How can biochar protect agricultural land from drought caused by climate change?

Vitková, Justína; Šurda, Peter; Botková, Natália; Toková, Lucia; Rončák, Peter; Botyanszká, Lenka; Gaduš, Ján

doi:10.11118/978-80-7509-831-3-0166

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“…Due to its porous structure, biochar can modify the fundamental hydro-physical parameters of soil, e.g., pore-size distribution and water flow (Devereux et al, 2012;Hlaváčiková et al, 2019), influencing the water retention curve of soil (Trifunovic et al, 2018), and, consequently, the available soil water content (AWC) for plants (Seyedsadr et al, 2022;Vitková et al, 2022). These features can also depend on the application rate and the particle size of biochar, the type of raw material used and the pyrolysis conditions.…”

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Impact of biochar particle size and feedstock type on hydro-physical properties of sandy soil

Botková,

Vitková,

Šurda

et al. 2023

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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Biochar, as an organic amendment, could positively change soil properties, especially soil with low organic matter and/or poor structure. Biochar application in sandy soil with low organic matter could be an effective tool for improving hydro-physical parameters of the soil economically and ecologically as well. The effect on bulk density, particle density, porosity, saturated hydraulic conductivity and available water content for plants of two biochar types applied at three different particle sizes in a sandy soil was examined. The results confirmed previous studies, showing decreased bulk density, particle density and saturated hydraulic conductivity and partially increased available water content for plants and porosity. Both biochar type and particle size affected the studied soil hydro-physical parameters. After analysis and comparison of two different types of biochar and three particle sizes, the most effective treatment for sandy soil was proved by the biochar produced from willow with the smallest particle size (<125 µm).

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