Balanced mixture of biochar and synthetic fertilizer increases seedling quality of Acacia mangium

Biochar is a charcoal-like substance produced by pyrolisis of organic material from agricultural and forestry wastes, that can improve soil and substrates physical and chemical properties in the field and in plant nurseries. Despite some studies showing the advantages of its use in forestry nurserie...

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Autores principales: Reyes Moreno, Giovanni, Fernandez, María Elena, Darghan Contreras, Enrique
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10715
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X21000473
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssas.2021.04.004
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author Reyes Moreno, Giovanni
Fernandez, María Elena
Darghan Contreras, Enrique
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description Biochar is a charcoal-like substance produced by pyrolisis of organic material from agricultural and forestry wastes, that can improve soil and substrates physical and chemical properties in the field and in plant nurseries. Despite some studies showing the advantages of its use in forestry nurseries, other studies show that biochar effects on seedling growth and quality are variable, and depends on the specific properties of the biochar and the particular species response to it. The objective of this study was to evaluate, through the analysis of the substrate and plant measurements, the effect of biochar produced from Acacia mangium Willd wood residues on the production of the same species seedlings. An experiment with complete factorial design, in a completely randomized arrangement, was established, with 9 treatments resulting from the combination of A. mangium biochar (BAM) and synthetic fertilizer (FS), with 3 dose levels for BAM: 0, 40, and 80 ton • ha−1 and 3 levels for the FS: 0% 50% and 100% of common fertilizer practice in the studied region of Colombia. The quality of the seedlings was estimated using the Dickson index (DQI), which considers the size and biomass allocation of the plant. The addition of BAM + FS increased the cationic exchange capacity, nitrogen, phosphorus, organic matter and carbon in the substrate without modifying the pH or the concentrations of calcium and potassium. Foliar analysis showed an increase in these cations in BAM treatments. An increase of over 130% was found in the DQI of seedlings with BAM + FS, but an intermediate dose of both elements was required to achieve this improvement in seedling quality. Neither of the two fertilizer alternatives alone resulted in good seedling quality.
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spelling INTA107152021-11-08T15:56:35Z Balanced mixture of biochar and synthetic fertilizer increases seedling quality of Acacia mangium Reyes Moreno, Giovanni Fernandez, María Elena Darghan Contreras, Enrique Agroecología Agroecosistemas Pirólisis Enmiendas Orgánicas Agroecology Agroecosystems Pyrolysis Organic Amendments Acacia mangium Biochar Biochar is a charcoal-like substance produced by pyrolisis of organic material from agricultural and forestry wastes, that can improve soil and substrates physical and chemical properties in the field and in plant nurseries. Despite some studies showing the advantages of its use in forestry nurseries, other studies show that biochar effects on seedling growth and quality are variable, and depends on the specific properties of the biochar and the particular species response to it. The objective of this study was to evaluate, through the analysis of the substrate and plant measurements, the effect of biochar produced from Acacia mangium Willd wood residues on the production of the same species seedlings. An experiment with complete factorial design, in a completely randomized arrangement, was established, with 9 treatments resulting from the combination of A. mangium biochar (BAM) and synthetic fertilizer (FS), with 3 dose levels for BAM: 0, 40, and 80 ton • ha−1 and 3 levels for the FS: 0% 50% and 100% of common fertilizer practice in the studied region of Colombia. The quality of the seedlings was estimated using the Dickson index (DQI), which considers the size and biomass allocation of the plant. The addition of BAM + FS increased the cationic exchange capacity, nitrogen, phosphorus, organic matter and carbon in the substrate without modifying the pH or the concentrations of calcium and potassium. Foliar analysis showed an increase in these cations in BAM treatments. An increase of over 130% was found in the DQI of seedlings with BAM + FS, but an intermediate dose of both elements was required to achieve this improvement in seedling quality. Neither of the two fertilizer alternatives alone resulted in good seedling quality. EEA Balcarce Fil: Reyes Moreno, Giovanni. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt; Colombia. Fil: Fernández, María Elena. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Innovación Para la Producción Agropecuaria y el Desarrollo Sostenible; Argentina. Fil: Darghan Contreras, Enrique. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias; Colombia. 2021-11-08T15:48:50Z 2021-11-08T15:48:50Z 2021-04-19 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10715 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X21000473 1658-077X https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssas.2021.04.004 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf Elsevier Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural Sciences 20 (6) : 371-378 (september 2021)
spellingShingle Agroecología
Agroecosistemas
Pirólisis
Enmiendas Orgánicas
Agroecology
Agroecosystems
Pyrolysis
Organic Amendments
Acacia mangium
Biochar
Reyes Moreno, Giovanni
Fernandez, María Elena
Darghan Contreras, Enrique
Balanced mixture of biochar and synthetic fertilizer increases seedling quality of Acacia mangium
title Balanced mixture of biochar and synthetic fertilizer increases seedling quality of Acacia mangium
title_full Balanced mixture of biochar and synthetic fertilizer increases seedling quality of Acacia mangium
title_fullStr Balanced mixture of biochar and synthetic fertilizer increases seedling quality of Acacia mangium
title_full_unstemmed Balanced mixture of biochar and synthetic fertilizer increases seedling quality of Acacia mangium
title_short Balanced mixture of biochar and synthetic fertilizer increases seedling quality of Acacia mangium
title_sort balanced mixture of biochar and synthetic fertilizer increases seedling quality of acacia mangium
topic Agroecología
Agroecosistemas
Pirólisis
Enmiendas Orgánicas
Agroecology
Agroecosystems
Pyrolysis
Organic Amendments
Acacia mangium
Biochar
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/10715
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658077X21000473
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssas.2021.04.004
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