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Application of co-composted biochar significantly improved plant-growth relevant physical/chemical properties of a metal contaminated soil

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    SYSNO ASEP0521175
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleApplication of co-composted biochar significantly improved plant-growth relevant physical/chemical properties of a metal contaminated soil
    Author(s) Teodoro, M. (CZ)
    Trakal, L. (CZ)
    Gallagher, B. N. (CZ)
    Šimek, P. (CZ)
    Soudek, Petr (UEB-Q) RID, ORCID
    Pohořelý, Michael (UCHP-M) RID, ORCID, SAI
    Beesley, L. (GB)
    Jačka, L. (CZ)
    Kovář, M. (CZ)
    Seyedsadr, S. (CZ)
    Mohan, D. (IN)
    Number of authors11
    Article number125255
    Source TitleChemosphere. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0045-6535
    Roč. 242, March (2020)
    Number of pages10 s.
    Languageeng - English
    CountryGB - United Kingdom
    KeywordsBiochar ; Compost ; Metals ; Nutrients ; Plant stress ; Water retention
    Subject RIVDK - Soil Contamination ; De-contamination incl. Pesticides
    OECD categoryAgricultural biotechnology and food biotechnology
    Subject RIV - cooperationInstitute of Chemical Process Fundamentals - Soil Science
    R&D ProjectsQK1910056 GA MZe - Ministry of Agriculture (MZe)
    Method of publishingLimited access
    Institutional supportUEB-Q - RVO:61389030 ; UCHP-M - RVO:67985858
    UT WOS000509786600126
    EID SCOPUS85074530044
    DOI10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125255
    AnnotationA woody-biochar was added to waste biomass during a composting process. The resulting compost-char was amended to a metal contaminated soil and two plant species, L. perenne and E. sativa, were grown in a pot experiment to determine 1) plant survival and stress factors, 2) uptake of metals to plants and, 3) chemical characteristics of sampled soils and pore waters. Compost supplemented with biochar after the composting process were also tested, as well as a commercially available compost, for comparison. Co-composting with biochar hastened the composting process, resulting in a composite material of reduced odour, increased maturity, circum-neutral pH and increased moisture retention than compost (increase by 3% of easily removable water content). When amended to the soil, CaCl2 extractable and pore water metals s were reduced by all compost treatments with little influence of biochar addition at any tested dose. Plant growth success was promoted furthest by the addition of co-composted biochar to the test soil, especially in the case of E. sativa. For both tested plant species significant reductions in plant metal concentrations (e.g. 8-times for Zn) were achieved, against the control soil, by compost, regardless of biochar addition. The results of this study demonstrate that the addition of biochar into the composting process can hasten the stability of the resulting compost-char, with more favourable characteristics as a soil amendment/improver than compost alone. This appears achievable whilst also maintaining the provision of available nutrients to soils and the reduction of metal mobility, and improved conditions for plant establishment.
    WorkplaceInstitute of Experimental Botany
    ContactDavid Klier, knihovna@ueb.cas.cz, Tel.: 220 390 469
    Year of Publishing2021
    Electronic addresshttp://hdl.handle.net/11104/0305812
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