TY - CHAP
T1 - Biochar for sustainable agriculture
AU - Liu, Tao
AU - Awasthi, Sanjeev Kumar
AU - Zhou, Yuwen
AU - Varjani, Sunita
AU - Zhang, Zengqiang
AU - Pandey, Ashok
AU - Ngo, Huu Hao
AU - Awasthi, Mukesh Kumar
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The characteristic of sustainable agriculture is to minimize damage to the environment while being profitable, which is not easy to achieve. “Sustainable agriculture” tries to explore a series of protective agricultural practices that can decrease the adverse pressures of land intensification. Various raw materials have different physiochemical properties of biochar. The common approaches for biochar generation include pyrolysis, gasification, and hydrothermal carbonization. Biochar can be modified by purification of acids, alkalis, oxidants, gases, and so on. Additionally, the practical application of biochar for environmental remediation should pay attention to the mobilization of heavy metals and organic pollution from biochar in the environment. The main objective of this chapter is to provide an important scientific report of the present knowledge about the impact of biochar on soil characteristics, changes, and functions. A wider range of issues were discussed, including atmospheric gases emissions related to biochar production and treatment, and the impact of application on soil respiration. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
AB - The characteristic of sustainable agriculture is to minimize damage to the environment while being profitable, which is not easy to achieve. “Sustainable agriculture” tries to explore a series of protective agricultural practices that can decrease the adverse pressures of land intensification. Various raw materials have different physiochemical properties of biochar. The common approaches for biochar generation include pyrolysis, gasification, and hydrothermal carbonization. Biochar can be modified by purification of acids, alkalis, oxidants, gases, and so on. Additionally, the practical application of biochar for environmental remediation should pay attention to the mobilization of heavy metals and organic pollution from biochar in the environment. The main objective of this chapter is to provide an important scientific report of the present knowledge about the impact of biochar on soil characteristics, changes, and functions. A wider range of issues were discussed, including atmospheric gases emissions related to biochar production and treatment, and the impact of application on soil respiration. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
KW - Sustainable agriculture
KW - Biochar
KW - Soil amendment
KW - Global warming
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U2 - 10.1016/b978-0-323-91873-2.00009-1
DO - 10.1016/b978-0-323-91873-2.00009-1
M3 - RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author)
SN - 9780323918732
T3 - Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
SP - 299
EP - 331
BT - Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering
A2 - Ngo, Huu Hao
A2 - Guo, Wenshan
A2 - Pandey, Ashok
A2 - Varjani, Sunita
A2 - Tsang, Daniel C.W.
PB - Elsevier
ER -
