Biochar in Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-0-443-24137-6
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 375 Seiten, Format (B × H): 212 mm x 276 mm, Gewicht: 862 g

Biochar for Mitigating Abiotic Stress in Plants provides a unique and leading resource for utilizing biochar to address specific plant health challenges, including osmotic, ionic, and oxidative stress. With a focus on crop yielding plants, the book provides targeted application insights to improve plant health, and resulting crop production. Readers will find important tools toward the identification, treatment, and management of a variety of abiotic stressors through the effective and appropriate application of biochar. This is an important reference for those seeking to apply current knowledge and an inspiration for further research in the area. Biochar is a carbon-rich organic substance produced by the pyrolysis of organic materials in the absence or presence of oxygen. It is an organic matter conditioner that can boost carbon sequestration and organic and inorganic pollutant immobilization. It is a crucial method for soil regeneration. Additionally, biochar facilitates increasing mineral supply and soil organic matter, resulting in soils with increased nutritional content.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abdel Latef, Arafat Abdel Hamed

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Umwelttechnik | Umwelttechnologie Umwelttechnik
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Bodenkunde, Sedimentologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Biochar: An overview
2. Biochar impacts on soil-plant ecosystems
3. Biochar impacts on soil health
4. Biochar effects on soil biology
5. Biochar impacts on plant water dynamics under drought and salinity stress
6. Biochar impacts on crop yield and food quality
7. Biochar-induced regulation on primary and secondary metabolites in plants under abiotic stress
8. Regulation of mineral nutrition in plants by biochar under abiotic stress
9. Biochar amendments and reactive oxygen species generation in plants
10. Regulation of enzymatic and non-enzymatic antioxidants in plants by biochar under abiotic stress
11. Biochar for alleviation of salinity stress in plants
12. Improving soil properties by biochar under abiotic stressors
13. Biochar amendments and drought tolerance of plants
14. Biochar application and water-logging tolerance of plants
15. Biochar and mitigation of heavy metals stress in plants
16. Mitigation of organic chemicals/contaminants stress in plants by biochar application

Über Autor(innen)

Abdel Latef, Arafat Abdel Hamed
Arafat Abdel Hamed Abdel Latef earned his PhD in 2005 from South Valley University, Egypt, where he currently teaches plant physiology. He was awarded the ParOwn 1207 Post Doctor Fellowship in 2007 by the Egyptian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, which was carried out at the Institute of Vegetables and Flowers, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. Ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide for 2020-2024, Prof. Latef is a prolific author and editor for renowned publishers such as John Wiley & Sons, Taylor & Francis, Academic Press (Elsevier), and Springer-Verlag, and serves on the editorial boards of prestigious journals such as BMC Plant Biology, Frontiers in Plant Science, Plants-Basel, and Phyton - International Journal of Experimental Botany. More recently, he has received several awards, including the 2021 Egyptian National Excellence Award, the 2019 South Valley University Excellence Award, the 2019 Top Peer Reviewer Award powered by Publons and Web of Science Group, and the South Valley University Science Publishing Award (2010-2023).