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Dynamic Molecular Structure of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar)

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Bio-char Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems – A Review

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Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change

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Effects of biochar from slow pyrolysis of papermill waste on agronomic performance and soil fertility

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Agronomic values of greenwaste biochar as a soil amendment

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Transitional Adsorption and Partition of Nonpolar and Polar Aromatic Contaminants by Biochars of Pine Needles with Different Pyrolytic Temperatures

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Designer, acidic biochar influences calcareous soil characteristics

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Addition of Biochar to a Sandy Desert Soil: Effect on Crop Growth, Water Retention and Selected Properties

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Biomass Pyrolysis Pathways for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Resource Recovery: A Critical Review of Processes, Parameters, and Product Valorization

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Biochar and its twin benefits: Crop residue management and climate change mitigation in India

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The Preliminary Study of Water-Retention Related Properties of Biochar Produced from Various Feedstock at Different Pyrolysis Temperatures

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Policy support for biochar: Review and recommendations

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Application of biochar reduces Ralstonia solanacearum infection via effects on pathogen chemotaxis, swarming motility, and root exudate adsorption

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Impact of Wood Biochar and Its Interactions with Mycorrhizal Fungi, Phosphorus Fertilization and Irrigation Strategies on Potato Growth

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Possibilities to improve soil aggregate stability using biochars derived from various biomasses through slow pyrolysis, hydrothermal carbonization, or torrefaction

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Effect of Corn Residue Biochar on the Hydraulic Properties of Sandy Loam Soil

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Beneficial role of biochar addition on the anaerobic digestion of food waste: A systematic and critical review of the operational parameters and mechanisms

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Effects of biochar application during different periods on soil structures and water retention in seasonally frozen soil areas

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Effects of biomass type, carbonization process, and activation method on the properties of bio-based activated carbons

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Effect mechanism of biochar application on soil structure and organic matter in semi-arid areas

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Biochars and Engineered Biochars for Water and Soil Remediation: A Review

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Sustainable Agriculture and Plant Production by Virtue of Biochar in the Era of Climate Change

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Biochar impact on nitrate leaching as influenced by native soil organic carbon in an Inceptisol of central India

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Farid, I. M., Siam, H. S., Abbas, M., Mohamed, I., Mahmoud, S. A. Z., Tolba, M., Abbas, M., Yang, X. Y., Antoniadis, V., Rinklebe, J., et al. (2021) · Chemosphere · doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133389 · Cited by 90

The Potential of Biochar to Enhance the Water Retention Properties of Sandy Agricultural Soils

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Different effects of biochar and a nitrification inhibitor application on paddy soil denitrification: A field experiment over two consecutive rice-growing seasons

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Dynamic biochar effects on nitrogen use efficiency, crop yield and soil nitrous oxide emissions during a tropical wheat-growing season

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Does water repellency of pyrochars and hydrochars counter their positive effects on soil hydraulic properties?

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Erodibility assessment of compacted biochar amended soil for geo-environmental applications

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Biochar influences on agricultural soils, crop production, and the environment: A review

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Effects of Biochar Amendment on Soil Thermal Properties in the North China Plain

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Short-term influence of biochar on soil temperature, liquid moisture content and soybean growth in a seasonal frozen soil area

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Adsorption of Pesticides with Different Chemical Properties to a Wood Biochar Treated with Heat and Iron

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Assessing the Influence of Compost and Biochar Amendments on the Mobility and Uptake of Heavy Metals by Green Leafy Vegetables

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How does soil water status influence the fate of soil organic matter? A review of processes across scales

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Closing the Loop: Use of Biochar Produced from Tomato Crop Green waste as a Substrate for Soilless, Hydroponic Tomato Production

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Fabrication of biochars obtained from valorization of biowaste and evaluation of its physicochemical properties

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Pyrolysis Temperature Effects on Biochar–Water Interactions and Application for Improved Water Holding Capacity in Vineyard Soils

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Succession of biochar addition for soil amendment and contaminants remediation during co-composting: A state of art review

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Mechanism of improvement of biochar on shear strength and liquefaction resistance of sand

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Surface oxygenation of biochar through ozonization for dramatically enhancing cation exchange capacity

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Effect of Biochar Addition on Mechanical Properties, Thermal Stability, and Water Resistance of Hemp-Polylactic Acid (PLA) Composites

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Charcoal Disrupts Soil Microbial Communication through a Combination of Signal Sorption and Hydrolysis

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Effects of three different biochars amendment on water retention of silty loam and loamy soils

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Nanopotassium, Nanosilicon, and Biochar Applications Improve Potato Salt Tolerance by Modulating Photosynthesis, Water Status, and Biochemical Constituents

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Investigation of biochar amendments on odor reduction and their characteristics during food waste co-composting

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Biochar and Organic Amendments for Sustainable Soil Carbon and Soil Health

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Fast pyrolysis biochar from sawdust improves the quality of desert soils and enhances plant growth

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Pyrolytic remediation of crude oil-contaminated soil

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Preparation and Characterization of Biochar Sorbents Produced from Malt Spent Rootlets

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Quantitative characterization of pore structure of several biochars with 3D imaging

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Predicting water retention of biochar-amended soil from independent measurements of biochar and soil properties

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An examination of physical and chemical properties of urban biochar for use as growing media substrate

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Direct and Indirect Short-term Effects of Biochar on Physical Characteristics of an Arable Sandy Loam

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Feasibility of biochar application on a landfill final cover—a review on balancing ecology and shallow slope stability

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Engineering properties of waste wood-derived biochars and biochar-amended soils

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Changes in Soil Properties and Bacterial Community Composition with Biochar Amendment after Six Years

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Targeted biochar application alters physical, chemical, hydrological and thermal properties of salt-affected soils under cotton-sugarbeet intercropping

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Biochars multifunctional role as a novel technology in the agricultural, environmental, and industrial sectors

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Effect of biochar addition and reduced irrigation regimes on growth, physiology and water use efficiency of cotton plants under salt stress

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Biochar made from low density wood has greater plant available water than biochar made from high density wood

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Analysis of physical pore space characteristics of two pyrolytic biochars and potential as microhabitat

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Biochar Functions in Soil Depending on Feedstock and Pyrolyzation Properties with Particular Emphasis on Biological Properties

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Carbon Sequestration and Fertility after Centennial Time Scale Incorporation of Charcoal into Soil

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Variability in the composition of charred litter generated by wildfire in different ecosystems

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Pore‐size distribution and compressibility of coarse sandy subsoil with added biochar

Petersen, C. T., Hansen, E. M. Ø., Larsen, H. H., Hansen, L. V., Ahrenfeldt, J., & Hauggaard‐Nielsen, H. (2016) · European Journal of Soil Science · doi:10.1111/ejss.12383 · Cited by 62

Effects of pyrolysis temperature on the hydrologically relevant porosity of willow biochar

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Abrogating the inhibitory effects of volatile fatty acids and ammonia in overloaded food waste anaerobic digesters via the supplementation of nano-zero valent iron modified biochar

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Impacts of Woody Biochar Particle Size on Porosity and Hydraulic Conductivity of Biochar-Soil Mixtures: An Incubation Study

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Critical review of biochar applications in geoengineering infrastructure: moving beyond agricultural and environmental perspectives

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No effect of pyrolysis temperature and feedstock type on hydraulic properties of biochar and amended sandy soil

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Rehabilitation of a highly saline-sodic soil using a rubble barrier and organic amendments

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Understanding activation effects on low-temperature biochar for optimization of herbicide sorption

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The Influence of Torrefaction Temperature on Hydrophobic Properties of Waste Biomass from Food Processing

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Influence of Biochar Particle Size Fractions on Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Biochar-Amended Soil

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Biochar: an improver of nutrient and soil water availability - what is the evidence?

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Adsorption mechanism of dichlorvos onto coconut fibre biochar: the significant dependence of H-bonding and the pore-filling mechanism

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Influence of pyrolysis conditions of modified corn cob bio-waste sorbents on adsorption mechanism of atrazine in contaminated water

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Application of biochar in modification of fillers in bioretention cells: A review

Xiong, J., Liang, L., Shi, W., Li, Z., Zhang, Z., Li, X., & Liu, Y. (2022) · Ecological Engineering · doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2022.106689 · Cited by 54

Biochar improves the growth and physiological traits of alfalfa, amaranth and maize grown under salt stress

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