Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice

Biochar-based compound fertilizers (BCF) and amendments have proven to enhance crop yields and modify soil properties (pH, nutrients, organic matter, structure etc.) and are now in commercial production in China. While there is a good understanding of the changes in soil properties following biochar...

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Autores principales: Chew, J., Zhu, L., Nielsen, S., Graber, E., Mitchell, D.R.G., Horvat, J., Mohammed, M., Liu, M., Zwieten, L., Donne, S., Munroe, P., Taherymoosavi, S., Rawal, B.P.A., Hook, J., Marjo, C., Thomas, D.S., Pan, G., Li, L., Bian, R., McBeath, A., Bird, M., Thomas, Torsten, Husson, O., Solaiman, Z., Joseph, S., Fan, X.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108966
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author Chew, J.
Zhu, L.
Nielsen, S.
Graber, E.
Mitchell, D.R.G.
Horvat, J.
Mohammed, M.
Liu, M.
Zwieten, L.
Donne, S.
Munroe, P.
Taherymoosavi, S.
Rawal, B.P.A.
Hook, J.
Marjo, C.
Thomas, D.S.
Pan, G.
Li, L.
Bian, R.
McBeath, A.
Bird, M.
Thomas, Torsten
Husson, O.
Solaiman, Z.
Joseph, S.
Fan, X.
author_browse Bian, R.
Bird, M.
Chew, J.
Donne, S.
Fan, X.
Graber, E.
Hook, J.
Horvat, J.
Husson, O.
Joseph, S.
Li, L.
Liu, M.
Marjo, C.
McBeath, A.
Mitchell, D.R.G.
Mohammed, M.
Munroe, P.
Nielsen, S.
Pan, G.
Rawal, B.P.A.
Solaiman, Z.
Taherymoosavi, S.
Thomas, D.S.
Thomas, Torsten
Zhu, L.
Zwieten, L.
author_facet Chew, J.
Zhu, L.
Nielsen, S.
Graber, E.
Mitchell, D.R.G.
Horvat, J.
Mohammed, M.
Liu, M.
Zwieten, L.
Donne, S.
Munroe, P.
Taherymoosavi, S.
Rawal, B.P.A.
Hook, J.
Marjo, C.
Thomas, D.S.
Pan, G.
Li, L.
Bian, R.
McBeath, A.
Bird, M.
Thomas, Torsten
Husson, O.
Solaiman, Z.
Joseph, S.
Fan, X.
author_sort Chew, J.
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Biochar-based compound fertilizers (BCF) and amendments have proven to enhance crop yields and modify soil properties (pH, nutrients, organic matter, structure etc.) and are now in commercial production in China. While there is a good understanding of the changes in soil properties following biochar addition, the interactions within the rhizosphere remain largely unstudied, with benefits to yield observed beyond the changes in soil properties alone. We investigated the rhizosphere interactions following the addition of an activated wheat straw BCF at an application rates of 0.25% (g·g−1 soil), which could potentially explain the increase of plant biomass (by 67%), herbage N (by 40%) and P (by 46%) uptake in the rice plants grown in the BCF-treated soil, compared to the rice plants grown in the soil with conventional fertilizer alone. Examination of the roots revealed that micron and submicron-sized biochar were embedded in the plaque layer. BCF increased soil Eh by 85 mV and increased the potential difference between the rhizosphere soil and the root membrane by 65 mV. This increased potential difference lowered the free energy required for root nutrient accumulation, potentially explaining greater plant nutrient content and biomass. We also demonstrate an increased abundance of plant-growth promoting bacteria and fungi in the rhizosphere. We suggest that the redox properties of the biochar cause major changes in electron status of rhizosphere soils that drive the observed agronomic benefits.
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spelling CGSpace1089662025-12-08T09:54:28Z Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice Chew, J. Zhu, L. Nielsen, S. Graber, E. Mitchell, D.R.G. Horvat, J. Mohammed, M. Liu, M. Zwieten, L. Donne, S. Munroe, P. Taherymoosavi, S. Rawal, B.P.A. Hook, J. Marjo, C. Thomas, D.S. Pan, G. Li, L. Bian, R. McBeath, A. Bird, M. Thomas, Torsten Husson, O. Solaiman, Z. Joseph, S. Fan, X. rice fertilizers rhizosphere plant nutrition pollution environmental engineering Biochar-based compound fertilizers (BCF) and amendments have proven to enhance crop yields and modify soil properties (pH, nutrients, organic matter, structure etc.) and are now in commercial production in China. While there is a good understanding of the changes in soil properties following biochar addition, the interactions within the rhizosphere remain largely unstudied, with benefits to yield observed beyond the changes in soil properties alone. We investigated the rhizosphere interactions following the addition of an activated wheat straw BCF at an application rates of 0.25% (g·g−1 soil), which could potentially explain the increase of plant biomass (by 67%), herbage N (by 40%) and P (by 46%) uptake in the rice plants grown in the BCF-treated soil, compared to the rice plants grown in the soil with conventional fertilizer alone. Examination of the roots revealed that micron and submicron-sized biochar were embedded in the plaque layer. BCF increased soil Eh by 85 mV and increased the potential difference between the rhizosphere soil and the root membrane by 65 mV. This increased potential difference lowered the free energy required for root nutrient accumulation, potentially explaining greater plant nutrient content and biomass. We also demonstrate an increased abundance of plant-growth promoting bacteria and fungi in the rhizosphere. We suggest that the redox properties of the biochar cause major changes in electron status of rhizosphere soils that drive the observed agronomic benefits. 2020-04 2020-08-06T14:58:00Z 2020-08-06T14:58:00Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108966 en Open Access Elsevier Jinkiat Chew, Longlong Zhu, Shaun Nielsen, Ellen Graber, David R.G. Mitchell, Joseph Horvat, Mohanad Mohammed, Minglong Liu, Lukas van Zwieten, Scott Donne, Paul Munroe, Sarasadat Taherymoosavi, Ben Pace, Aditya Rawal, James Hook, Chris Marjo, Donald S. Thomas, Genxing Pan, Lianqing Li, Rongjun Bian, Anna McBeath, Michael Bird, Torsten Thomas, Olivier Husson, Zakaria Solaiman, Stephen Joseph, Xiaorong Fan. 2020. Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice. Science of The Total Environment 713: 136431.
spellingShingle rice
fertilizers
rhizosphere
plant nutrition
pollution
environmental engineering
Chew, J.
Zhu, L.
Nielsen, S.
Graber, E.
Mitchell, D.R.G.
Horvat, J.
Mohammed, M.
Liu, M.
Zwieten, L.
Donne, S.
Munroe, P.
Taherymoosavi, S.
Rawal, B.P.A.
Hook, J.
Marjo, C.
Thomas, D.S.
Pan, G.
Li, L.
Bian, R.
McBeath, A.
Bird, M.
Thomas, Torsten
Husson, O.
Solaiman, Z.
Joseph, S.
Fan, X.
Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice
title Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice
title_full Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice
title_fullStr Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice
title_full_unstemmed Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice
title_short Biochar-based fertilizer: Supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice
title_sort biochar based fertilizer supercharging root membrane potential and biomass yield of rice
topic rice
fertilizers
rhizosphere
plant nutrition
pollution
environmental engineering
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108966
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