BIOCHAR AMENDMENT GREATLY REDUCES RICE Cd UPTAKE IN A CONTAMINATED PADDY SOIL: A TWO-YEAR FIELD EXPERIMENT

A field experiment was conducted on the effect of biochar (BC) amendment on Cd uptake by rice (Oryza sativa L.) in a contaminated paddy in 2009 and 2010. BC was applied as a basal soil amendment before rice transplantation in 2009 at rates of 0, 10, 20, 40t ha-1, and rice yield and Cd uptake were mo...

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Main Authors: Liqiang Cui, Lianqing Li, Afeng Zhang Mail, Genxing Pan, Dandan Bao, Andrew Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2011-05-01
Series:BioResources
Subjects:
Cd
Online Access:http://www.ncsu.edu/bioresources/BioRes_06/BioRes_06_3_2605_Cui_LZPB_Biochar_Amend_Rice_CD_Soil_Exper_1651.pdf