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Shen J, Huang G, Yao Y, Zhang P, Yin J. Challenges and opportunities for the production, utilization and effects of biochar in cold-region agriculture. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 906:167623. [PMID: 37820820 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
Abstract
Cold regions are part of the earth's system characterized by the presence of snow and ice for at least part of the year. Many biochar applications in cold-regions agricultural sectors have been reported in China, Canada, Demark, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden, etc. The objective of this study was thus to comprehensively examine the previous studies of cold-region biochar technologies and their socio-economic and environmental benefits. This literature review showed that woody biochar from pine and spruce were common feedstocks with pyrolysis temperature of 550- 600 °C. 1 % and 28 t ha-1 biochar in field showed better results of promoting yield enhancement. It displayed a long-term benefit with massive economic gains and ecosystem. Moreover, the mechanism and effect of biochar were studied that instead of short-term application, a long-term application of biochar gradually improved the soil condition and generated long-term benefits due to the biochar-assisted enhancement of local ecosystem, such as improved cold-resistance of microbes and plants, promoted N uptakes, stimulated biological activities, and facilitated rhizosphere interactions. However, it should not be ignored that a short-term application could cause decline in nutrient uptake, decrease in immobilization, and trivial soil enhancement, showing an insignificant or harmful influence on the field. Though biochar generally had positive long-term effects on the field, possible influences need to be further explored to generate a best view for cold-region application of biochar with the consideration of impacts from short-term and long-term effects.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jian Shen
- Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada.
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- Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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- Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 0A2, Canada
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Tan S, Narayanan M, Thu Huong DT, Ito N, Unpaprom Y, Pugazhendhi A, Lan Chi NT, Liu J. A perspective on the interaction between biochar and soil microbes: A way to regain soil eminence. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 214:113832. [PMID: 35810814 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113832] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Soil ecosystem imparts a fundamental role in the growth and survival of the living creatures. The interaction between living and non-living constituents of the environment is important for the regulation of life in the ecosystem. Biochar is a carbon rich product present in the soil that is responsible for various applications in diversified fields. In this review, we focused on the collaboration between the soil, biochar and microbial community present in the soil and consequences of it in the ecosystem. Herein, it primarily discusses on the different approaches of the production and characterization of biochar. Furthermore, this review also discusses about the optimistic interaction of biochar with soil microbes and their role in plant growth. Eventually, it reveals the various physio-chemical properties of biochar, including its specific surface area, porous nature, ion exchange capacity, and pH, which aid in the modification of the soil environment. Furthermore, it elaborately discloses the impact of the biochar addition in the soil focusing mainly on its interaction with microbial communities such as bacteria and fungi. The physicochemical properties of biochar significantly interact with microbes and improve the beneficial microbes growth and increase soil nutrients, which resulting reasonable plant growth. The main focus remains on the role of biochar-soil microbiota in remediation of pollutants, soil amendment and inhibition of pathogenicity among plants by promoting resistance potential. It highlights the fact that adding biochar to soil modulates the soil microbial community by increasing soil fertility, paving the way for its use in farming, and pollutant removal.
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- Shimeng Tan
- College of Biological Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China; College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China
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- Division of Research and Innovation, Department of Biotechnology, Saveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Science, Chennai, 602 105, Tamil Nadu, India
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- School of Engineering and Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- School of Renewable Energy, Maejo University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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- Program in Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Maejo University, Chiangmai, Thailand
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- Emerging Materials for Energy and Environmental Applications Research Group, School of Engineering and Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- School of Engineering and Technology, Van Lang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
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- College of Biological Science and Technology, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China; College of Forestry, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410004, China.
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Pidlisnyuk V, Newton RA, Mamirova A. Miscanthus biochar value chain - A review. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2021; 290:112611. [PMID: 33892232 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2021] [Revised: 04/06/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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To complete a loop of the Miscanthus value chain including production, phytomanagement, conversion to energy, and bioproducts, the wastes accumulated from these processes have to be returned to the production cycle to provide sustainable use of the feedstock, to reduce costs, and to ensure a zero-waste approach. This can be achieved by converting Miscanthus feedstock into biogas and biochar using pyrolysis and then returning biochar to the production cycle of Miscanthus crop applications in the phytotechnology of trace elements (TEs)-contaminated/marginal lands. These processes are subjects of the current review, which focused on the peculiarities of biochar received from Miscanthus by pyrolysis, its properties, the impact on soil characteristics, the phytoremediation process, biomass yield, and the abundance of soil biodiversity. Results from the literature indicated that the pH, surface area, and porosity of Miscanthus biochar are important in determining its impact on soil characteristics. It was inferred that the most effective Miscanthus biochar was produced with a pyrolysis temperature of about 600 °C with a residence time from about 30 min to an hour. Another important factor that determined the impact of Miscanthus biochar on soil health is the application rate: with its increase, the effect became more essential, and the recommended rate is between 5% and 10%. The influence of Miscanthus biochar on the TEs phytoremediation parameters is less studied, generally Miscanthus biochar produced at higher temperatures and added with higher application rates is more likely to restrict the mobility and availability of TEs by different plants. However, some published results are contradictory to these conclusions and showed absence of significant difference in TEs reduction during application of different Miscanthus biochar doses. The future experimental studies have to focus on determining the impact of a technological pyrolysis regime on Miscanthus biochar properties on TEs-contaminated or marginal land when biochar will be obtained from contaminated rhizomes and waste after the application of phytotechnology. In addition, studies must explore the influence of this biochar on TEs phytoparameters, enhancements in biomass yield, improvements in soil parameters, and the abundance of soil diversity.
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- Valentina Pidlisnyuk
- Department of the Environmental Chemistry & Technology, Faculty of the Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Pasteurova 15, Ústí nad Labem, 400 96, Czech Republic.
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- Department of the Environmental Chemistry & Technology, Faculty of the Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Pasteurova 15, Ústí nad Labem, 400 96, Czech Republic.
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- Department of the Environmental Chemistry & Technology, Faculty of the Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, Pasteurova 15, Ústí nad Labem, 400 96, Czech Republic; Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi 71, Almaty, 05 00 40, Kazakhstan.
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Guenet B, Gabrielle B, Chenu C, Arrouays D, Balesdent J, Bernoux M, Bruni E, Caliman JP, Cardinael R, Chen S, Ciais P, Desbois D, Fouche J, Frank S, Henault C, Lugato E, Naipal V, Nesme T, Obersteiner M, Pellerin S, Powlson DS, Rasse DP, Rees F, Soussana JF, Su Y, Tian H, Valin H, Zhou F. Can N 2 O emissions offset the benefits from soil organic carbon storage? GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY 2021; 27:237-256. [PMID: 32894815 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
Abstract
To respect the Paris agreement targeting a limitation of global warming below 2°C by 2100, and possibly below 1.5°C, drastic reductions of greenhouse gas emissions are mandatory but not sufficient. Large-scale deployment of other climate mitigation strategies is also necessary. Among these, increasing soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks is an important lever because carbon in soils can be stored for long periods and land management options to achieve this already exist and have been widely tested. However, agricultural soils are also an important source of nitrous oxide (N2 O), a powerful greenhouse gas, and increasing SOC may influence N2 O emissions, likely causing an increase in many cases, thus tending to offset the climate change benefit from increased SOC storage. Here we review the main agricultural management options for increasing SOC stocks. We evaluate the amount of SOC that can be stored as well as resulting changes in N2 O emissions to better estimate the climate benefits of these management options. Based on quantitative data obtained from published meta-analyses and from our current level of understanding, we conclude that the climate mitigation induced by increased SOC storage is generally overestimated if associated N2 O emissions are not considered but, with the exception of reduced tillage, is never fully offset. Some options (e.g. biochar or non-pyrogenic C amendment application) may even decrease N2 O emissions.
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- Bertrand Guenet
- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ-UPSCALAY, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- UMR ÉcoSys, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- UMR ÉcoSys, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix en Provence, France
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- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Climate and Environment Division, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ-UPSCALAY, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- CIRAD, UPR AIDA, Harare, Zimbabwe
- AIDA, Univ Montpellier, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
- Crop Science Department, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ-UPSCALAY, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- UMR Économie publique, INRAE-AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, Paris, France
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- Institut Agro, LISAH, Univ Montpellier, INRAE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- IIASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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- Agroécologie, AgroSup Dijon, INRAE, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Directorate for Sustainable Resources, Ispra, Italy
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- Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, CEA-CNRS-UVSQ-UPSCALAY, Gif sur Yvette, France
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- ISPA, INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Univ. Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- IIASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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- ISPA, INRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, Univ. Bordeaux, Villenave d'Ornon, France
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- Department of Sustainable Agriculture Sciences, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK
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- Department of Biogeochemistry and Soil Quality, NIBIO - Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, Ås, Norway
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- UMR ÉcoSys, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- UMR ÉcoSys, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- International Center for Climate and Global Change Research, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
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- IIASA, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria
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- Sino-France Institute of Earth Systems Science, Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
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Leng L, Xu X, Wei L, Fan L, Huang H, Li J, Lu Q, Li J, Zhou W. Biochar stability assessment by incubation and modelling: Methods, drawbacks and recommendations. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 664:11-23. [PMID: 30738273 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 01/21/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
Biochar produced from pyrolysis of biomass is a candidate with great potential for climate change mitigation by carbon sequestration and reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) emission in soil. Its potential depends considerably on biochar properties. Biochar stability or biochar C recalcitrance is decisive to its carbon storage/sequestration potential in soil. Three groups of methods including: I) biochar C structure or composition analyses, II) biochar oxidation resistance determination, and III) biochar persistence assessment by incubation & modelling, have been developed for evaluation of biochar stability. Amongst, incubation & modelling is the most commonly used one and is the basis of the other two assessment methods. However, the strategies for incubation experiment designing and data modelling significantly influence the biochar stability results. Drastic differences were observed for stability results obtained from different studies partly because of the large flexibility of the incubation & modelling method. Biased biochar stability would be obtained if the method was used improperly. The present review aims to provide comprehensive information on method strategies used for incubation and modelling, followed by discussions on the key issues such as what kind of biochar to use, how the experiment should be designed, how to determine biochar C mineralization, how the mineralization data should be expressed, and what model should be used, for an accurate biochar stability evaluation. In general, incubating biochar at long-term duration, modelling incubation data with double-exponential model, using C isotopic technology for CO2 evolution determination with C mineralization data express as percentage of total organic carbon mineralized, applying biochar in the field are favorable to biochar stability assessment. Other strategies such as the use of standard (reference) biochar materials may be effective to improve the assessment.
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- Lijian Leng
- School of Resources, Environmental & Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- School of Resources, Environmental & Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- School of Resources, Environmental & Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- School of Resources, Environmental & Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- School of Land Resources and Environment, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
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- Centre for Resource Efficiency & the Environment, Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, University College London, Chadwick Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- School of Resources, Environmental & Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- School of Resources, Environmental & Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China
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- School of Resources, Environmental & Chemical Engineering and Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Environment and Resource Utilization, Ministry of Education, Nanchang University, Nanchang 330031, China.
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