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Effects of the application of charred bark of Acacia mangium on the yield of maize, cowpea and peanut, and soil chemical properties in South Sumatra, Indonesia

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Yamato, Masahide, Okimori, Yasuyuki, Wibowo, Irhas Fredy, Anshori, Saifuddin, Ogawa, Makoto·2006·Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

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Charred bark of Acacia mangium (bark charcoal), which is made of wood waste from pulp production, was applied as soil amendment for the cultivation of maize, cowpea and peanut to examine its effects on crop yield and soil chemical properties in South Sumatra, Indonesia. The yields of maize and peanut significantly increased after the application of bark charcoal under a fertilized condition in an infertile soil environment. In addition, increases in the root amount and colonization rate of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi after bark charcoal application were also observed in maize. In general, the application of bark charcoal induced changes in soil chemical properties by increasing the pH value, total N and available P2O5 contents, cation exchange capacity, amounts of exchangeable cations and base saturation, and by decreasing the content of exchangeable Al3+. The amelioration of the soil chemical properties could be effective in highly weathered infertile tropical soils. The application of charcoal in agriculture is expected to lead to the formation of a carbon sink in soil and to increase crop yield because it has been suggested that charcoal is highly resistant to abiotic and biotic degradation, even in a soil environment.

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  • Biochar has been reported to either increase or decrease plant growth, based on studies with varying factors including soil and biochar types and pyrolysis conditions associated with the biochars tested.

    “Biochar has been reported to either increase (Chan et al., 2008;Yamato et al., 2006) or decrease (Deenik et al., 2010) plant growth, based on studies with varying factors including soil and biochar types and pyrolysis conditions associated with the biochars tested.”

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  1. Ogawa M 1989: Inoculation methods of VAM fungi: charcoal ball method and rice hull method. In Recent Advances in Microbial Ecology, Eds T Hattori, Y Ishida, Y Maruyama, R Morita, A Uchida, pp. 247-252, Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo.
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Authors
Yamato, M., Okimori, Y., Wibowo, I. F., Anshori, S., & Ogawa, M.
Affiliations
Osaka Institute of Technology (JP)
Corresponding author
Yamato, Masahide
Venue
Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
Published
2006-08
Volume
52
Issue
4
Pages
489-495
ISSN
  • 0038-0768 (ISSN-L)
  • 1747-0765
OpenAlex
W2131454121
Cited by
634
References
13
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FWCI
6.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Soil Science & Plant Nutrition (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Agricultural Science and Fertilization
  • 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
Keywords
Acacia mangium, soil amendment, maize yield, cowpea yield, peanut yield, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, soil chemical properties, soil pH, cation exchange capacity, exchangeable aluminum, soil carbon sink, wood waste utilization, South Sumatra

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