Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat

Sanchita Mandal; Ramya Thangarajan; Nanthi S. Bolan; Binoy Sarkar; Naser Khan; Yong Sik Ok; Ravi Naidu

doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.04.086

Biochar-induced concomitant decrease in ammonia volatilization and increase in nitrogen use efficiency by wheat

Sanchita Mandal, Ramya Thangarajan, Nanthi S. Bolan, Binoy Sarkar, Naser Khan, Yong Sik Ok, Ravi Naidu

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Abstract

Ammonia (NH₃) volatilization is a major nitrogen (N) loss from the soil, especially under tropical conditions, NH₃ volatilization results in low N use efficiency by crops. Incubation experiments were conducted using five soils (pH 5.5-9.0), three N sources such as, urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), and poultry manure (PM) and two biochars such as, poultry litter biochar (PL-BC) and macadamia nut shell biochar (MS-BC). Ammonia volatilization was higher at soil with higher pH (pH exceeding 8) due to the increased hydroxyl ions. Among the N sources, urea recorded the highest NH₃ volatilization (151.6mgkg^-1soil) followed by PM (124.2mgkg^-1soil) and DAP (99mgkg^-1soil). Ammonia volatilization was reduced by approximately 70% with PL-BC and MS-BC. The decreased NH₃ volatilization with biochars is attributed to multiple mechanisms such as NH₃ adsorption/immobilization, and nitrification. Moreover, biochar increased wheat dry weight and N uptake as high as by 24.24% and 76.11%, respectively. This study unravels the immense potential of biochar in decreasing N volatilization from soils and simultaneously improving use efficiency by wheat.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	120-127
Number of pages	8
Journal	Chemosphere
Volume	142
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.04.086
Publication status	Published - 2016 Jan
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This study was financially supported by the CERAR (Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation) Honours Scholarship , CRC CARE (Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment) and the Barbara Hardy Institute and Natural Resource Management Honours Scholarship at the University of South Australia.

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Keywords

Ammonia volatilization
Biochar
Nitrogen dynamics
PH
Urea
Wheat

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
General Chemistry
Pollution
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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