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Review3 Biotech2022

Biochar-based fertilizers and their applications in plant growth promotion and protection.

Himani Agarwal, Vikrant Hari Kashyap, Arti Mishra, Smita Bordoloi, Prashant Kumar Singh, Naveen Chandra Joshi

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Review in 3 Biotech, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Himani AgarwalAmity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh India.
Vikrant Hari KashyapAmity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh India.
Arti MishraAmity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh India.
Smita BordoloiDepartment of Life Sciences, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam India.
Prashant Kumar SinghDepartment of Biotechnology, Mizoram University (A Central University), Pachhunga University College Campus, Aizawl, India.
Naveen Chandra JoshiAmity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh India.ORCID 0000-0002-4100-0707

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil is an integral part of the ecosystem because it serves as a habitat for various microorganisms and lays the foundation for supporting plant growth and development. Therefore, factors such as increased anthropogenic activities hand by hand with other natural processes that harm the ecosystem may eventually lead to a decline in soil quality and fertility, hindering the growth of plants and soil microbial communities. Given the current global scenario of increasing human intervention, it is essential to find effective measures and reliable technologies to restore soil quality. Biochar is an emerging soil ameliorant employed for soil health restoration and is primarily generated through the anoxygenic pyrolysis of biomass. The biochar application in soil remediation may be beneficial due to biochar's unique physicochemical properties, including high carbon and metal fixation abilities. In addition, biochar possesses abilities to reduce the plant's environmental stress injuries. This review briefly overviewed the ingredients and mechanism of biochar productions. We then emphatically reviewed the advances in biochar applications in soil bioremediation, soil microflora growth stimulation, and the alleviation of various biotic and abiotic stresses in plants.

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BiocharBiofertilizersBioremediationBiotic and abiotic stressPlant–microbe interaction

Identifiers

PMID35646504
PMCPMC9130403

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