative impacts of biochar on the availability of K in soil have been reported (Table 5).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 5.1 Nutrient Retention
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“Animal manures and waste-derived biochars have higher N, P, and K contents than crop residues and woody biochars.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 6. Conclusion and Future Research Recommendations
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“Application of biochar also enhances nutrient retention by increasing the soil pH and soil organic matter (Mendez et al. 2012).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 5.1 Nutrient Retention
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“Sorrenti et al. (2016) and anion exchange capacities of biochar and its ability to retain ions and molecules within the pores further contribute to biochar's enhanced nutrient retention capacity.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 5.1 Nutrient Retention
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“Biochar can contribute to nutrient use efficiency in plants, both directly through increased nutrient uptake and indirectly by decreasing the loss of nutrients through leaching and gaseous emissions.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 5.8 Nutrient use efficiency
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“Therefore, high ash and low temperature biochars are suitable for soil fertility improvement due to nutrient delivery and high labile carbon content (Hossain et al. 2020).”
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“In this case, ash-rich and animal waste-derived biochars, such as manure biochar may be the best candidate for inorganic nutrient delivery (Binh Thanh et al. 2022; Hossain et al. 2020; Subedi et al. 2016).”
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“Biochar addition to agricultural soils has improved soil water availability, water holding capacity, and nutrient availability,235, 236, 237 increased soil microbial biomass and activity,238 reduced risk of crust formation and soil erosion,239 enhanced antibacterial activity,240 and reduced mobility and toxicity of environmental pollutants in the soil.241,242”
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§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.2 Chemical properties
“the pH values positively correlate with the pyrolytic temperature (Fig. 4).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > List of Figures
“Figure 4: Nitrogen conversion pathways from feedstock-N to biochar-N through the pyrolytic process (Leng et al. 2020)”
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§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.2 Chemical properties
“Biochars generally have a pH range of 6.52-12.64(Table 4)”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > List of Figures
“| Chicken | 350 | 5.72 | 26.44 | 2.45 | 0.02 | - | 11 | 2.44 | 1.24 | 1.23 | 5.06 | 2.53 | 2.88 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Xiao et al. (2018) |”
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§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 4.1.1 Nitrogen
“Table 4 shows that the N content of biochar can be of a wide range (0.24 to 6.8 %).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 4.1.1 Nitrogen
“the N content is high in a few biochars such as those derived from sewage sludge (6.8%), poultry litter (5.85%), grass waste (4.9%), and microalgae (14.12%)”
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§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 4.3 Trace elements
“Table 4 shows that Fe content in biochar of animal manure was higher (311-7480 mg kg -1 ) than biochar from crop residues and woody materials.”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > Additional information
“| Swine solids | 700 | 9.50 | 44.1 | 2.61 | 17 | 5.9 | 2.57 | 6.15 | 3.69 | 0.85 | 4981 | 2446 | 74800 | 2240 | 27.4 | | Cantrell et al. |”
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§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > 3.1 Physical properties
“The application of biochar reduces bulk density of soil regardless of soil types, study environments, biochar application rate, or production conditions (Table 1).”
§ Biochar and its Importance on Nutrient Dynamics in Soil and Plant: A Review > List of Figures
“| Green | 650 | 3 | Sandy | | | | | | | | 1.30 | 1.30 | Greenberg et |”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hossain, M. Z., Bahar, M. M., Sarkar, B., Donne, S. W., Ok, Y. S., Palansooriya, K. N., Kirkham, M. B., Chowdhury, S., & Bolan, N.
- Affiliations
- Khulna University (BD)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
- Lancaster University (GB)
- Korea University (KR)
- Kansas State University (US)
- Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (BD)
- Corresponding author
- Bolan, Nanthi
- ORCID
- Venue
- Biochar
- Published
- 2020-09-28
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 379-420
- ISSN
- 2524-7867 (ISSN-L)
- 2524-7972
- OpenAlex
- W3091038929
- Cited by
- 904
- References
- 285
- Citations by year
- 2026: 182 · 2025: 244 · 2024: 215 · 2023: 158 · 2022: 77 · 2021: 28
- FWCI
- 43.49
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- eprints.lancs.ac.uk
- Locations
- Biochar (publishedVersion)
- Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University) (submittedVersion)
- NOVA (University of Newcastle Australia) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Fuel Technology › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
- Keywords
- nutrient dynamics, soil amendment, nutrient use efficiency, nitrogen retention, phosphorus availability, potassium, pyrolysis temperature, soil porosity, surface charge, soil pH, nutrient leaching, soil microbial activity, nutrient uptake, soil aggregate stability
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