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Key priorities in biochar research for future guidance of sustainable policy development have been identified by expert assessment within the COST Action TD1107. The current level of scientific understanding (LOSU) regarding the consequences of biochar application to soil were explored. Five broad thematic areas of biochar research were addressed: soil biodiversity and ecotoxicology, soil organic matter and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, soil physical properties, nutrient cycles and crop production, and soil remediation. The highest future research priorities regarding biochar’s effects in soils were: functional redundancy within soil microbial communities, bioavailability of biochar’s contaminants to soil biota, soil organic matter stability, GHG emissions, soil formation, soil hydrology, nutrient cycling due to microbial priming as well as altered rhizosphere ecology, and soil pH buffering capacity. Methodological and other constraints to achieve the required LOSU are discussed and options for efficient progress of biochar research and sustainable application to soil are presented.
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Biochars in soils: towards the required level of scientific understanding
Priit Tammeorg, Ana Catarina Bastos, Simon Jeffery, Frédéric Rees, Jürgen Kern Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Max-Eyth Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam, Germany
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7797-5226 , Ellen R. Graber, Maurizio Ventura, Mark Kibblewhite, António Amaro, Alice Budai, Cláudia M. d. S. Cordovil, Xavier Domene, Ciro Gardi, Gabriel Gascó, Ján Horák, Claudia Kammann, Elena Kondrlova, David Laird, Susana Loureiro University of Aveiro, Department of Biology, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugalhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5393-9623 , Martinho A. S. Martins, Pietro Panzacchi, Munoo Prasad, Marija Prodana, Aline Peregrina Puga, Greet Ruysschaert, Lidia Sas-Paszt, Flávio C. Silva, Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira, Giustino Tonon, Gemini Delle Vedove, Costanza Zavalloni, Bruno Glaser & Frank G. A. Verheijen show all
Priit Tammeorg, Ana Catarina Bastos, Simon Jeffery, Frédéric Rees, Jürgen Kern Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy, Max-Eyth Allee 100, 14469 Potsdam, Germanyhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7797-5226 , Ellen R. Graber, Maurizio Ventura, Mark Kibblewhite, António Amaro, Alice Budai, Cláudia M. d. S. Cordovil, Xavier Domene, Ciro Gardi, Gabriel Gascó, Ján Horák, Claudia Kammann, Elena Kondrlova, David Laird, Susana Loureiro University of Aveiro, Department of Biology, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugalhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5393-9623 , Martinho A. S. Martins, Pietro Panzacchi, Munoo Prasad, Marija Prodana, Aline Peregrina Puga, Greet Ruysschaert, Lidia Sas-Paszt, Flávio C. Silva, Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira, Giustino Tonon, Gemini Delle Vedove, Costanza Zavalloni, Bruno Glaser & Frank G. A. Verheijen show all
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http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7797-5226 , Ellen R. Graber, Maurizio Ventura, Mark Kibblewhite, António Amaro, Alice Budai, Cláudia M. d. S. Cordovil, Xavier Domene, Ciro Gardi, Gabriel Gascó, Ján Horák, Claudia Kammann, Elena Kondrlova, David Laird, Susana Loureiro University of Aveiro, Department of Biology, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM), Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugalhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5393-9623 , Martinho A. S. Martins, Pietro Panzacchi, Munoo Prasad, Marija Prodana, Aline Peregrina Puga, Greet Ruysschaert, Lidia Sas-Paszt, Flávio C. Silva, Wenceslau Geraldes Teixeira, Giustino Tonon, Gemini Delle Vedove, Costanza Zavalloni, Bruno Glaser & Frank G. A. Verheijen show all![Sample our Earth Sciences journals, sign in here to start your access, latest two full volumes FREE to you for 14 days]({"type":"image","src":"/sda/5930/JournalAd-Sample-Our-Journals-Earth-Sciences-PB.gif"})
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