“…Organic residues produce biochar with basic pH through heating by pyrolysis, due to the removal of functional groups that can generate acidity and the increase in ashes that lead to increased salts content (e.g., Ahmad et al 2013;Cantrell and Martin, 2012;de Moraes Goncalves et al, 2004;Dionisio et al, 2019;ISTA, 2013;Kratz et al, 2012;Marschner et al, 2012;Li et al 2011). The nutrients contained in salts such as KOH, NaOH, MgCO 3 and CaCO 3 , can be separated from the biochar matrix, causing an increase in pH and increasing the availability of these elements to be adsorbed by plants (Cao and Harris, 2010).…”