Claim · model-written summary
Biochar amendment had no effect on soil microbial biomass C and N or basal respiration.
- Taxon
- oat and barley
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Hordeum vulgare
Avena sativae0 - Treatment
- biochar amendmente1
- Outcome
- soil microbial biomass C and N, and basal respiratione1
- Direction
- no effecte1
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Verbatim
e0“to assess the impact of biochar on soil physical properties, soil microbial biomass, and oat and barley yield”
e1“The biochar amendment had no effect on soil aggregate (2–6 mm) stability, pore size distribution, penetration resistance, soil microbial biomass C and N, and basal respiration”
Title
Adam O’Toole; Christophe Moni; Simon Weldon; et al. Agriculture 2018. doi:10.3390/agriculture8110171
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Biochar amendment (BC25) significantly increased average volumetric water content at field capacity compared with the control.
- Intervention effect Biochar amendment had no effect on soil aggregate stability, pore size distribution or penetration resistance.
- Intervention effect Biochar did not alter grain yields of oat and barley over four growing seasons in Norway.