ArticleScientific reports2019
Biochar phosphorus concentration dictates mycorrhizal colonisation, plant growth and soil phosphorus cycling.
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- Applications and mechanisms of biochar-mycorrhizal synergies in agriculture based on systematic review.PeerJ · 2026Pooled it
- Biochar co-application with nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers modulates maize growth and physiological performance by reshaping soil P pools.BMC plant biology · 2026Article
- Influence of biochar feedstock blends on soil enzyme activity, nutrient cycling, lettuce biomass accumulation and photosynthesis.BMC plant biology · 2025Article
- Biochar for ameliorating soil fertility and microbial diversity: From production to action of the black gold.iScience · 2025Review
- Co-application of biochar and phosphorus increases soil microbial biomass, mycorrhizal colonization, growth, and nutrition of subterranean clover.AIMS microbiology · 2025Article
- Comparison of Bacterial Communities in Five Ectomycorrhizal Fungi Mycosphere Soil.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- The influence of a soil amendment on the abundance and interaction of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with arable soils and host winter wheat.Access microbiology · 2024Article
- Soil phosphorous is the primary factor determining species-specific plant growth depending on soil acidity in island ecosystems with severe erosion.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Improvement effect of biochar on soil microbial community structure and metabolites of decline disease bayberry.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Sorption, separation and recycling of ammonium in agricultural soils: A viable application for magnetic biochar?The Science of the total environment · 2022Review
- Overview of the use of biochar from main cereals to stimulate plant growth.Frontiers in plant science · 2022Review
- Bioengineered biochar as smart candidate for resource recovery toward circular bio-economy: a review.Bioengineered · 2021Review
- Increasing flavonoid concentrations in root exudates enhance associations between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and an invasive plant.The ISME journal · 2021Article
- The Effects of Biochar on Indigenous Arbuscular Mycorrhizae Fungi from Agroenvironments.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
We aimed to determine the relationship between biochar properties and colonisation of roots by arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in agricultural soil. We used a range of biochars that differed in pH, water holding capacity, C, N and P concentrations to investigate interactions between biochar and AM fungi. A glasshouse experiment was conducted with subterranean clover and wheat, amended separately with 34 sources of biochar (applied at 1% w/w), to investigate potential responses in a phosphorus (P) deficient agricultural soil. Plant growth responses to biochar ranged from positive to negative and were dependent on biochar P concentration, available soil P and AM root colonisation. The higher the nutrient P concentration in biochar, the lower was AM colonisation. Growth responses of wheat and clover to the application of various biochars were mostly positive, and their growth was correlated, but biochar contributions to soil fertility varied with biochar properties. When nutrient concentrations are higher in biochars, especially for P and N, plants can gain access to nutrients via the plant roots and mycorrhizal hyphae. Thus biochar amendments can increase both plant nutrient uptake and crop production in nutrient deficient soil.
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