Biochar Optimizes Wheat Quality, Yield, and Nitrogen Acquisition in Low Fertile Calcareous Soil Treated With Organic and Mineral Nitrogen Fertilizers

Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad; Basir, Abdul; Fahad, Shah; Adnan, Muhammad; Saleem, Muhammad Hamzah; Iqbal, Anas; Amanullah, .; Al-Huqail, Asma A.; Alosaimi, Areej A.; Saud, Shah; Harrison, Matthew T.; Nawaz, Taufiq

doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.879788

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“…These results are in agreement with [36], who stated that applications of phosphorus optimized the emergence m −2 . Our results are also confirmed by Blair et al [37]. The application of FYM enhanced soil fertility, soil organic matter, and heightened microbial availability [38].…”

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Managing Phosphorus Availability from Organic and Inorganic Sources for Optimum Wheat Production in Calcareous Soils

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In calcareous soils, wheat productivity is much lower due to improper nutrient management, especially phosphorus (P). Therefore, this study was conducted to manage P availability from various organic (Control, FYM and Sugar cane straw applied at the rate of 10 ton ha−1) and inorganic (Control, 100% rock phosphate (RP), 50% acidulated RP, 100% acidulated RP, single super phosphate (SSP) and diammonium phosphate (DAP)) sources applied at the rate of 90 kg P2O5 ha−1 in calcareous soil while using wheat as test crop. When averaged across the organic sources, SSP performed better in emergence m−2 (126), tillers m−2 (431), spikes m−2 (419), grains spikes−1 (61), plant height (95.1 cm), 1000-GW (40 g), biological yield (11,023 kg ha−1), grain yield (4022 kg ha−1), phosphorus use efficiency (10.5%), phosphorus in leaves at tillering (2.63 mg kg−1) and anthesis stage (2.50 mg kg−1), soil P at heading (1.73 mg kg−1) and post-harvest stage (1.56 mg kg−1) compared to the rest of the mineral sources. Similarly, among the organic sources, FYM performed better than others for all tested traits. Integration of inorganic P sources with organic manures further improved crop performance and post-harvest soil P content. Therefore, using 10 tons FYM ha−1 in integration to SSP or 100% acidulated RP at the rate of 90 kg P2O5 ha−1 is recommended for ensuring optimum wheat productivity under calcareous soils.

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Managing Phosphorus Availability from Organic and Inorganic Sources for Optimum Wheat Production in Calcareous Soils

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“…Biochar is not a simple carbon material with uniform physical and chemical properties [10]. Therefore, considering the source of biochar, synthesis conditions, type of soil, and even the type of the crop are essential factors that should be collectively considered for achieving better sustainable agricultural production without posing undesirable physical or biological alternations to utilized agroecosystems [2,11]. Biochar effect is soil type-dependent; for example, for decreasing sandy soil bulk density, at least 1% of biochar addition is required, whereas it was at least 5% for sand-loam soil [12,13].…”

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“…Biochar effect is soil type-dependent; for example, for decreasing sandy soil bulk density, at least 1% of biochar addition is required, whereas it was at least 5% for sand-loam soil [12,13]. Indeed, it is frequently reported that the application of biochar to soil for ameliorating its properties and enhancing crop productivity is more successful with well-weathered soils (degraded), low fertility soils, and acidic soils, than with fertile healthy soils [11,[14][15][16].…”

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Effect of Biochar Application to Fertile Soil on Tomato Crop Production under Saline Irrigation Regime

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Biochar application is a promising sustainable strategy for enhancing soil properties thus crop production. However, biochar application to soil certainly alters its biological and physical properties, and could require extra costs. Therefore, biochar suitability to agroecosystems must be proactively estimated. The advantage of biochar addition to poor fertile or weathered soils has been well studies, however, its feasibility to fertile soil under low quality (saline) irrigation water was not frequently studied. Consequently, this work investigates the hypothesis of whether the application of biochar at a rate of 4.8 tons/ha to fertile soil (Nile Valley, Giza, Egypt) would ameliorate the negative effects of saline irrigation regime (3000 ppm) on tomato crop and soil. The results of two seasons experiments showed that saline irrigation significantly reduced tomato crop yield by an average reduction ratio of 51%, and biochar addition could not compensate such reduction. Furthermore, biochar did not reduce accumulated Na+ in fruits or roots. Tomato fruits produced from biochar-added soil were lower in TSS levels (41.7% reduction ratio) yet larger in diameter by approximately 1.5-fold increase. Interestingly, biochar addition into soil greatly promotes the length of stem-borne lateral roots and elevates the expression of LeNR (encodes nitrate reductase enzyme) in leaves yet under fresh irrigation regime. For soil properties, biochar application enhanced the soil properties under either saline or fresh water irrigation conditions. Collectively, it is assumed that biochar application to fertile soil in Nile Valley of Egypt could not alleviate tomato fruits yield reduction affected by applied saline irrigation regime.

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“…These results agree with those reported by Ali at al. (2015) and Khan et al, (2022) who observed improve in wheat grain protein content in response to biochar addition.…”

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Independent and combined effects of biochar and mineral fertilizers on wheat productivity and soil properties

Abdelrady,

Elmasry,

El-sayed

2023

Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research

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The present study was conducted during the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 growing seasons at Shandaweel agricultural research station, Sohag governorate to study the individual and combined effect of three rates of rice straw biochar and four rates of N, P and K mineral fertilizers on the agronomic traits, nutrient contents in leaves and grains, protein and carbohydrates content in grains of wheat cultivar Misr 3 as well as on some soil properties. The experiment design was a split plot with three replications, whereby biochar treatments occupied the main plots at a rate of 0, 5 and 10 t ha -1 , while the sub plots were devoted to mineral N, P and K fertilizers at a rate of 0, 50, 75 and 100% of the recommended dose. Results revealed that the combined application of 10 t ha -1 biochar and 100% N, P and K fertilizers treatment recorded the highest values for all the studied traits as well as improving the soil properties compared to other treatments. Furthermore, the addition of 10 t ha -1 biochar with 75% and 100% of N, P, and K fertilizers significantly improved grain yield by (11.13 and 18.80%) in the first season and by (7.69 and 16.62%) in the second season, respectively compared to the application of 100% of N, P and K fertilizers without biochar. In conclusion, biochar can be used to reduce using all chemical fertilizers (N, P, and K) by 25% as well as enhancing soil fertility and wheat productivity.

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Biochar Optimizes Wheat Quality, Yield, and Nitrogen Acquisition in Low Fertile Calcareous Soil Treated With Organic and Mineral Nitrogen Fertilizers

Cited by 17 publications

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Managing Phosphorus Availability from Organic and Inorganic Sources for Optimum Wheat Production in Calcareous Soils

Managing Phosphorus Availability from Organic and Inorganic Sources for Optimum Wheat Production in Calcareous Soils

Effect of Biochar Application to Fertile Soil on Tomato Crop Production under Saline Irrigation Regime

Independent and combined effects of biochar and mineral fertilizers on wheat productivity and soil properties

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