Claim · model-written summary
A structural equation model indicated biochar pore structure affects plant growth through changes in soil microbes.
- Taxon
- Tobacco
Nicotiana tabacumt0 - Treatment
- pore structure of biochare0
- Outcome
- plant growthe0
- Qualifier
- changing the relative abundance and community composition of soil microbese0
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Verbatim
e0“Structural equation modeling further demonstrated that the pore structure of biochar greatly affected plant growth by changing the relative abundance and community composition of soil microbes.”
t0“Tobacco”
Title
Linyuan Yang; Shichen Li; Waqar Ahmed; et al. Plants 2024. doi:10.3390/plants13212952
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Intervention effect Biochar increased plant growth relative to untreated controls.
- Intervention effect Biochar produced at 400 °C produced the greatest tobacco growth improvement.
- Association Greater biochar specific surface area positively changed the abundance of key microbial taxa.
- Association Greater biochar specific surface area positively changed microbial community composition.
- Association Greater biochar pore volumes inhibited microbial activity.
- Association Greater biochar pore volumes significantly affected growth and biomass accumulation, with direction unstated.
- Recommendation The authors recommend optimizing biochar pore structure by increasing specific surface area to stimulate growth and improve soil microbial communities.