Biochar in soils

• Grant number: 09/15245-3
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: January 25, 2010
• End date: February 01, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Soil Science
• Principal Investigator: Irae Amaral Guerrini
• Grantee: Irae Amaral Guerrini
• Visiting researcher: Nicholas B. Comerford
• Visiting researcher institution: University of Florida, Gainesville (UF), United States
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The Dark Earth (DE) existence, a kind of soils that present high natural fertility, it can show us information that how to management our soils in sustainable way in the future, the biochar, essential ingredient of DE, that gives to this soil the quality of keeping organic matter and nutrients, like phosphorous, lacking in the Brazilian soils. Based on DE characteristics, is necessary large study and publish about this topic. (AU)