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Biochar is mainly used in agriculture to increase soil fertility and water retention, which leads to improved plant growth. As a result, it improves the overall productivity of agriculture. A field experiment was carried out on alluvial - meadow soil. Six variants have been developed, with the increasing rate of biochar and organic fertilization as a background. The tested crops are broccoli. The aim of the study is to evaluate the combined application of carbonized plant residues and manure as a soil improver on ...

Concrete represents a traditional building material that is commonly applied due to its unique properties, like relatively high compressive strength and long-term durability. Such properties are gained because of its composition consisting of aggregate and cement. The usage of Portland cement, a worldwide available binder with annual production exceeding 4.6 billion tons, brings several environmental loads. One of them is releasing of an important amount of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Another environment...

In current times of increasing weather extremes and climate change, there is a request for cheap and also high-quality agricultural products. It is important to fertilize soils and improve their physical and chemical properties to increase an agricultural production. To improve soil properties are used various organic materials, and biochar is one of them. Biochar, a product of thermal degradation of biomass, helps to improve the hydro-physical properties of the soil. It is produced from biomass by pyrolysis proce...