Impact of Biochar Additions on Soil Hydraulic Properties
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Water".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 5
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biochar; straw; manure; pyrolysis; water retention; antibiotic; heavy metal; adsorption; carbon sequestration; greenhouse gas; supercapacitor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biochar is a product of the thermal treatment of biomass and is widely used to improve soil health and productivity, soil carbon sequestration, and the adsorption of water and soil pollutants, as well as to promote agroecological sustainability. Biochar is produced from a wide range of feedstock sources and a variety of preparation and activation processes, resulting in complex physico-chemical properties that significantly affect soil hydraulic properties after field application; this may involve how to precisely control the type and nature of biochar in order to optimise its impact on soil hydraulic properties; how to balance the enhancement of soil water retention capacity by biochar with its potential negative impact on water infiltration and evaporation processes; how to adjust the amount and manner of biochar application for different types of soils to optimise the improvement of hydraulic properties; and how to further improve the adaptability and effectiveness of biochar to specific soils and environments by modifying it.
Dr. Peizhen Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soil hydraulic properties
- biochar characteristic
- soil water retention
- water-saving irrigation
- soil pore characteristics
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