Biochar Applied with Inorganic Nitrogen Improves Soil Carbon, Nitrate and Ammonium Content of a Sandy Loam Temperate Soil

dc.contributor.authorOmara, Peter
dc.contributor.authorAula, Lawrence
dc.contributor.authorOtim, Fred
dc.contributor.authorObia, Alfred
dc.contributor.authorSouza, Joao Luis Bigatao
dc.contributor.authorArnall, Daryl Brain
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-20T10:42:21Z
dc.date.available2023-11-20T10:42:21Z
dc.date.issued2022-02-23
dc.description.abstractBiochar is suggested to improve soil properties. However, its combination with inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer in temperate soils is not well understood. This study compared the effect of fertilizer N-biochar-combinations (NBC) and fertilizer-N (FN) on total soil N (TSN), soil organic carbon (SOC), soil nitrate (NO3−–N), and ammonium (NH4+–N). Soil samples were taken from experiments at Efaw and Lake Carl Blackwell (LCB), Oklahoma, USA with ten treatments consisting of three N rates (50, 100, and 150 kg N ha−1) and three biochar rates (5, 10, and 15 t ha−1). Results at Efaw showed greater TSN and SOC under NBC compared to FN by 3 and 21%, respectively. No percentage difference was observed for NH4+–N while NO3−–N was lower by 7%. At LCB, TSN, SOC, NO3−–N, and NH4+–N were higher under NBC by 5, 18, 24, and 10%, respectively, compared to FN. Whereas application of biochar improved SOC at both sites, NO3−–N and NH4+–N were only significant at LCB site with a sandy loam soil but not at Efaw with silty clay loam. Therefore, biochar applied in combination with inorganic N can improve N availability with potential to increase crop N uptake on coarse textured soils.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOmara, P., Aula, L., Otim, F., Obia, A., Souza, J. L. B., & Arnall, D. B. (2022). Biochar Applied with Inorganic Nitrogen Improves Soil Carbon, Nitrate and Ammonium Content of a Sandy Loam Temperate Soil. Nitrogen, 3(1), 90-100.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/nitrogen3010007
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14270/325
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPI, Basel, Switzerlanden_US
dc.subjectbiocharen_US
dc.subjecttotal nitrogenen_US
dc.subjectnitrateen_US
dc.subjectammoniumen_US
dc.subjectsoil organic carbonen_US
dc.titleBiochar Applied with Inorganic Nitrogen Improves Soil Carbon, Nitrate and Ammonium Content of a Sandy Loam Temperate Soilen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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