Claim · model-written summary
Biochar combined with 1% pyroligneous acid increased corn biomass by 60% compared with either substance alone.
- Taxon
- corn
Zea mays subsp. mayse0 - Treatment
- biochar was combined with 1 % pyroligneous acide0
- Outcome
- corn seedling biomasse0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 60 %e0
- Comparator
- individual application of either substancee0
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Verbatim
e0“When biochar was combined with 1 % pyroligneous acid, corn seedling biomass increased by 60 %, and total nitrogen uptake rose by 51.8 %, compared to the individual application of either substance.”
Title
Fengyue Suo; Haoliang Fu; Jiaqi Liu; et al. Environmental Technology & Innovation 2025. doi:10.1016/j.eti.2025.104474
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Biochar combined with 1% pyroligneous acid increased corn nitrogen uptake by 51.8% compared with either substance alone.
- Intervention effect Combined biochar and pyroligneous acid improved soil cation exchange and water holding capacities.
- Intervention effect Combined biochar and pyroligneous acid enhanced soil N, P, and K availability.
- Association Improved soil properties and nutrient availability were linked to elevated corn growth.
- Intervention effect Combined biochar and pyroligneous acid improved the microbial community associated with corn growth.
- Intervention effect Co-application enhanced the abundance of beneficial bacteria linked to carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycles.
- Intervention effect Higher pyroligneous acid rates of at least 5% negatively affected corn seedling growth.