Metal-enriched biochar for P-leaching

NZ connections to this study on P leaching. Check out older posts with the P tag… https://soilcarbon.org.nz/tag/phosphorus/

  1. Water Quality Management Group, Dept. of Soil and Environment Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
  2. Plant Nutrition and Soil Fertility Group, Dept. of Soil and Environment Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
  3. Department of Molecular Sciences Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden
  4. Department of Soil and Physical Sciences, Lincoln University, Lincoln, New Zealand

Conclusions

“The findings of this study indicate that P leached from organic arable soils can be greater than from mineral soils, and therefore, these organic soils require further investigation into reducing their P losses. Metal-enriched biochar, applied as an adsorptive layer below the topsoil, has the potential to reduce P losses from medium- to high-P organic soils but appear to be less useful in mineral soils.”


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