{"title":"Biochar: A Sustainable Approach for Improving Plant Growth and Soil Properties","authors":"Jyoti Rawat, J. Saxena, Pankaj Sanwal","doi":"10.5772/INTECHOPEN.82151","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Soil is the most important source and an abode for many nutrients and microflora. Due to rapid depletion of agricultural areas and soil quality by means of ever-increasing population and an excessive addition of chemical fertilizers, a rehabilitated attention is a need of the hour to maintain sustainable approaches in agricultural crop production. Biochar is the solid, carbon-rich material obtained by pyrolysis using different biomasses. It has been widely documented in previous studies that, the crop growth and yield can be increased by using biochar. This chapter exclusively summarizes the properties of biochar, its interaction with soil microflora, and its role in plant growth promotion when added to the soil.","PeriodicalId":130968,"journal":{"name":"Biochar - An Imperative Amendment for Soil and the Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"135","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Biochar - An Imperative Amendment for Soil and the Environment","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5772/INTECHOPEN.82151","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Soil is the most important source and an abode for many nutrients and microflora. Due to rapid depletion of agricultural areas and soil quality by means of ever-increasing population and an excessive addition of chemical fertilizers, a rehabilitated attention is a need of the hour to maintain sustainable approaches in agricultural crop production. Biochar is the solid, carbon-rich material obtained by pyrolysis using different biomasses. It has been widely documented in previous studies that, the crop growth and yield can be increased by using biochar. This chapter exclusively summarizes the properties of biochar, its interaction with soil microflora, and its role in plant growth promotion when added to the soil.