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Biochar as soil conditioner for sustainable management of coconut plantations in Sri Lanka: effects on micorrhizae and growth-promoting bacteria

This project aims to test if soil amendment of pyrolysed rice and gliricidia residues exert beneficial effects on growth of coconut trees in by enhancing nutrient availability. Focus is on biomass and activity of arbuscular micorrhizae and plant-growth promoting rhizo-bacteria in a Sri Lankan plantation field trial and by means of pot experiments (FBE-UGent).

Date:1 Oct 2017 →  30 Sep 2021
Keywords:soil microbial community, biochar, Sri Lanka, mycorrhizae, pyrolyzed organic matter, coconut
Disciplines:Applied mathematics in specific fields, Aquatic sciences, challenges and pollution, Other agriculture, forestry, fisheries and allied sciences, Agricultural plant production, Physical geography and environmental geoscience, Other earth sciences, Geomatic engineering, Agriculture, land and farm management, Agricultural animal production, Soil sciences, challenges and pollution, Geophysics