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Biochar effects on soil biota – A review

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Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: A review

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Soil bacterial and fungal communities across a pH gradient in an arable soil

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Pyrosequencing-Based Assessment of Soil pH as a Predictor of Soil Bacterial Community Structure at the Continental Scale

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Review of mechanisms and quantification of priming effects

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A handful of carbon

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Black Carbon Increases Cation Exchange Capacity in Soils

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The forms of alkalis in the biochar produced from crop residues at different temperatures

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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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Biochar and its effects on plant productivity and nutrient cycling: A meta-analysis

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Bio-energy in the black

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Contrasting Soil pH Effects on Fungal and Bacterial Growth Suggest Functional Redundancy in Carbon Mineralization

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A review of biochars’ potential role in the remediation, revegetation and restoration of contaminated soils

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Impact of pyrolysis temperature and manure source on physicochemical characteristics of biochar

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Positive and negative carbon mineralization priming effects among a variety of biochar-amended soils

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Impact of biochar amendments on the quality of a typical Midwestern agricultural soil

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Impact of Biochar Amendment on Fertility of a Southeastern Coastal Plain Soil

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Mycorrhizal responses to biochar in soil–concepts and mechanisms

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Field management effects on soil enzyme activities

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Dairy-Manure Derived Biochar Effectively Sorbs Lead and Atrazine

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Effects of biochar and greenwaste compost amendments on mobility, bioavailability, and toxicity of inorganic and organic contaminants in a multi-element polluted soil

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Properties of dairy-manure-derived biochar pertinent to its potential use in remediation

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Surface chemistry variations among a series of laboratory-produced biochars

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Redox Properties of Plant Biomass-Derived Black Carbon (Biochar)

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Abiotic and microbial oxidation of laboratory-produced black carbon (biochar)

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A novel magnetic biochar efficiently sorbs organic pollutants and phosphate

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Production and characterization of slow pyrolysis biochar: influence of feedstock type and pyrolysis conditions

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Effect of biochar amendment on soil carbon balance and soil microbial activity

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Manipulation of Persistent Free Radicals in Biochar To Activate Persulfate for Contaminant Degradation

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Biochar impact on development and productivity of pepper and tomato grown in fertigated soilless media

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Fate of soil‐applied black carbon: downward migration, leaching and soil respiration

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Key Role of Persistent Free Radicals in Hydrogen Peroxide Activation by Biochar: Implications to Organic Contaminant Degradation

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Impact of biochar and hydrochar addition on water retention and water repellency of sandy soil

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Promoting Interspecies Electron Transfer with Biochar

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Soil enzymology: classical and molecular approaches

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Effects of biochar on soil properties and erosion potential in a highly weathered soil

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Effect of bamboo and rice straw biochars on the mobility and redistribution of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn) in contaminated soil

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Sorption of naphthalene and 1-naphthol by biochars of orange peels with different pyrolytic temperatures

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Biochar as an Electron Shuttle between Bacteria and Fe(III) Minerals

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Organic carbon and nutrient release from a range of laboratory-produced biochars and biochar-soil mixtures

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The role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and glomalin in soil aggregation: comparing effects of five plant species

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Effect of biochar on the extractability of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn) and enzyme activity in soil

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Life in the ‘charosphere’ – Does biochar in agricultural soil provide a significant habitat for microorganisms?

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Interactions between biochar stability and soil organisms: review and research needs

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Transformation, Morphology, and Dissolution of Silicon and Carbon in Rice Straw-Derived Biochars under Different Pyrolytic Temperatures

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Investigation of thermodynamic parameters in the pyrolysis conversion of biomass and manure to biochars using thermogravimetric analysis

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Role of Free Radicals in the Toxicity of Airborne Fine Particulate Matter

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Catechol and Humic Acid Sorption onto a Range of Laboratory-Produced Black Carbons (Biochars)

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Qualitative analysis of volatile organic compounds on biochar

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Detecting Free Radicals in Biochars and Determining Their Ability to Inhibit the Germination and Growth of Corn, Wheat and Rice Seedlings

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Aromatic and hydrophobic surfaces of wood-derived biochar enhance perchlorate adsorption via hydrogen bonding to oxygen-containing organic groups

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Effects of chemical, biological, and physical aging As well As soil addition on the sorption of pyrene to activated carbon and biochar

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Reconciling apparent variability in effects of biochar amendment on soil enzyme activities by assay optimization

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Biochars improve aggregate stability, water retention, and pore‐space properties of clayey soil

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Formation and stabilization of persistent free radicals

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Soil biochemical activities and the geometric mean of enzyme activities after application of sewage sludge and sewage sludge biochar to soil

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Induction of Systemic Resistance in Plants by Biochar, a Soil-Applied Carbon Sequestering Agent

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Degradation of <i>p</i>-Nitrophenol on Biochars: Role of Persistent Free Radicals

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Impact of Biochar Application to Soil on the Root-Associated Bacterial Community Structure of Fully Developed Greenhouse Pepper Plants

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pH-Dependent Mineral Release and Surface Properties of Cornstraw Biochar: Agronomic Implications

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Quantification of Chemical States, Dissociation Constants and Contents of Oxygen-containing Groups on the Surface of Biochars Produced at Different Temperatures

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Influence of production conditions on the yield and environmental stability of biochar

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Biochar soil amendment increased bacterial but decreased fungal gene abundance with shifts in community structure in a slightly acid rice paddy from Southwest China

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Mechanism of hydroxyl radical generation from biochar suspensions: Implications to diethyl phthalate degradation

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Controls on black carbon storage in soils

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Shifting paradigms: Development of high-efficiency biochar fertilizers based on nano-structures and soluble components

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Biochar decreased microbial metabolic quotient and shifted community composition four years after a single incorporation in a slightly acid rice paddy from southwest China

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Fast and Slow Rates of Naphthalene Sorption to Biochars Produced at Different Temperatures

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Biochar as an electron shuttle for reductive dechlorination of pentachlorophenol by Geobacter sulfurreducens

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Biochar mediated alterations in herbicide breakdown and leaching in soil

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Effects of Mineral Additives on Biochar Formation: Carbon Retention, Stability, and Properties

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H/C atomic ratio as a smart linkage between pyrolytic temperatures, aromatic clusters and sorption properties of biochars derived from diverse precursory materials

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The way forward in biochar research: targeting trade‐offs between the potential wins

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Interactions of Aluminum with Biochars and Oxidized Biochars: Implications for the Biochar Aging Process

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Effect of biochar on carbon fractions and enzyme activity of red soil

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Biochar amendment to soil changes dissolved organic matter content and composition

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Dual Role of Biochars as Adsorbents for Aluminum: The Effects of Oxygen-Containing Organic Components and the Scattering of Silicate Particles

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Hydrophobins and Repellents: Proteins with Fundamental Roles in Fungal Morphogenesis

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Amyloids — a functional coat for microorganisms

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Physicochemical and sorptive properties of biochars derived from woody and herbaceous biomass

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Enhanced sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by soil amended with biochar

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Biochar mediates systemic response of strawberry to foliar fungal pathogens

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Sewage sludge biochar: Nutrient composition and its effect on the leaching of soil nutrients

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Insights on the Molecular Mechanism for the Recalcitrance of Biochars: Interactive Effects of Carbon and Silicon Components

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Enhanced Cr(VI) reduction and As(III) oxidation in ice phase: Important role of dissolved organic matter from biochar

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Nanoscale organo-mineral reactions of biochars in ferrosol: an investigation using microscopy

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Biochar-Facilitated Microbial Reduction of Hematite

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Biochar characteristics relate to its utility as an alternative soil inoculum carrier to peat and vermiculite

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Biochar and Microbial Signaling: Production Conditions Determine Effects on Microbial Communication

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Biochar: Carbon Sequestration, Land Remediation, and Impacts on Soil Microbiology

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Enhanced bioremediation of PAH-contaminated soil by immobilized bacteria with plant residue and biochar as carriers

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Effect of biochar addition on soil microbial community in a wheat crop

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The Influence of Biochar and Black Carbon on Reduction and Bioavailability of Chromate in Soils

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Interactive effects of biochar and the earthworm Pontoscolex corethrurus on plant productivity and soil enzyme activities

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