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ArticleScientific reports2016

Novel Alleviation Mechanisms of Aluminum Phytotoxicity via Released Biosilicon from Rice Straw-Derived Biochars.

Linbo Qian, Baoliang Chen, Mengfang Chen

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Linbo QianDepartment of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Baoliang ChenDepartment of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Mengfang ChenKey Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210008, Jiangsu Province, China.
Zhejiang University · CNInstitute of Soil Science · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Replacing biosilicon and biocarbon in soil via biochar amendment is a novel approach for soil amelioration and pollution remediation. The unique roles of silicon (Si)-rich biochar in aluminum (Al) phytotoxicity alleviation have not been discovered. In this study, the alleviation of Al phytotoxicity to wheat plants (root tips cell death) by biochars fabricated from rice straw pyrolyzed at 400 and 700 °C (RS400 and RS700) and the feedstock (RS100) were studied using a slurry system containing typical acidic soils for a 15-day exposure experiment. The distributions of Al and Si in the slurry solution, soil and plant root tissue were monitored by staining methods, chemical extractions and SEM-EDS observations. We found that the biological sourced silicon in biochars served dual roles in Al phytotoxicity alleviation in acidic soil slurry. On one hand, the Si particles reduced the amount of soil exchangeable Al and prevented the migration of Al to the plant. More importantly, the Si released from biochars synchronously absorbed by the plants and coordinated with Al to form Al-Si compounds in the epidermis of wheat roots, which is a new mechanism for Al phytotoxicity alleviation in acidic soil slurry by biochar amendment. In addition, the steady release of Si from the rice straw-derived biochars was a sustainable Si source for aluminosilicate reconstruction in acidic soil.

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CharcoalAluminumMicroscopy, Electron, ScanningOryzaPlant RootsSiliconSoil PollutantsSpectrometry, X-Ray EmissionAluminumbiocharCharcoalSiliconSoil Pollutants

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