{"title":"Influence of rice straw biochar addition on soil traits and nutrient uptake of Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus)grown in Mercury-contaminatedsoils","authors":"Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Usman, Fanoos Haider","doi":"10.54302/mausam.v75i2.4839","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The present pot experiment was therefore conducted to investigate the effect of biochar application on the selected properties of mercury polluted soils and uptake of Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) grown in polluted soils.Biochar obtained from rice straw was added at various rates (0, 5, 10 t/ha) on the soil artificially contaminated with mercury at a different concentration (0, 10, 20 ppm). The research indicated a significant (P < 0.01) improvement in electrical conductivity, pH, available phosphorus, total nitrogen, exchangeable bases, cation exchange capacity and organic carbon owing to biochar addition.Additionally, uptake of potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen by Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) was significantly enhanced by biochar application. A significant decrease in uptake of mercury owing to biochar application was also noticed in heavily mercury-contaminated soil (20 ppm). Hence, biochar application is mostvital to improve soil quality and fertility, improve nutrients uptake, amend Hg contaminated soil and decrease the quantity of carbon formedowing to the biomassburning.","PeriodicalId":18363,"journal":{"name":"MAUSAM","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"MAUSAM","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.54302/mausam.v75i2.4839","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The present pot experiment was therefore conducted to investigate the effect of biochar application on the selected properties of mercury polluted soils and uptake of Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) grown in polluted soils.Biochar obtained from rice straw was added at various rates (0, 5, 10 t/ha) on the soil artificially contaminated with mercury at a different concentration (0, 10, 20 ppm). The research indicated a significant (P < 0.01) improvement in electrical conductivity, pH, available phosphorus, total nitrogen, exchangeable bases, cation exchange capacity and organic carbon owing to biochar addition.Additionally, uptake of potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen by Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus) was significantly enhanced by biochar application. A significant decrease in uptake of mercury owing to biochar application was also noticed in heavily mercury-contaminated soil (20 ppm). Hence, biochar application is mostvital to improve soil quality and fertility, improve nutrients uptake, amend Hg contaminated soil and decrease the quantity of carbon formedowing to the biomassburning.
期刊介绍:
MAUSAM (Formerly Indian Journal of Meteorology, Hydrology & Geophysics), established in January 1950, is the quarterly research
journal brought out by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). MAUSAM is a medium for publication of original scientific
research work. MAUSAM is a premier scientific research journal published in this part of the world in the fields of Meteorology,
Hydrology & Geophysics. The four issues appear in January, April, July & October.