Biochar Improves Soil Aggregate Stability and Water Availability in a Mollisol after Three Years of Field Application.

A field experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of organic amendments on soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, bulk density, aggregate stability, field capacity and plant available water in a representative Chinese Mollisol. Four treatments were as follows: no fertilization (CK), applicatio...

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Main Authors: Ningning Ma, Lili Zhang, Yulan Zhang, Lijie Yang, Chunxiao Yu, Guanghua Yin, Timothy A Doane, Zhijie Wu, Ping Zhu, Xingzhu Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4871556?pdf=render