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Biochar optimizes wheat quality, yield, and nitrogen acquisition in low fertile calcareous soil treated with organic and mineral nitrogen fertilizers

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Khan, MA and Basir, A and Fahad, S and Adnan, M and Saleem, MH and Iqbal, A and Amanullah, A and Al-Huqail, AA and Alosaimi, AA and Saud, S and Liu, K and Harrison, MT and Nawaz, T, Biochar optimizes wheat quality, yield, and nitrogen acquisition in low fertile calcareous soil treated with organic and mineral nitrogen fertilizers, Frontiers in Plant Science, 13 Article 879788. ISSN 1664-462X (2022) [Refereed Article]


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Copyright © 2022 Khan, Basir, Fahad, Adnan, Saleem, Iqbal, Amanullah, Al-Huqail, Alosaimi, Saud, Liu, Harrison and Nawaz. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

DOI: doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.879788

Abstract

Crop quality and nutrient uptake are considerably influenced by fertilizers inputs and their application rate. Biochar (BC) improves nitrogen uptake and crop productivity. However, its interaction with synthetic and organic fertilizers in calcareous soil is not fully recognized. Therefore, we inspected the role of biochar (0, 10, 20, and 30 t ha–1) in improving N uptake and quality of wheat in a calcareous soil under integrated N management (90, 120, and 150 kg N ha–1) applied each from urea, farmyard manure (FYM) and poultry manure (PM) along with control) in 2 years field experiments. Application of 20 t BC along with 150 kg N ha–1 as poultry manure considerably improved wheat grain protein content (14.57%), grain (62.9%), straw (28.7%), and biological (38.4%) yield, grain, straw, and total N concentration by 14.6, 19.2, and 15.6% and their uptake by 84.6, 48.8, and 72.1%, respectively, over absolute control when averaged across the years. However, their impact was more pronounced in the 2nd year (2016–2017) after application compared to the 1st year (2015–2016). Therefore, for immediate crop benefits, it is recommended to use 20 t BC ha–1 once in 50 years for enhancing the nitrogen use efficiency of fertilizers and crop yield.

Item Details

Item Type:Refereed Article
Keywords:biochar, nitrogen, agronomy, wheat, maize, soil carbon, greenhouse gas emissions, climate crisis, climate change, net-zero, carbon neutral, soil, sequestration, grain, yield, protein, agronomy, cultivation, fertility, fertilizer, nitrous oxide, yield
Research Division:Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences
Research Group:Agriculture, land and farm management
Research Field:Agricultural management of nutrients
Objective Division:Environmental Policy, Climate Change and Natural Hazards
Objective Group:Adaptation to climate change
Objective Field:Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
UTAS Author:Liu, K (Dr Ke Liu)
UTAS Author:Harrison, MT (Associate Professor Matthew Harrison)
ID Code:149966
Year Published:2022
Web of Science® Times Cited:6
Deposited By:TIA - Research Institute
Deposited On:2022-05-04
Last Modified:2022-11-18
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