Claim · model-written summary
Biochar increased microbial abundances.
- Taxon
- wheat plants
Triticum aestivume1 - Treatment
- Biochar soil amendmente0
- Outcome
- microbial abundancese0
- Direction
- increasede0
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Verbatim
e0“Biochar soil amendment did not stimulate enzyme activities but increased microbial abundances”
e1“AMF root colonization rates of the wheat plants growing in each microcosm”
Title
José A. Siles; Inmaculada García-Romera; Tomas Cajthaml; et al. Scientific Reports 2022. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-17075-5
Other claims from this paper (17)
- Intervention effect Biochar did not stimulate enzyme activities.
- Association Dehydrogenase activity was higher in less contaminated soils.
- Association Microbial abundances were higher in less contaminated soils.
- Association Dehydrogenase activity was higher at shorter treatment times.
- Association Microbial abundances were higher at shorter treatment times.
- Intervention effect Pyrolysis temperature affected enzyme activities differently.
- Intervention effect Biochar application dose affected enzyme activities differently.
- Intervention effect Pyrolysis temperature had no significant effect on glucosidase.
- Intervention effect Pyrolysis temperature had no significant effect on dehydrogenase.
- Intervention effect Higher biochar dose boosted microbial abundances.
- Intervention effect F. mosseae inoculation increased soil AMF proliferation.
- Intervention effect F. mosseae inoculation increased soil glomalin content.
- Intervention effect F. mosseae inoculation increased root AMF colonization.
- Association Inoculation interactions significantly affected soil enzyme activities.
- Association Inoculation interactions significantly affected microbial abundances.
- Association Inoculation interactions significantly affected AMF community.
- Recommendation The authors endorse biochar and AMF for moderately contaminated soils over short times.