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Does biochar application improve soil aggregation? A meta-analysis

Islam, Mahbub Ul, Jiang, Fahui, Guo, Zichun, Peng, Xinhua·2021·Soil and Tillage Research
DOI 10.1016/j.still.2020.104926
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  • Improved water holding capacity, enhanced aggregation characteristics, suppressed acidity, reduced salinity, suppressed activities of pathogens, and enhanced activities of soil fauna contribute to biochar's performance in promoting plant growth.

    “Improved water holding capacity (Bruun et  al. 2022; Razzaghi et  al. 2020), enhanced aggregation characteristics (Islam et al. 2021), suppressed acidity (Dai et  al. 2017), reduced salinity (Wang et  al. 2022f), suppressed activities of pathogens (de Medeiros et al. 2021), as well as enhanced activities of soil fauna (Lehmann et al. 2011) contribute to biochar's performance”

    From Role of biochar toward carbon neutrality (2023) · cites this paper as Islam et al. 2021

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Authors
Islam, M. U., Jiang, F., Guo, Z., & Peng, X.
Affiliations
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
Corresponding author
Guo, Zichun
ORCID
Venue
Soil and Tillage Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2021-05
Volume
209
Pages
104926
ISSN
0167-1987 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.still.2020.104926
OpenAlex
W3123210102
Cited by
213
References
5
Citations by year
2026: 47 · 2025: 53 · 2024: 48 · 2023: 38 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 2
FWCI
2.19
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
Soil and Tillage Research (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Civil and Structural Engineering › Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Keywords
biochar, soil aggregation, soil physical properties, soil amendment, wood biochar, pyrolysis temperature, biochar dosage, wet sieving, dry sieving, soil pH, soil texture, agricultural soils

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