[geo] Damaging effects of biochar on plant defence casts doubt on geoengineering claims - environmentalresearchweb

2014-04-01 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/yournews/56786 Damaging effects of biochar on plant defence casts doubt on geoengineering claims In the first study of its kind, research undertaken at the University of Southampton has cast significant doubt over the use of biochar to alleviate

Re: [geo] Damaging effects of biochar on plant defence casts doubt on geoengineering claims - environmentalresearchweb

2014-04-01 Thread emily
Hi, thanks for this. I am not very familiar with the technicalities: is this rate of biochar application realistic, and what was the level of defense to pests and pathogens compared with? Was is compared to organic crops with high netural resistance or other highly fertilised fast growth