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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Effect of different biochars amendment on soil biological indicators in a calcareous soil.

Mehdi Beheshti, Hassan Etesami, Hossein Ali Alikhani

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Mehdi BeheshtiDepartment of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.
Hassan EtesamiDepartment of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran. Hassanetesami@ut.ac.ir.
Hossein Ali AlikhaniDepartment of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies suggest that biochar has potential to benefit soil when used as an amendment, but only few studies have investigated how the different biochars affect the microbial activity of soil in a calcareous soil. Hence, to study the effect of the biochars obtained from wheat straw and cow manure and produced under different production conditions on two biological soil indicators, dehydrogenase activity and soil respiration, after 0, 60, and 120 days of incubation (DOI), an incubation experiment as a completely randomized design with factorial arrangement in three replicates was conducted in a calcareous soil. The results of the study showed that with increasing the pyrolysis temperature (300 and 500 °C) and pyrolysis residence times (1, 3, and 6 h) of biochars, regardless of feedstock source, the dehydrogenase activity and soil respiration decreased. Both maximum activity of dehydrogenase (20.93 μg TPF g

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CharcoalEnvironmental BiomarkersAnimalsCalcium CarbonateCattleIranManureOxidoreductasesSoilSoil MicrobiologyTemperatureTriticumbiocharCalcium CarbonateCharcoalEnvironmental BiomarkersManureOxidoreductasesSoilBiocharCalcareous soilDehydrogenase activityPyrolysis temperaturesSoil respiration

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