Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8364271 | Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The effects of biochar (maize biochar - MBC, wood biochar - WBC) and unfermented or fermented hydrochar (HTC) on the euedaphic Collembola Protaphorura fimata and on spring wheat were investigated in greenhouse experiments. The impact of char type, amount of fermented HTC, and MBC-Collembola interactions were assessed. Generally, shoot and root biomass as well as abundance of P. fimata were not affected by the different chars. However, with increasing amounts of fermented HTC the abundance of P. fimata declined, whereas shoot biomass of wheat increased. Moreover, MBC altered root morphology and resulted in thicker roots with higher volume. The latter was not apparent when Collembola were present.
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Authors
Katharina Reibe, Klaus-Peter Götz, Christina-Luise RoÃ, Thomas F. Döring, Frank Ellmer, Liliane Ruess,