Biochar Alteration of the Sorption of Substrates and Products in Soil Enzyme Assays

Pine wood and barley straw biochar amendments to Kettering and Cameroon sandy silt loam soils (15, 30, or 150 mg biochar g−1 soil) caused significant reductions (up to 80%, P<0.05) in concentrations of substrate and extractable product in soil dehydrogenase and phosphomonoesterase enzyme assays....

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Main Authors: Mark Swaine, Rachel Obrike, Joanna M. Clark, Liz J. Shaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/968682