Nutrient availability and corn growth in a poultry litter biochar‐amended loam soil in a greenhouse experiment
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Nutrient‐rich biochar produced from animal wastes, such as poultry litter, may increase plant growth and nutrient uptake although the role of direct and indirect mechanisms, such as stimulation of the activity of mycorrhizal fungi and plant infection, remains unclear. The effects of poultry litter biochar in combination with fertilizer on mycorrhizal infection, soil nutrient availability and corn ( Zea mays L.) growth were investigated by growing corn in a loam soil in a greenhouse with biochar (0, 5 and 10 Mg/ha) and nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilizer (0, half and full rates). Biochar did not affect microbial biomass C or N, mycorrhizal infection, or alkaline phosphomonoesterase activities, but acid phosphomonoesterase activities, water‐soluble P, Mehlich‐3 Mg, plant height, aboveground and root biomass, and root diameter were greater with 10 Mg/ha than with no biochar. Root length, volume, root tips and surface area were greatest in the fully fertilized soil receiving 10 Mg/ha biochar compared to all other treatments. The 10 Mg/ha biochar application may have improved plant access to soil nutrients by promoting plant growth and root structural features, rather than by enhancing mycorrhizal infection rates.
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Contents of secondary nutrients including sulfur, calcium, and magnesium are high in animal manure biochar.
“As shown in Table 4, contents of secondary nutrients including S, Ca, and Mg are high in animal manure biochar, as reported by Xiao et al. (2018) and Brantley et al. (2016).”
From Biochar and its importance on nutrient dynamics in soil and plant (2020) · cites this paper as Brantley et al. 2016
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- Authors
- Brantley, K. E., Savin, M. C., Brye, K. R., & Longer, D. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
- Corresponding author
- Savin, M. C.
- ORCID
- Savin, M. C.
- Venue
- Soil Use and Management
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-08-25
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 279-288
- ISSN
- 0266-0032 (ISSN-L)
- 1475-2743
- OpenAlex
- W2507436069
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3
- FWCI
- 3.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Soil Use and Management (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Agricultural Science and Fertilization
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Keywords
- poultry litter biochar, maize growth, maize, soil nutrient availability, mycorrhizal colonization, phosphomonoesterase activity, root morphology, nitrogen fertilization, phosphorus fertilizer, microbial biomass carbon, loam soil, plant growth promotion
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