

In this study, granulated biochar (1.2–2 mm) and powdered biochar (GWB). Li, Hu Zheng, Bang-Xiao Yan, Yu Su, Jian-Qiang Zhu, Yong-Guanīiochar contains quinones and aromatic structures that facilitate extracellular electron transfer between microbial cells and insoluble minerals. Zhou, Guo-Wei Yang, Xiao-Ru Marshall, Christopher W. Thisīiochar Addition Increases the Rates of Dissimilatory Iron Reduction and Methanogenesis in Ferrihydrite Enrichments In contrast the co-composted biochar always resulted in a highly significant stimulation of the Quinoa yield (roots, shoots, inflorescences). This reduction was alleviated to a certain extent by the addition of either compost and/or increased fertilization. The fresh biochar produced the well-known reduction in plant growth compared to the unamended control. From the start there was a considerable difference between the growth of Quinoa with the fresh compared to the aged biochar. Biochars and compost were all added at a rate of 2% (w/w) to the soil.
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The three factors used in the study were (I) type of biochar addition ("aged", "fresh", or zero BC), (II) addition of compost and (III) low and high application rates of a full NPK-fertilizer (equivalent to 28 and 140 kg N ha-1, NPK + micronutrients) in several doses. To investigate the effect of composting ("ageing") on biochar effects, a completely randomized full-factorial pot study was carried out in the greenhouse using the pseudo-cereal Chenopodium quinoa. Interestingly, the rotting temperature was significantly higher in the biochar-compost while C and N were retained to a certain extent. The materials were manures (bovine, horse and chicken), straw, stone meal and composting was performed with our without +20 vol.% of a woody biochar (German Charcoal GmbH). Fischer & Glaser, 2012) we conducted a fully replicated (n=3, +/- biochar) large-scale composting study at the Delinat Institute in Arbaz, Switzerland. To investigate earlier reports of the beneficial effects of composting biochar (e.g. Therefore the use of biochar for soil C sequestration, although desirable from a global change mitigation point of view, may never be implemented without proven and economically feasible pathways for biochar effects in agriculture. The application of production-fresh, untreated biochar does not always result in yield improvements, in particular in temperate or boreal soils. Kammann, Claudia Messerschmidt, Nicole Müller, Christoph Steffens, Diedrich Schmidt, Hans-Peter Koyro, Hans-Werner Significant plant growth stimulation by composted as opposed to untreated Biochar

Higher amounts of extracellular polymer substances and higher conductivity induced by biochar could contribute to the reinforcement effect in chain elongation. These reinforcement effect of biochar are attributed to the enhanced conductivity due to the significant enrichment of functional microorganisms via the microbial network surrounding smaller biochar particles, and via the adsorption on the rough surfaces or pores of larger particles, which facilitated electron transfer. The addition of biochar created a tougher system with more stable microorganism community structure for chain elongation, in which no obvious inhibition by products or substrates was observed, moreover, the lag phase was reduced 2.3-fold compared to the system without biochar. The concentration of caproate increased to 21.1 g/L upon the addition of biochar, which is the highest level of caproate reported for such a system to date when ethanol was used as electron donor. In this study, biochar was introduced into a chain elongation system to enhance the bioproduction of caproate and caprylate. Liu, Yuhao He, Pinjing Shao, Liming Zhang, Hua Lü, Fan Significant enhancement by biochar of caproate production via chain elongation.
