The utility of biochar for increasing the fertility of new agricultural lands converted from boreal forests

• Main Authors: Abedin, Joinal, Unc, Adrian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Toronto 2021
• Subjects: Newfoundland; Canada; Happy Valley; Happy Valley-Goose Bay
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1807/107098; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/CJSS-2021-0002

The agricultural soils of the Happy Valley-Goose Bay (HV-GB) region of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada are Podzols that are converted from boreal forest and have limited productivity due to their sandy texture, acidity, low soil organic matter (SOM), CEC, and water and nutrient retention capacity. While numerous studies advocate biochar for mitigating soil quality problems and enhancing agronomic productivity, there is limited information on managing biochar for boosting productivity of Podzols under newly converted agricultural lands. A 5-year experiment evaluated the impact of eight biochar rates (0 to 80 Mg C ha The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author.