Impacts of woodchip biochar additions on greenhouse gas production and sorption/degradation of two herbicides in a Minnesota soil

Spokas, K.A.; Koskinen, W.C.; Baker, J.M.; Reicosky, D.C.

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.053

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Impacts of woodchip biochar additions on greenhouse gas production and sorption/degradation of two herbicides in a Minnesota soil

Spokas, K.A., Koskinen, W.C., Baker, J.M., Reicosky, D.C.·2009·Chemosphere

DOI 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.053

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A potential abatement to increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO(2)) in the atmosphere is the use of pyrolysis to convert vegetative biomass into a more stable form of carbon (biochar) that could then be applied to the soil. However, the impacts of pyrolysis biochar on the soil system need to be assessed before initiating large scale biochar applications to agricultural fields. We compared CO(2) respiration, nitrous oxide (N(2)O) production, methane (CH(4)) oxidation and herbicide retention and transformation through laboratory incubations at field capacity in a Minnesota soil (Waukegan silt loam) with and without added biochar. CO(2) originating from the biochar needs to be subtracted from the soil-biochar combination in order to elucidate the impact of biochar on soil respiration. After this correction, biochar amendments reduced CO(2) production for all amendment levels tested (2, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 60% w/w; corresponding to 24-720 tha(-1) field application rates). In addition, biochar additions suppressed N(2)O production at all levels. However, these reductions were only significant at biochar amendment levels >20% w/w. Biochar additions also significantly suppressed ambient CH(4) oxidation at all levels compared to unamended soil. The addition of biochar (5% w/w) to soil increased the sorption of atrazine and acetochlor compared to non-amended soils, resulting in decreased dissipation rates of these herbicides. The recalcitrance of the biochar suggests that it could be a viable carbon sequestration strategy, and might provide substantial net greenhouse gas benefits if the reductions in N(2)O production are lasting.

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Biochar addition decreases total N2O emission from soils treated with N sources such as manure, urea, and compost.
“Biochar addition has often been shown to decrease total N2O emission from soils treated with N sources such as manure, urea, and compost (Bruun et al. 2011;Singh et al. 2010;Spokas et al. 2009).”
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Authors: Spokas, K. A., Koskinen, W. C., Baker, J. M., & Reicosky, D. C.
Affiliations: Agricultural Research Service (US)
North Central Soil Conservation Research Laboratory (US)
Corresponding author: Spokas, K.A.
ORCID: Spokas, K.A.
Baker, J.M.
Venue: Chemosphere
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2009-10
Volume: 77
Issue: 4
Pages: 574-581
ISSN: 0045-6535 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.06.053
OpenAlex: W2125006526
Cited by: 666
References: 40
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 22 · 2023: 32 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 46 · 2020: 47 · 2019: 43 · 2018: 42 · 2017: 40 · 2016: 55 · 2015: 49 · 2014: 47 · 2013: 54 · 2012: 40
FWCI: 65.19
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Chemosphere (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
Keywords: biochar, greenhouse gas emissions, soil respiration, nitrous oxide production, methane oxidation, herbicide adsorption, atrazine, acetochlor, herbicide dissipation, carbon sequestration, soil amendment
MeSH terms: Adsorption, Atrazine, Carbon Dioxide, Charcoal, Environmental Monitoring, Gases, Herbicides, Methane, Minnesota, Nitrous Oxide, Oxidation-Reduction, Soil, Soil Pollutants, Toluidines, Greenhouse Effect

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