Biochar-Based Fertilizers in Agriculture: Soil—Plant Interactions and Functions
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant–Soil Interactions".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 8024
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biochar; soil-plant interaction and healthy agriculture
2. Institute of Resources, Ecosystem and Environment of Agriculture, Center of Biochar and Green Agriculture, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
Interests: reduction; biomass; oxidation; pyrolysis; humic substances; forest soils; organic-matter; black carbon biochar; bamboo charcoal; nitrogen loss
Interests: biochar; agricultural engineering; ecology
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Dear Colleagues,
As a recent development in biochar technology in agriculture, biochar-based fertilizers are increasingly developed and applied in crop and food production worldwide. Biochar-based fertilizers include biochar-based organic fertilizers/soil amendments, biochar mixed mineral fertilizers and biochar blended N (urea) fertilizer and N-P-K compound fertilizers, as well as biochar-carried/enhanced biological fertilizers. These biochar-based fertilizers are known to increase nutrient use efficiency and plant responses while reducing N2O emissions, in addition to soil C accrual, in croplands. However, much remains to be discovered, as biochars are increasingly produced using various types of feedstock biowaste, and these fertilizers are applied in various land uses, soil types, climate conditions and crop types (cereals, legumes and vegetable/fruits).
This Special Issue will discuss biochar-based fertilizers’ agronomic effects (productivity, quality and growth performance) and their ability to improve soil–microbe–plant–root interactions and plant nutrition (nutrient availability and use efficiency). It will focus on plant responses to biochar-based fertilizers (root traits, leaf activity and metabolic functions), and will also address plant–environment relations regarding plants’ resilience to climate stress and their tolerance to soil-borne diseases. We also welcome papers on technology for designing, manufacturing and characterizing novel biochar-based fertilizers, and on the environmental, socioeconomic and ethnic aspects of using biochar-based fertilizers.
Prof. Dr. Genxing Pan
Prof. Dr. Stephen Joseph
Dr. Hans Peter Schmidt
Prof. Dr. Daniel P. Rasse
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biochar
- soil–plant interaction
- plant and environment
- soil and plant health
- plant nutrition
- plant performance
- stress tolerance
- legacy effects
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