Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Advances in Energy, Environment and Chemical Science (AEECS 2018)

Effect of biochar and ameliorant on maize (Zea mays L.) growth in a field experiment

Authors
Yuanxin Fu, Qian Zhang, Guocheng Liu
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Yuanxin Fu
Available Online March 2018.
DOI
10.2991/aeecs-18.2018.9How to use a DOI?
Keywords
light sierozem, biochar, maize, ameliorant
Abstract

Lack of water resource and nutrient deficiency retard crop production in the light sierozem in Ningxia, China. Biochar and biochar-based ameliorant present a feasible solution to solve these problems. This study investigated the effect of adding biochar or biochar-based ameliorant on the growth of maize (Zea mays L.) in the light sierozem. The application of biochar and biochar-based ameliorant increased the dry biomass of maize by 13.6% and 11.4%, respectively. Moreover, the biochar-based ameliorant addition effectively improved the grain number per row by 8.1% and grain yield by 9.2%. These results indicated that the application of the biochar and the biochar-based ameliorant could be promising amendments for improving the light sierozem.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2018 2nd International Conference on Advances in Energy, Environment and Chemical Science (AEECS 2018)
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
March 2018
ISBN
978-94-6252-479-8
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/aeecs-18.2018.9How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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