Biochar effects on soil biota – A review

By Johannes Lehmann, Matthias C. Rillig, J. Thies, C. Masiello, W. Hockaday, David E. Crowley. 2011

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Effects of feedstock type, production method, and pyrolysis temperature on biochar and hydrochar properties (2014, background): “2, which is in agreement with literature that most of the dry-pyrolysis biochars are alkaline [15,16].”
Induced systemic resistance in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) against Botrytis cinerea by biochar amendment involves jasmonic acid signaling (2015, neutral): “(C), which determines its stability in the environment, labile mineralizable C, and ash (inorganic) components (Lehmann et al. 2011).”
Gasification biochar as a valuable by-product for carbon sequestration and soil amendment (2015, neutral): “soil water retention [16], water infiltration, and cation exchange capacity [5,13], but also soil microbial activity [14].”
Characterization of biochars to evaluate recalcitrance and agronomic performance. (2012, background): “The substantial changes in bulk soil properties and around biochar particles have shown to influence soil biological processes with significant implications for soil biogeochemistry (Lehmann et al., 2011).”
Financial viability of biofuel and biochar production from forest biomass in the face of market price volatility and uncertainty (2018, background): “The use of biochar as a soil amendment also has the potential to sequester carbon because of high carbon stability, which varies depending on biochar physical and chemical properties [34].”
Potential effects of biochar application on mitigating the drought stress implications on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under various growth stages (2020, neutral): “It also increased the activity of microbes and nutrient holding and exchange capacity of soil [19,15,10].”
Effect of biochar amendment on sorption and leaching of nitrate, ammonium, and phosphate in a sandy soil. (2012, background): “Perhaps it not surprising that biochars are more effective at removing cationic species from solution given that most biochars have been reported to have a net negative surface charge (Beesley et al., 2011; Lehmann et al., 2011).”
Biochar Amendment Increases Resistance to Stem Lesions Caused by Phytophthora spp. in Tree Seedlings (2012, background): “Impaired water movement in xylem and subsequent drought stress (Luque et al., 1999), pathogenderived chemical elicitors (Fleischmann et al., 2005; Manter et al., 2007), or a feedback inhibition caused by starch accumulation in foliage as a result of dead or non-functional phloem (Clemenz et al.,…”
Biochar in bioenergy cropping systems: impacts on soil faunal communities and linked ecosystem processes (2013, background): “…and fungi) to biochar and bioenergy cropping (e.g. Hamer et al., 2004; Steinbeiss et al., 2009), the effects on eukaryotic soil biota (e.g. protozoa, nematode, and enchytraeid worms, microarthropods and earthworms) are yet to be systematically studied (Lehmann et al., 2011; Rowe et al., 2009).”
Effects and mechanisms of biochar-microbe interactions in soil improvement and pollution remediation: A review. (2017, background): “…with respect to the apparent effects of biochar on soil (Ahmad et al., 2014; Ameloot et al., 2013; Chen and Yuan, 2011; Chen et al., 2008a, 2012b; Lehmann et al., 2011; Warnock et al., 2007); however, an understanding of biocharmicrobe interactions is a research gap that would link biochar…”