Shifting paradigms: development of high-efficiency biochar fertilizers based on nano-structures and soluble components
By Stephen Joseph, E. Graber, Lianqing Li, P. Taylor, Aditya Rawal, James M. Hook, C. Chia, P. Munroe, S. Donne, Torsten Thomas and 4 more. 2013
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Many biochars have a complex carbon lattice structure with aromatic and aliphatic domains, acidic and basic groups, vacancies, metallic and non-metallic elements, and free radicals. Biochars also have separate mineral oxide, silicate and salt phases, and small and large organic molecules. In the rhizosphere, such constituents can be involved in chemical and biological processes along a soil–microbe–plant continuum, including nutrient cycling, metal chelation and stabilization, redox reactions, and free radical scavenging. It is hypothesized that the greater the amount of these nanoparticles and dissolved components, the greater will be plant and microbial responses. We provide suggestions for developing low-dose, high-efficiency biochar–nanoparticle composites, as well as initial field trial results and detailed characterization of such a biochar–fertilizer composite, to highlight the potential of such biochars.
Subfields: Biomaterials, Soil Science, Water Science and Technology
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- Nanotechnology in agri-food production: an overview (2014, neutral): “Researchers reported developing low-dose, high-efficiency biochar–nanoparticle composites, as well as initial field trial results and detailed characterization of biochar–fertilizer composite, to highlight the potential of such biochars.(159) The nanoporous and hydrophobic properties of biochar port”
- Competing uses for China's straw: the economic and carbon abatement potential of biochar (2015, methodology): “Field trials in China have recently suggested that BMCCs (which pre- mix low application rates of biochar with inorganic fer- tilizer and clay) can produce yield increases of up to 40% (Joseph et al., 2013).”
- Effects and mechanisms of biochar-microbe interactions in soil improvement and pollution remediation: A review. (2017, background): “2C (Joseph et al., 2013).”