https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:23079 Wed 11 Apr 2018 09:21:28 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26304 −1 may not return a profit to the farmer due to the high cost of biochar. In this study biochar was modified through pre-treating the biomass and post-treating with phosphoric acid, minerals and different chemical fertilisers to study the effects of two new enhanced biochar fertilisers on the yield and quality of green pepper in a field experiment with 5 fertilisation treatments and 3 replications. The two new biochar fertilisers significantly (P « 0.05) increased the yield of green pepper (11.33–11.47 t ha⁻¹), compared with the conventional chemical fertiliser (9.72 t ha⁻¹). The biochar fertiliser treatments improved the vitamin C content of green pepper from 236.99 to 278.28 mg kg⁻¹, and also significantly (P < 0.05) reduced the nitrate content from 132.32 to 101.92 mg kg⁻¹, compared with chemical fertiliser. This study indicated that, compared to the use of conventional chemical fertiliser, all of the biochar fertiliser treatments could significantly improve the yield and quality of green pepper.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:40:40 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26306 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:40:40 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26378 −1, on the mycorrhizal colonisation, wheat growth and nutrient uptake, and soil quality improvement. It was found that the phosphorus (P) and nitrogen uptake in wheat shoots were significantly greater for a low application rate of BMCs (100 kg ha⁻¹). The present formulation of BMC was effective in enhancing growth of wheat at low application rate (100 kg ha⁻¹). The increase in growth appeared due to an increase in P uptake in the plants that could be partly attributed to an increase in mycorrhizal colonisation and partly due to the properties of the BMC.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:33:06 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29588 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:32:08 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:23367 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:16:31 AEDT ]]>