The impact of biochar addition on morpho-physiological characteristics, yield and water use efficiency of tomato plants under drought and salinity stress

BMC Plant Biology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: May 9, 2024

Abstract The use of saline water under drought conditions is critical for sustainable agricultural development in arid regions. Biochar used as a soil amendment to enhance properties such water-holding capacity and the source nutrition elements plants. Thus, research was carried out assess impact biochar treatment on morphological physiological characteristics production Solanum lycopersicum greenhouses exposed stresses. study structured three-factorial split-split-plot design. There were 16 treatments across three variables: (i) quality, with freshwater water, electrical conductivities 0.9 2.4 dS m − 1 , respectively; (ii) irrigation level, 40%, 60%, 80%, 100% total evapotranspiration (ETC); (iii) application, addition at 3% dosage by (w/w) (BC ), control 0% ). findings demonstrated that salt deficiency hurt physiological, morphological, yield characteristics. Conversely, enhanced all Growth-related parameters, plant height, stem diameter, leaf area, dry wet weight, gas exchange attributes, rate transpiration photosynthesis, conductivity, well relative content decreased stresses, especially when 60% ETc or 40% ETc. resulted substantial enhancement vegetative growth-related characteristics, efficiency use, yield, reduced proline levels. Tomato 4%, 16%, 8%, different levels deficit (100% ETc, 80% ETc) than Overall, (3%) combined shows potential morpho-physiological support tomato plants, improve higher WUE semi-arid areas.

Language: Английский

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Towards Climate-Smart Agriculture: Strategies for Sustainable Agricultural Production, Food Security, and Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Agronomy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(3), P. 565 - 565

Published: Feb. 25, 2025

Without transformative adaptation strategies, the impact of climate change is projected to reduce global crop yields and increase food insecurity, while rising greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions further exacerbate crisis. While agriculture a major contributor through unsustainable practices, it also offers significant opportunities mitigate these adoption sustainable practices. This review examines climate-smart (CSA) as key strategy for enhancing productivity, building resilience, reducing GHG emissions, emphasizing need strategic interventions accelerate its large-scale implementation improved security. The analysis revealed that nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) has in developed countries, NUE remains at 55.47%, precision nutrient management integrated soil fertility strategies enhance productivity minimize environmental impacts. With 40% world’s agricultural land already degraded, sustainability alone insufficient, necessitating shift toward regenerative practices restore degraded water by improving health, biodiversity, increasing carbon sequestration, thus ensuring long-term resilience. CSA including agriculture, biochar application, agroforestry, improve security, emissions. However, result variability highlights site-specific optimize benefits. Integrating multiple enhances health more effectively than implementing single practice alone. Widespread faces socio-economic technological barriers, requiring supportive policies, financial incentives, capacity-building initiatives. By adopting technologies, can transition sustainability, securing systems addressing challenges.

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

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

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Language: Английский

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Impact of Biochar on the Flowering and Growth of Strawberry Varied with Different Pyrolysis Temperatures

Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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The Importance of the Glomus Genus as a Potential Candidate for Sustainable Agriculture Under Arid Environments: A Review

International Journal of Plant Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(1), P. 32 - 32

Published: March 3, 2025

Drought and salinity are major factors that hinder crop cultivation significantly impair agricultural productivity, particularly in (semi)arid regions. These two abiotic constraints cause deterioration soil structure reduced fertility hamper plant growth by limiting access to mineral elements water, thereby threatening global food security. What’s more, the excessive, long-term use of chemical fertilizers boost productivity can disrupt balance ecosystems, health. Faced with these challenges, sustainable exploitation natural resources, particular rhizospheric microorganisms, is an environmentally friendly solution. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi play important role as biofertilizers due their symbiotic relationship roots nearly 80% plants. They promote not only host plants but also resistance stresses. Among fungi, Glomus genus stands out for its predominance plants’ rhizosphere thanks richness high-performance species ecological adaptability. This review highlights importance within this soils, terrestrial ecosystems subject (semi-)arid climates. Molecular mechanisms underlying tolerance drought salt stress symbiosis explored.

Language: Английский

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Fabrication of engineered biochar for remediation of toxic contaminants in soil matrices and soil valorization

Chemosphere, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 358, P. 142101 - 142101

Published: April 21, 2024

Language: Английский

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Advancements in soil management: optimizing crop production through interdisciplinary approaches

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 101528 - 101528

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Global insights into biochar: Production, sustainable applications, and market dynamics

Biomass and Bioenergy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 194, P. 107663 - 107663

Published: Feb. 6, 2025

Language: Английский

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Inclusion of biochar in mushroom substrate influences microbial community composition of the substrate and elemental composition of the fruiting bodies

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 968, P. 178914 - 178914

Published: Feb. 20, 2025

Due to its structure, biochar makes the soil porous and oxygen-rich, enhancing water-holding capacity increasing cation exchange for a longer duration. These aspects could also be favourable mushroom production. However, has been considerably less investigated within this context. This study impact of on production, quality, microbial communities substrates. Two different biochar's produced from local feedstocks, plant- or sludge based, were evaluated in production oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) at two concentrations (5 % 10 %). The results showed that inclusion substrate negatively impacted fruiting body elemental composition was affected by partly reflected biochar. metagenomics revealed altered community structure. bacterial diversity based Shannon indices higher wherein no added. Bacterial richness (Chao 1) samples with compared control added Fungal Chao 1 displayed an increase Overall, provides novel insights into regarding concentration effect origin material

Language: Английский

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Impact of kiln capacity on environment friendly biochar yield and biochar characteristics from rubberwood scrap using a modified cross draft biomass gasifier and burner as heat source

Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 101178 - 101178

Published: March 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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