Biochar for Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants provides a unique and leading resource for utilizing biochar to address specific plant health challenges, including osmotic, ionic, and oxidative stress. With a focus on crop yielding plants, the book provides targeted application insights to improve plant health, and resulting crop production. Readers will find important tools toward the identification, treatment, and management of a variety of abiotic stressors through the effective and appropriate application of biochar. This is an important reference for those seeking to apply current knowledge and an inspiration for further research in the area. Biochar is a carbon-rich organic substance produced by the pyrolysis of organic materials in the absence or presence of oxygen. It is an organic matter conditioner that can boost carbon sequestration and organic and inorganic pollutant immobilization. It is a crucial method for soil regeneration. Additionally, biochar facilitates increasing mineral supply and soil organic matter, resulting in soils with increased nutritional content.
1. Biochar in Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. viii 7. About the editor - p. xii 8. Chapter 1 Biochar: an overview - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Biochar impacts on soil–plant ecosystems - p. 13 10. Chapter 3 Biochar impacts on soil health - p. 35 11. Chapter 4 Biochar effects on soil biology - p. 68 12. Chapter 5 Biochar impacts on plant water dynamics under drought and salinity stress - p. 87 13. Chapter 6 Biochar impacts on crop yield and food quality - p. 101 14. Chapter 7 Biochar-induced regulation on primary and secondary metabolites in plants under abiotic stress - p. 119 15. Chapter 8 Regulation of mineral nutrition in plants by biochar under abiotic stress - p. 134 16. Chapter 9 Biochar amendments and reactive oxygen species generation in plants - p. 145 17. Chapter 10 Regulation of enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants in plants by biochar under abiotic stress - p. 158 18. Chapter 11 Biochar for alleviation of salinity stress in plants - p. 172 19. Chapter 12 Improving soil properties by biochar under abiotic stressors - p. 193 20. Chapter 13 Biochar amendments and drought tolerance of plants - p. 228 21. Chapter 14 Biochar application and plant tolerance to waterlogging - p. 247 22. Chapter 15 Biochar and mitigation of heavy metal stress in plants - p. 271 23. Chapter 16 Mitigation of organic chemicals/contaminants stress in plants by biochar application - p. 281 24. Index - p. 305
Biochar for Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants provides a unique and leading resource for utilizing biochar to address specific plant health challenges, including osmotic, ionic, and oxidative stress. With a focus on crop yielding plants, the book provides targeted application insights to improve plant health, and resulting crop production. Readers will find important tools toward the identification, treatment, and management of a variety of abiotic stressors through the effective and appropriate application of biochar. This is an important reference for those seeking to apply current knowledge and an inspiration for further research in the area. Biochar is a carbon-rich organic substance produced by the pyrolysis of organic materials in the absence or presence of oxygen. It is an organic matter conditioner that can boost carbon sequestration and organic and inorganic pollutant immobilization. It is a crucial method for soil regeneration. Additionally, biochar facilitates increasing mineral supply and soil organic matter, resulting in soils with increased nutritional content.
1. Biochar in Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants - p. i 2. Cover - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table of Contents - p. iv 6. List of contributors - p. viii 7. About the editor - p. xii 8. Chapter 1 Biochar: an overview - p. 1 9. Chapter 2 Biochar impacts on soil–plant ecosystems - p. 13 10. Chapter 3 Biochar impacts on soil health - p. 35 11. Chapter 4 Biochar effects on soil biology - p. 68 12. Chapter 5 Biochar impacts on plant water dynamics under drought and salinity stress - p. 87 13. Chapter 6 Biochar impacts on crop yield and food quality - p. 101 14. Chapter 7 Biochar-induced regulation on primary and secondary metabolites in plants under abiotic stress - p. 119 15. Chapter 8 Regulation of mineral nutrition in plants by biochar under abiotic stress - p. 134 16. Chapter 9 Biochar amendments and reactive oxygen species generation in plants - p. 145 17. Chapter 10 Regulation of enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidants in plants by biochar under abiotic stress - p. 158 18. Chapter 11 Biochar for alleviation of salinity stress in plants - p. 172 19. Chapter 12 Improving soil properties by biochar under abiotic stressors - p. 193 20. Chapter 13 Biochar amendments and drought tolerance of plants - p. 228 21. Chapter 14 Biochar application and plant tolerance to waterlogging - p. 247 22. Chapter 15 Biochar and mitigation of heavy metal stress in plants - p. 271 23. Chapter 16 Mitigation of organic chemicals/contaminants stress in plants by biochar application - p. 281 24. Index - p. 305
