Agricultural soils are one of the world's largest sources of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas nearly 300 times more powerful than carbon dioxide over a ...

In rural Arkansas, researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are exploring the potential of biochar to replace synthetic fertilizers in hay production -- especially ...

A five year field study in southern China shows that a single application of biochar combined with reduced nitrogen ...

A recent study published in Scientific Reports explores the development and performance of biochar-based slow-release fertilizers (SRFs) enhanced with semi-interpenetrating polymer networks (Semi-IPNs ...

An ancient soil amendment—biochar—could be a promising tool for future soil health enhancement and maintenance, according to a study by the Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences. Amit Dhingra ...

A research team demonstrated that applying biochar at 30 t·ha-1 combined with a 10%-20% reduction in nitrogen fertilizer significantly improved nitrogen utilization efficiency and the nitrogen harvest ...

Comparison with the control plant (microscopy on the left) reveals that symbiosis with mycorrhizal fungi is stronger when tomato seedlings are fertilized with biochar based on wheat straw (center).

California has a methane problem. The state’s dairy industry is the largest in the nation, but all those dairy cattle are producing more than milk. Foul-smelling slurry ponds of manure dot the Central ...