Claim · model-written summary
Biochar increased soil K, Mn, S and P.
- Taxon
- chickpea plants
Cicer arietinumt0 - Treatment
- biochar applicatione0
- Outcome
- soil nutrients K, Mn, S, and Pe0
- Direction
- increasede0
- Value
- 2–9 timese0
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Verbatim
e0“The biochar application also increased key soil nutrients K, Mn, S, and P by a factor of 2–9 times”
t0“biochar from food waste: a sustainable amendment to reduce water stress and improve the growth of chickpea plants”
Title
Snigdhendubala Pradhan; Hamish R. Mackey; Tareq A. Al-Ansari; et al. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 2022. doi:10.1007/s13399-022-02575-1
Other claims from this paper (13)
- Intervention effect Biochar increased soil porosity.
- Intervention effect Biochar more than doubled cation exchange capacity.
- Intervention effect Biochar reduced bulk density.
- Intervention effect Biochar decreased extract electrical conductivity.
- Intervention effect Two percent biochar improved water retention to 77 mL.
- Intervention effect Six percent biochar improved water retention to 91 mL.
- Intervention effect Biochar more than doubled biomass yield at the same water application.
- Intervention effect Two percent biochar increased germinated seeds and leaves, flowers, and fruiting chickpeas.
- Intervention effect Six percent biochar slightly improved plant height.
- Intervention effect Six percent biochar reduced water loss relative to two percent biochar.
- Intervention effect Both biochar loadings increased root and shoot biomass.
- Intervention effect Both biochar loadings increased K, P and S in shoot and root biomass.
- Recommendation The authors recommend 2% biochar application.