Low Concentrations of Biochar Improve Germination and Seedling Development in the Threatened Arable Weed Centaurea cyanus DOI Open Access
Riccardo Fedeli, Tiberio Fiaschi, Leopoldo de Simone

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Environments, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(9), P. 189 - 189

Published: Sept. 4, 2024

In the context of sustainable agriculture, search for soil improvers that boost crop growth without harming biodiversity is gaining much attention. Biochar, solid residue resulting from pyrolysis organic material, has recently emerged as a promising bioproduct in enhancing yield, but there lack information regarding its effects on arable biodiversity. Thus, this study, we tested effect biochar application germination and seedling cornflower (Centaurea cyanus L., Asteraceae), threatened weed, under laboratory conditions. We investigated various parameters, including percentage (GP%), mean time (MGT), rate index (GRI), energy (GE%), fresh dry weight (mg) seedlings, radicle length (mm) treatments at different concentrations: 0% (control), 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%. Our findings revealed significant increase GP, GE, GRI concentrations 0.5% 1%. MGT slightly increased 0.1% biochar. Seedling was unaffected by application, whereas exhibited Radicle showed substantial day one, significantly higher 0.2% 1% two. However, three, no more statistically differences were observed between biochar-treated diaspores controls (i.e., had positive only first stages). These results suggest intermediate (0.5% 1%) overall provides most benefit to C. cyanus.

Language: Английский

Biochar-Induced Microbial Shifts: Advancing Soil Sustainability DOI Open Access
Meesha Sharma, Rishabh Kaushik, Maharaj K. Pandit

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Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(4), P. 1748 - 1748

Published: Feb. 19, 2025

Biochar utilisation as a soil enhancer has gathered considerable interest owing to its notable capacity boost productivity, enhance carbon sequestration, and improve agricultural sustainability. Nonetheless, how biochar affects the microbiome, key health ecological functioning, remains contested subject. Given critical role microbial communities play in maintaining variations microbiota may have substantial impact on fertility stability. Despite wealth of studies effects communities, results demonstrate that reaction microbiome varies greatly depending edaphic properties other factors such experimental conditions practices. Notably, different components respond soil/biochar unique way, which makes generalising impacts difficult task. In this review, we comprehensively examine governing especially terms repercussions diversity, community structure, functional dynamics, potential ramifications for productivity environmental

Language: Английский

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Low Concentrations of Biochar Improve Germination and Seedling Development in the Threatened Arable Weed Centaurea cyanus DOI Open Access
Riccardo Fedeli, Tiberio Fiaschi, Leopoldo de Simone

et al.

Environments, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(9), P. 189 - 189

Published: Sept. 4, 2024

In the context of sustainable agriculture, search for soil improvers that boost crop growth without harming biodiversity is gaining much attention. Biochar, solid residue resulting from pyrolysis organic material, has recently emerged as a promising bioproduct in enhancing yield, but there lack information regarding its effects on arable biodiversity. Thus, this study, we tested effect biochar application germination and seedling cornflower (Centaurea cyanus L., Asteraceae), threatened weed, under laboratory conditions. We investigated various parameters, including percentage (GP%), mean time (MGT), rate index (GRI), energy (GE%), fresh dry weight (mg) seedlings, radicle length (mm) treatments at different concentrations: 0% (control), 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.5%, 1%, 2%. Our findings revealed significant increase GP, GE, GRI concentrations 0.5% 1%. MGT slightly increased 0.1% biochar. Seedling was unaffected by application, whereas exhibited Radicle showed substantial day one, significantly higher 0.2% 1% two. However, three, no more statistically differences were observed between biochar-treated diaspores controls (i.e., had positive only first stages). These results suggest intermediate (0.5% 1%) overall provides most benefit to C. cyanus.

Language: Английский

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