Effects of biochar and modified biochar on Chromium contaminated soil properties
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In recent years, increasingly more soils are getting contaminated with organic and inorganic toxins globally due to waste emissions. Among inorganic pollutants, heavy metal like chromium (Cr) is alarming to our environment, even though its environmental management is also ignored. As a result, Cr accumulates in plant tissues at toxic concentrations end up in the food chain. Therefore, pot experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of biochar and modified biochar application on the properties of Cr polluted soils and interaction of Cr with other soil nutrients. Two different biochar viz. rice stubble and saw dust were slow pyrolyzed (450 ± 50ºC) and modified with1M KOH. All biochars were applied at a rate of 20 t ha-1 on soils artificially polluted with Cr at the levels of 0, 100, 200 and 300 µg g-1. The biochars and modified biochars had significant effects (P<0.05) on available K, P, CEC, EC, and N of incubated soils. Therefore, it has convincing evidence that application of biochar and modified biochar is very imperative to improve soil health, ameliorate Cr polluted soils, reduce the amount of carbon produced due to biomass burning and thereby enhances plant growth.
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A. Siddika, A. M. Rabbani, Z. Parveen, and M. F. Hossain, “Effects of biochar and modified biochar on Chromium contaminated soil properties”, AJSE, vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 82 - 93, May 2023.
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[41] Prommer, J., Wanek, W., Hofhansl, F., Trojan, D., Offre, P., Urich, T., Schleper, C., Sassmann, S., Kitzler, B., Soja, G. and Hood-Nowotny, R. C., “Biochar decelerates soil organic nitrogen cycling but stimulates soil nitrification in a temperate aerable field trial.” PLoS One, vol. 9, no. 1, pp 86388, 2014.
[42] Chen, X., He, X., Zhang, W. and Geng, Z., “Effect of quantity of biochar on nitrogen leaching in simulated soil columns and soil moisture parameters in field.” Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas, vol. 32, no. 1, pp 110-114, 2014.
[43] Chan, K. Y. and Xu, Z., “Biochar: Nutrient properties and their enhancement.” Biochar for Environmental Management- Science and technology. Earthscan, U. S. A. pp. 67-84, 2009.
[44] Liang, B., Lehmann, J., Sohi, S. P., Thies, J. E., O’Neill, B., Trujilo, J., Gaunt, D., Solomon, D., Grossman, J., Neves, G. E. and Luizão, F. J., “Black carbon affects the cycling of nonblack carbon in soil.” Organic Geochemistry, vol. 41, pp 206-213, 2010.
[45] Ponnamperuma, F. N., “The chemistry of submerged soils.” Advances in Agronomy, vol. 24, pp 29-96, 1972.
[46] Clough, T. J. and Condron, M. L., “Biochar and the nitrogen cycle: Introduction.” Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 39, no. 4, pp 1218-1223, 2010.
[47] Tisdale, S. L., Nelson, W. L., Beston, J. D. and Havlin, J. L., “Soil Fertility and Fertilizers.” 5th ed. Pearson Education, New Jersy, USA, 1993.
[48] Hunt, J. F., Ohno, T., He, Z., Honeycutt, C. W. and Dail, D. B., “Inhibition of phosphorus sorption to goethite, gibbsite and kaolin by fresh and decomposed organic matter.” Biology and Fertility of Soil, vol. 44, pp 277-288, 2007.
[49] Qayyum, M. F., Ashraf, I., Abid, M. and Steffens, D., “Effect of biochar, lime and compost application on ferralsol.” Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, vol. 178, pp 576-581. 2015.
[50] Agegnehu, G., Bird, M.I., Nelson, P.N. and Bass, A.M., “The ameliorating effects of biochar and compost on soil quality and plant growth on a Ferralsol.” Soil Research, vol. 53, no. 1, pp 1-12 20,15.
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[52] Brady, N. C. and Weil, R. R., “The Nature and Properties of Soils.” Macmillan publishing company, USA. pp. 980, 2007.
[53] Churka Blum, S., Lehmann, J., Solomon, D., Caires, B. F. and Alleoni, R. L. F., “Sulfur forms in organic substrates affecting S mineralization in soil.” Geoderma, vol. 200-201, pp 156-164, 2013.