Modern agricultural practices involve the extensive use of chemical fertilisers to increase productivity. However less than half of the applied chemical fertiliser nitrogen is used by the target crops, and much of the...
funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China(41373078);National Major Scientific Research Program(2013CB956702);Key Project of Natural Science Research in Colleges and Universities in Jiangsu Province(Grant No.16KJA180003)
Heavy metal pollution in karst mountainous area of Guizhou has spread due to the long-term exploitation of mineral resources and the improper disposal of environmentally hazardous waste. Heavy metals are characterised...
financially supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Nos.2013GB23600666 and 2013BAD11B00);funded by the Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization,China;supported by the grant of the Australian Research Council (No.LP120200418);Renewed Carbon Pty Ltd.,Australia and the project of DAFF Carbon Farming Futures-Filling the Research Gap,Australia (No.RG134978)
Utilization of biochar at high application rates can increase soil C and crop yields, decrease greenhouse gas emissions and reduce nutrient run-off from soils. However, the high application rate of 10 t ha-1 may not r...