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Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat

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Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat. / Mandal, Sanchita; Thangarajan, Ramya; Bolan, Nanthi S. et al.
In: Chemosphere, Vol. 142, 31.01.2016, p. 120-127.

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Mandal, S, Thangarajan, R, Bolan, NS, Sarkar, B, Khan, N, Ok, YS & Naidu, R 2016, 'Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat', Chemosphere, vol. 142, pp. 120-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.04.086

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Mandal, S., Thangarajan, R., Bolan, N. S., Sarkar, B., Khan, N., Ok, Y. S., & Naidu, R. (2016). Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat. Chemosphere, 142, 120-127. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.04.086

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Mandal S, Thangarajan R, Bolan NS, Sarkar B, Khan N, Ok YS et al. Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat. Chemosphere. 2016 Jan 31;142:120-127. Epub 2015 May 7. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.04.086

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Mandal, Sanchita ; Thangarajan, Ramya ; Bolan, Nanthi S. et al. / Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat. In: Chemosphere. 2016 ; Vol. 142. pp. 120-127.

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title = "Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat",
abstract = "Ammonia (NH3) volatilization is a major nitrogen (N) loss from the soil, especially under tropical conditions, NH3 volatilization results in low N use efficiency by crops. Incubation experiments were conducted using five soils (pH 5.5–9.0), three N sources such as, urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), and poultry manure (PM) and two biochars such as, poultry litter biochar (PL-BC) and macadamia nut shell biochar (MS-BC). Ammonia volatilization was higher at soil with higher pH (pH exceeding 8) due to the increased hydroxyl ions. Among the N sources, urea recorded the highest NH3 volatilization (151.6 mg kg−1 soil) followed by PM (124.2 mg kg−1 soil) and DAP (99 mg kg−1 soil). Ammonia volatilization was reduced by approximately 70% with PL-BC and MS-BC. The decreased NH3 volatilization with biochars is attributed to multiple mechanisms such as NH3 adsorption/immobilization, and nitrification. Moreover, biochar increased wheat dry weight and N uptake as high as by 24.24% and 76.11%, respectively. This study unravels the immense potential of biochar in decreasing N volatilization from soils and simultaneously improving use efficiency by wheat.",
keywords = "Ammonia volatilization, Biochar, Nitrogen dynamics, PH, Urea, Wheat",
author = "Sanchita Mandal and Ramya Thangarajan and Bolan, {Nanthi S.} and Binoy Sarkar and Naser Khan and Ok, {Yong Sik} and Ravi Naidu",
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doi = "10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.04.086",
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journal = "Chemosphere",
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AU - Mandal, Sanchita

AU - Thangarajan, Ramya

AU - Bolan, Nanthi S.

AU - Sarkar, Binoy

AU - Khan, Naser

AU - Ok, Yong Sik

AU - Naidu, Ravi

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N2 - Ammonia (NH3) volatilization is a major nitrogen (N) loss from the soil, especially under tropical conditions, NH3 volatilization results in low N use efficiency by crops. Incubation experiments were conducted using five soils (pH 5.5–9.0), three N sources such as, urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), and poultry manure (PM) and two biochars such as, poultry litter biochar (PL-BC) and macadamia nut shell biochar (MS-BC). Ammonia volatilization was higher at soil with higher pH (pH exceeding 8) due to the increased hydroxyl ions. Among the N sources, urea recorded the highest NH3 volatilization (151.6 mg kg−1 soil) followed by PM (124.2 mg kg−1 soil) and DAP (99 mg kg−1 soil). Ammonia volatilization was reduced by approximately 70% with PL-BC and MS-BC. The decreased NH3 volatilization with biochars is attributed to multiple mechanisms such as NH3 adsorption/immobilization, and nitrification. Moreover, biochar increased wheat dry weight and N uptake as high as by 24.24% and 76.11%, respectively. This study unravels the immense potential of biochar in decreasing N volatilization from soils and simultaneously improving use efficiency by wheat.

AB - Ammonia (NH3) volatilization is a major nitrogen (N) loss from the soil, especially under tropical conditions, NH3 volatilization results in low N use efficiency by crops. Incubation experiments were conducted using five soils (pH 5.5–9.0), three N sources such as, urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), and poultry manure (PM) and two biochars such as, poultry litter biochar (PL-BC) and macadamia nut shell biochar (MS-BC). Ammonia volatilization was higher at soil with higher pH (pH exceeding 8) due to the increased hydroxyl ions. Among the N sources, urea recorded the highest NH3 volatilization (151.6 mg kg−1 soil) followed by PM (124.2 mg kg−1 soil) and DAP (99 mg kg−1 soil). Ammonia volatilization was reduced by approximately 70% with PL-BC and MS-BC. The decreased NH3 volatilization with biochars is attributed to multiple mechanisms such as NH3 adsorption/immobilization, and nitrification. Moreover, biochar increased wheat dry weight and N uptake as high as by 24.24% and 76.11%, respectively. This study unravels the immense potential of biochar in decreasing N volatilization from soils and simultaneously improving use efficiency by wheat.

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KW - Biochar

KW - Nitrogen dynamics

KW - PH

KW - Urea

KW - Wheat

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