Spent Mushroom Substrate-Derived Biochar and Its Applications in Modern Agricultural Systems: An Extensive Overview DOI Creative Commons
Worawoot Aiduang, Kritsana Jatuwong,

Tanongkiat Kiatsiriroat

et al.

Life, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(2), P. 317 - 317

Published: Feb. 18, 2025

Spent mushroom substrate (SMS), a nutrient-dense byproduct of cultivation, has emerged as promising feedstock for biochar production, offering sustainable solution to modern agricultural and environmental challenges. This review explores SMS properties, its conversion into biochar, various applications. Due lignocellulosic structure, high organic matter (OM), essential nutrients, is ideal pyrolysis, process that enhances biochar's porosity, nutrient retention, carbon stability. These properties improve soil fertility, water microbial activity, plant growth while also contributing climate change mitigation through sequestration. SMS-derived stands out superior benefits, including balanced pH, rich profile, the ability adsorb heavy metals, which mitigates contamination minimizes toxic risks in food chain. By enhancing cycling, moisture supports farming practices reduce chemical fertilizer use boost resilience. Beyond applications, effective wastewater treatment, mitigating diseases, improving cultivation substrates, thereby mycelial productivity. Economically, it cost-effective alternative due abundant availability inexpensive nature SMS. Nevertheless, challenges still exist, particularly optimizing production methods ensuring consistency influenced by variations pyrolysis conditions types. Advances technology are vital scaling up production. paper emphasizes transformative potential advocating integration circular economy frameworks systems. Recommendations future research policy support provided maximize ecological economic benefits fostering widespread adoption global strategies.

Language: Английский

Biochar modulating soil biological health: A review DOI Creative Commons
Shiv Bolan,

Shailja Sharma,

Santanu Mukherjee

et al.

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 914, P. 169585 - 169585

Published: Dec. 27, 2023

Biochar can be used for multifunctional applications including the improvement of soil health and carbon storage, remediation contaminated water resources, mitigation greenhouse gas emissions odorous compounds, feed supplementation to improve animal health. A healthy preserves microbial biodiversity that is effective in supressing plant pathogens pests, recycling nutrients growth, promoting positive symbiotic associations with roots, improving structure supply nutrients, ultimately enhancing productivity growth. As a amendment, biochar assures biological through different processes. First, supports habitats microorganisms due its porous nature by formation stable micro-aggregates. also serves as nutrient source. alters physical chemical properties, creating optimum conditions diversity. immobilize pollutants reduce their bioavailability would otherwise inhibit However, depending on pyrolysis settings feedstock comprised contaminants polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons potentially toxic elements activity, thereby impacting

Language: Английский

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Reviewing Air Pollutants Generated during the Pyrolysis of Solid Waste for Biofuel and Biochar Production: Toward Cleaner Production Practices DOI Open Access
Simeng Li

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(3), P. 1169 - 1169

Published: Jan. 30, 2024

The production of biofuels and biochar through pyrolysis is a promising avenue for sustainable energy generation waste management. However, this process can inadvertently release various air pollutants into the atmosphere, potentially compromising its environmental benefits. This article provides comprehensive overview gas associated with biofuel production, as well different variables affecting emissions. Key such particulate matter (PM), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx) have been discussed in terms their formations emissions during processes. Furthermore, major factors influencing pollutant emissions, including feedstock composition, conditions, combustion technologies examined up-to-date examples. review highlights significance emission control strategies, advanced reactor design, catalyst utilization, integration realtime monitoring systems, mitigating pollution from By shedding light on challenges pyrolysis-based aims to encourage development cleaner more approaches harness potential solid conversion technologies.

Language: Английский

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Unravelling the role of biochar-microbe-soil tripartite interaction in regulating soil carbon and nitrogen budget: a panacea to soil sustainability DOI Creative Commons
Bhaskar Jyoti Parasar, Niraj Agarwala

Biochar, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 7(1)

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Language: Английский

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Metal oxide nanobiochar materials to remediate heavy metal and dye pollution: a review DOI
S. Akash,

Sankar Sudharsan Rameshwar,

Natarajan Rajamohan

et al.

Environmental Chemistry Letters, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 22(4), P. 2091 - 2112

Published: March 21, 2024

Language: Английский

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Biochar application for sustainable soil erosion control: a review of current research and future perspectives DOI
Prabhakar Sharma

Frontiers in Environmental Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: March 27, 2024

Soil erosion is a pressing environmental issue with significant agricultural productivity and ecosystem stability implications. In recent years, biochar, carbon-rich product of biomass pyrolysis, has emerged as promising soil amendment tool for control due to its ability improve quality stability. This review paper aims comprehensively analyze the effectiveness biochar role in mitigation sustainable land management practices. By examining wide range research studies, this elucidates impact on key parameters it directly affects structure, water-holding capacity, nutrient retention. The discusses how interacts particles aggregates enhance their resistance erosive forces. It also assesses influence properties, such feedstock type, pyrolysis temperature, application rate, efficacy. Furthermore, explores promoting plant growth root development, thereby reinforcing vegetation cover further reducing susceptibility. Finally, an outline potential challenges opportunities widespread adoption biochar-based strategies different contexts presented. Overall, provides valuable insights into multifacet offers recommendations future directions direct indirect control.

Language: Английский

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Municipal solid and plastic waste derived high-performance biochar production: A comprehensive review DOI
Shaikh A. Razzak

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 181, P. 106622 - 106622

Published: July 5, 2024

Language: Английский

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Recent Advances and Future Challenges DOI
Vikas Sharma, Manali Datta, Vikas Sharma

et al.

Progress in soil science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 523 - 580

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Benefits of pig manure digestate-derived biochar on soil properties and plant growth DOI

Zeineb Louati,

Mohamed Ali Wahab, Donata Drapanauskaitė

et al.

Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 7, 2025

Language: Английский

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Biochar pyrolyzed with concentrated solar radiation for enhanced nitrate adsorption DOI Creative Commons
Simeng Li,

Talar Galoustian,

Helen Trejo

et al.

Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 174, P. 106131 - 106131

Published: Aug. 9, 2023

Biochar has been recognized as an effective soil amendment for reducing nitrogen leaching in agriculture, but its large-scale implementation is impeded by the costly production process due to high energy requirements thermal decomposition of feedstock. This study aimed develop a novel pyrolysis system utilizing concentrated solar radiation produce biochar and explore potential solar-pyrolyzed nitrate adsorption. Results showed that exhibited maximum adsorption capacity 35.59 mg/g nitrate, significantly higher than two out three commercially available biochars America are selected comparison. The Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) analysis suggested variety oxygen-containing polar functional groups present solar-pyrolysis biochar, which enhances affinity other hydrophilic ions. X-ray diffraction (XRD) revealed was amorphous material with poorly crystalline, carbon-rich phase, indicating degree carbonization recalcitrance, confirmed Raman spectroscopy scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive (SEM/EDS) analysis. porous structure larger specific surface area, could benefit Although further experiments required determine stability cost-effectiveness scaled-up apparatus, these findings provide hope more sustainable high-performing future.

Language: Английский

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Effects of Biochar and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on Soil Health in Chinese Kale (Brassica oleracea var. alboglabra L.) Cultivation DOI Creative Commons
Kritsana Jatuwong, Worawoot Aiduang,

Tanongkiat Kiatsiriroat

et al.

Microbiology Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 404 - 421

Published: March 12, 2024

Biochar and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), a promising environmentally friendly soil enhancer biostimulant, play crucial role in sustainable agriculture by influencing properties plant growth. This research investigates the chemical of three biochar types [bamboo (BB-char), corn cob (CC-char), coffee grounds (CG-char)] derived from different biomass sources their impact on quality Chinese kale The results reveal significant differences among biochar. Particularly, CG-char showed greatest pH value phosphorus content, with an average 10.05 0.44%, respectively. On other hand, CC-char had highest potassium 2.16%. Incorporating into degraded enhances structure, promoting porosity improved texture, as evidenced scanning electron microscope images revealing distinct porous structures. Soil chemistry analyses treatment T2–T14 after 42-day cultivation demonstrate pH, electrical conductivity, organic matter, carbon levels comparison to control (T1). Furthermore, assesses growth photosynthetic pigments. additions, especially 5% BB-char AMF, positively influence growth, chlorophyll pigment levels. Notably, lower concentrations (5%) exhibit superior effects compared higher (10%), emphasizing importance optimal application rates. study also delves total phenolic content leaves, that synergistic effect AMF compound accumulation. combination influences health, quality, nutrient cycling mechanisms. Overall, indicates multifaceted dynamics, need for tailored strategies optimize benefits agriculture.

Language: Английский

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