Potential role of biochars in decreasing soil acidification - a critical review
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A large number of soils, worldwide, are acid (normally pH<5.5) and suffering from on-going soil acidification. Acid soils or soils undergoing acidification generally have low fertility and low crop productivity. Biochars have been reported to be of potential value in agriculture for improving soil properties and in reducing the hazards caused by soil acidification and in naturally acidic soils. However, the ameliorant effects of biochars on acid soils and the mechanisms involved have not previously been critically reviewed. Here we summarize the phenomena, and mechanisms involved in the improvement of soil acidity by biochars, the alleviation of aluminum toxicity, the enhancement of nutrient availability, and changes in nitrification by collating data in the literature. In addition, the agronomic effectiveness and environmental concerns in the incorporation of biochar and other soil additives (i.e. lime, industrial by-products, organic wastes and plant residues) to acid soils are systemically compared. We conclude that biochar is a potentially effective amendment to reverse or to prevent acidification in acid soils. Finally, perspectives for further research in terms of soil acidification are presented to address some issues that are still poorly understood and/or highly controversial.
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The liming effect of biochar in acid soils could improve mineral nutrient supply for plant growth and alleviate Al stress for better crop production.
“The liming effect of biochar in acid soils, as described above, not only could improve the mineral nutrient supply for plant growth, but also could alleviate Al stress for better crop production (Liu et al. 2013; Dai et al., 2017).”
From A review on biochar modulated soil condition improvements and nutrient dynamics concerning crop yields: Pathways to climate change mitigation and global food security (2019) · cites this paper as Dai et al., 2017
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- Authors
- Dai, Z., Zhang, X., Tang, C., Muhammad, N., Wu, J., Brookes, P. C., & Xu, J.
- Affiliations
- Zhejiang University (CN)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Xu, Jianming
- Venue
- Science of The Total Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2017-03
- Volume
- 581-582
- Pages
- 601-611
- ISSN
- 0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2570723607
- Cited by
- 616
- References
- 154
- Citations by year
- 2026: 66 · 2025: 93 · 2024: 92 · 2023: 87 · 2022: 75 · 2021: 67 · 2020: 67 · 2019: 32 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 10
- FWCI
- 3.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Locations
- The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- La Trobe University
- Funders
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2016YFD0200302)
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (41520104001)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Keywords
- biochar, soil acidification, acid soils, soil amendment, aluminum toxicity, nutrient availability, nitrification, liming, industrial by-products, organic waste, plant residues, soil pH
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