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Improvements in wheat productivity and soil quality can accomplish by co-application of biochars and chemical fertilizers

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.178
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.178
 
Title Improvements in wheat productivity and soil quality can accomplish by co-application of biochars and chemical fertilizers
 
Creator Sadaf, J
Shah, G A
Shahzad, K
Ali, N
Shahid, M
Ali, S
Hussain, R A
Ahmed, Z I
Traore, B
Ismail, I M I
Rashid, M I
 
Subject Soil Fertility
Fertilizers
Soil Science
Wheat
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description The beneficial role of biochar is evident in most of infertile soils, however this is argued that increment in crop yield owing to biochar application does not always achieve in cultivated/fertile soils. The nutrient biochar believed to enhance crop yield and soil fertility than structural biochar that may offset the positive effect of chemical fertilizer on crop performance but improves soil structural properties. Therefore, we investigated the effect of biochars [produced from nutrient rich feedstocks like poultry manure (PMB) and farmyard manure (FMB) and structural feedstocks such as wood chips (WCB) and kitchen waste (KWB)], and chemical fertilizers (CF) when applied alone or in combination on soil chemical properties, wheat growth, yield and nitrogen uptake in a cultivated clay loam soil. Sole biochar treatments increased the total carbon and mineral nitrogen content that were 21 and 106% higher, respectively compared to control after 128 days (P < 0.001). Contrarily, sole biochars application did not increase wheat biological yield and N uptake compared to control (P > 0.05) except PMB, the nutrient biochar (P < 0.05). Compared to control, grain yield was 6 and 12% lower in WCB and FMB, respectively but not differed from KWB, PMB or WCB-CF. Conversely, co-application of biochars and CF treatments increased crop biological yield but the increment was the highest in nutrient biochars FMB or PMB (29 or 26%), than structural biochars WCB and KWB (15 and 13%), respectively (P < 0.05). For N uptake, this increment varies between 16 and 27% and again nutrient biochar has significantly higher N uptake than structural biochars. Hence, nutrient biochars (i.e. PMB) benefited the soil fertility and crop productivity more than structural biochars. Therefore, for immediate crop benefits, it is recommended to use nutrient biochar alone or in combination with chemical fertilizer. Such practice will improve crop performance and the quality of cultivated soil.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2017-12-31
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/10180/1/GA%20shah_Science%20of%20the%20total%20environment.pdf
Sadaf, J and Shah, G A and Shahzad, K and Ali, N and Shahid, M and Ali, S and Hussain, R A and Ahmed, Z I and Traore, B and Ismail, I M I and Rashid, M I (2017) Improvements in wheat productivity and soil quality can accomplish by co-application of biochars and chemical fertilizers. Science of The Total Environment, 607,08. pp. 715-724. ISSN 00489697