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- Title
Pig manure digestate‐derived biochar for soil management and crop cultivation in heavy metals contaminated soil.
- Authors
Ayaz, Muhammad; Stulpinaite, Urte; Feiziene, Dalia; Tilvikiene, Vita; Akthar, Kashif; Baltrėnaitė‐Gedienė, Edita; Striugas, Nerijus; Rehmani, Urooj; Alam, Sahib; Iqbal, Rashid; Toleikiene, Monika; Doyeni, Modupe
- Abstract
Management of heavy metal‐contaminated soil under drought and other harsh hydrological conditions is critical for protecting soil ecosystem services. In this study, we examined the effect of pig manure digestate‐derived biochar as a soil amendment (15 t ha−1) with N fertilizer (180 kg ha−1) on soil and plant heavy metal levels and nutrient availability under various moisture regimes (optimal moisture ~15%, drought condition ≤5%, and flooded condition ≥35% wt.). It was observed that biochar applications significantly decreased heavy metals in the spring wheat plants, lowering Cr by 90%, Ni by 50%, Cd by 9% and Pb by 34% compared to non‐biochar (control) treatments. However, the pig digestate‐derived biochar increased heavy metals in soil under all moisture regimes, increasing soil Cr by 21%, Ni by 43%, Cu by 55%, Zn by 70%, and Pb by 12%. The availability of macroelements also increased with the biochar applications under the optimum moisture regimes in both soil and plants, increasing Mg2+ by 11%, P by 4%, K+ by 50%, and Ca2+ by 56% in the soil, and Mg2+ by 13%, P by 69%, K+ by 29, and Ca2+ by 39% in plants. Biochar addition also improved chlorophyll fluorescence (CF) levels in the crop for the entire season (12th to 62nd day) and the aboveground crop biomass and dry matter contents both increased. Consequently, the use of pig manure digestate‐derived biochar with N fertilizer under normal moisture conditions was able to reduce heavy metal availability to plants and thus could be used in contaminated soils to maintain better crop growth and development.
- Subjects
BIOCHAR; CROP management; SOIL management; MANURES; SOILS; SOIL amendments; HEAVY metals
- Publication
Soil Use & Management, 2022, Vol 38, Issue 2, p1307
- ISSN
0266-0032
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1111/sum.12773