https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Soil Physical Quality of Citrus Orchards Under Tillage, Herbicide, and Organic Managements https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:41361 Wed 28 Feb 2024 15:22:01 AEDT ]]> In situ stabilization of arsenic in soil with organoclay, organozeolite, birnessite, goethite and lanthanum-doped magnetic biochar https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:52614 La-Euchar >goethite >HDPB-Z >HDPC-M. Birnessite exhibited great affinity for As and drastically reduced As extractability by more than 90% in all single extractions. The results revealed that HDPC-M, HDPB-Z, La-Euchar, birnessite, and goethite are promising immobilizing agents for in situ stabilization of As in terrestrial environments.]]> Wed 18 Oct 2023 13:47:13 AEDT ]]> Developing more effective enhanced biochar fertilisers for improvement of pepper yield and quality 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 ]]> Feeding biochar to cows: an innovative solution for improving soil fertility and farm productivity https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:26306 Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:40:40 AEDT ]]> Effects of enriched biochars containing magnetic iron nanoparticles on mycorrhizal colonisation, plant growth, nutrient uptake and soil quality improvement 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 ]]> Bioavailability of arsenic and antimony in terrestrial ecosystems: a review https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:36981 Mon 27 Jul 2020 10:07:42 AEST ]]> Influence of soil physicochemical properties, particle size fractions and mineralogy on the leaching potentials of arsenic and antimony in abandoned mine soils https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:55009 Mon 22 Jul 2024 15:05:11 AEST ]]>