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Biochar Applications for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management
Summary
This review examines the applications of biochar in sustainable agriculture and environmental management, covering its use as a soil amendment to address emerging pollutants such as microplastics and pharmaceutical waste, reduce salinity and drought stress, and sequester carbon. The review synthesizes research on how biochar feedstock type and thermal conversion technique influence its physicochemical properties and effects on soil microbial communities and nutrient cycling.
Application of biochar in agriculture is a tried-and-true technology and established technique to solve several sustainability-related issues in the field of agriculture. Biochar for environmentally friendly farming practices and usage of biochar to manage soil sustainably has been recommended. The biodegradable biomass is the most typically utilized feedstock for biochar production. Benefits and drawbacks of using bio-based waste substrates to restore deteriorated soil when "emerging pollutants" such microplastics and pharmaceutical waste are involved are covered. The causes of soil deterioration and the advantages of biochar for the atmosphere and soil benefits for less emissions and carbon neutrality has been reviewed. Depending on various sources of feedstock and conversion techniques, biochar, and other byproducts of the thermal conversion of biomass are discussed. For environmentally friendly farming and sustainable agriculture, the biogeochemical cycling of nutrients is greatly influenced by soil microorganisms. The addition of biochar to soil in agroecosystems affects the soil biota and physicochemical characteristics. The interaction of the soil microbial population with the dynamics of the soil's organic matter is known as soil carbon sequestration. An annotated summary of research results is tabulated for the effects of biochar on the detoxification of potentially toxic elements in soil, the reduction of salinity in various crop fields, the reduction of drought in croplands, and other uses of biochar for long-term soil sustainability.
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