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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Biochar for Soil Amendment: Applications, Benefits, and Environmental Impacts.

Ujjwal Pokharel, Gururaj Neelgund, Ram L Ray, Venkatesh Balan, Sandeep Kumar

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

1 citing paper 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

5 authors.

Ujjwal PokharelDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University, 135 Kaufman Hall, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3655-3454
Gururaj NeelgundCollege of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USA.
Ram L RayCollege of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7833-9253
Venkatesh BalanDepartment of Engineering Technology, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Sugar Land, TX 77479, USA.
Sandeep KumarDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Old Dominion University, 135 Kaufman Hall, Norfolk, VA 23529, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3173-6101

Funding

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 02D48123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The excessive use of chemical fertilizers results in environmental issues, including loss of soil fertility, eutrophication, increased soil acidity, alterations in soil characteristics, and disrupted plant-microbe symbiosis. Here, we synthesize recent studies available from up to 2025, focusing on engineered biochar and its application in addressing issues of soil nutrient imbalance, soil pollution from inorganic and organic pollutants, soil acidification, salinity, and greenhouse gas emissions from fields. Application of engineered biochar enhanced the removal of Cr (VI), Cd

Indexed as

biocharbiomasscarbon sequestrationengineered biocharpyrolysissoil amendment

Identifiers

PMID41301093
PMCPMC12649191

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