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dc.contributor.authorQuilliam, Richarden_UK
dc.contributor.authorDeLuca, Thomas Hen_UK
dc.contributor.authorJones, David Len_UK
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-23T23:08:35Z-
dc.date.available2014-01-23T23:08:35Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2013-05en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/18417-
dc.description.abstractBackground and aims: Biochar is produced from the pyrolysis of organic materials, and when buried in soil can act as a long term soil carbon (C) store. Evidence suggests that biochar can also increase crop yields, reduce nutrient leaching and increase biological nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants. However, the potential for increasing biological N2 fixation in agroecosystems is poorly understood, with inconsistent reports of root nodulation following biochar application. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effect of biochar application rate and time since application on nodulation and nitrogenase activity in nodules of clover grown in a temperate agricultural soil. Methods: We used replicated field plots with three biochar application rates (0, 25 and 50 t ha-1). Three years after biochar amendment, the plots were further split and fresh biochar added at two different rates (25 and 50 t ha-1) resulting in double-loaded reapplications of 25 + 25 and 50 + 50 t ha-1. Results: Three years after biochar application, there was no significant difference in the total number of root nodules between biochar-amended and unamended soil, regardless of the application rate. However, despite clover root nodules being of a similar number and size the level of nitrogenase activity of individual nodules in biochar-amended soil was significantly higher than in unamended soil. Reapplication of biochar resulted in decreased nodulation, although the rate of nitrogenase activity per nodule remained unaffected. Conclusion: In the short term, biochar influences root nodule number and localised N2 fixation per nodule; however, total nitrogenase activity for the whole root system remained unaffected by the application rate of biochar or time since its application. These results emphasise the importance of long-term field studies, with a variety of applications rates for determining the influence of biochar applications on N2-fixing organisms and in providing data that can meaningfully inform agronomic management decisions and climate change mitigation strategies.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherSpringeren_UK
dc.relationQuilliam R, DeLuca TH & Jones DL (2013) Biochar application reduces nodulation but increases nitrogenase activity in clover. Plant and Soil, 366 (1-2), pp. 83-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-012-1411-4en_UK
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dc.subjectBlack nitrogenen_UK
dc.subjectBiological nitrogen fixationen_UK
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen_UK
dc.subjectClimate change mitigationen_UK
dc.subjectLegume-Rhizobia symbiosisen_UK
dc.subjectLong term biochar trialen_UK
dc.titleBiochar application reduces nodulation but increases nitrogenase activity in cloveren_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate3000-01-01en_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[Plant Soil 2013.pdf] The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository therefore there is an embargo on the full text of the work.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11104-012-1411-4en_UK
dc.citation.jtitlePlant and Soilen_UK
dc.citation.issn1573-5036en_UK
dc.citation.issn0032-079Xen_UK
dc.citation.volume366en_UK
dc.citation.issue1-2en_UK
dc.citation.spage83en_UK
dc.citation.epage92en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailrichard.quilliam@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBiological and Environmental Sciencesen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBangor Universityen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationBangor Universityen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000317988600007en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-84876455183en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid678265en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0001-7020-4410en_UK
dc.date.accepted2012-08-02en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2012-08-02en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2014-01-23en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorQuilliam, Richard|0000-0001-7020-4410en_UK
local.rioxx.authorDeLuca, Thomas H|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorJones, David L|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate3000-01-01en_UK
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local.rioxx.filenamePlant Soil 2013.pdfen_UK
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