What is it about?
Biochar is a resource for sustainable agriculture. It comes from residues and waste and it becomes a wonderful product for carbon sequestration and soil fertility. However, based on the biomass of origin its properties vary greatly. We have described five examples of biochar from wood, digestate and poultry litter.
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Why is it important?
This paper describes the basilar analyses to be performed on biochar and how to assess the usefulness for growing plants. It also shows pictures of char taken with electron microscope evidencing the microstructure of the particles.
Perspectives
I think the paper shows quite clearly how biochar can benefit plant growth even in those cases when the chemical composition could seem to be not ideal. I think it also shows how simple analyses performed on biochar can inform on the possible uses.
Elena Maestri
Universita degli Studi di Parma
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This page is a summary of: Structural and Functional Features of Chars From Different Biomasses as Potential Plant Amendments, Frontiers in Plant Science, August 2018, Frontiers,
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01119.
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