The Effects of Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils on Herbicide Pollution: Column Leaching Studies: Absorption of Herbicides in Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils

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Autores principales: Aldana, Gerardo, Lopez-Capel, Elisa, Werner, David
Formato: Online
Idioma:eng
Publicado: University of Belize 2024
Acceso en línea:https://jobr.ub.edu.bz/index.php/ubrj/article/view/41
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spelling JOBR412024-01-09T22:39:19Z The Effects of Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils on Herbicide Pollution: Column Leaching Studies: Absorption of Herbicides in Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils Aldana, Gerardo Lopez-Capel, Elisa Werner, David Biochar tropical soils herbicide pollution column leaching studies Biochar is a carbon-rich material that can be used to improve soil quality and reduce herbicide leaching. This study investigated the use of biochar to reduce the leaching of two herbicides, atrazine and diuron, from tropical soils in Belize. Column leaching experiments were conducted following the OECD 312 guidelines. Three different soil types were sampled from agricultural sites in Belize and amended with 2.5% (w/w) rice husk biochar. Extreme rainfall events were simulated to present a worst-case scenario of herbicide leaching event. The results showed that the application of biochar to both loam and sandy silt loam soils reduced the leaching of both atrazine and diuron. The column leaching linear Kd (m3/kg) of atrazine in biochar amended loam was 0.15 and for biochar amended sandy silt loam was 0.8. Leachate analysis showed that samples collected from the biochar-amended soils had a much lower herbicide concentration than soils that were not amended with biochar. These results suggest that tropical soils amended with 2.5% rice husk biochar can reduce the leaching of atrazine and diuron, thus protecting human health and the natural environment from water contamination. University of Belize 2024-01-09 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://jobr.ub.edu.bz/index.php/ubrj/article/view/41 Journal of Belizean Research; Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024): Journal of Belizean Research eng https://jobr.ub.edu.bz/index.php/ubrj/article/view/41/21 Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of Belizean Research https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
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author Aldana, Gerardo
Lopez-Capel, Elisa
Werner, David
spellingShingle Aldana, Gerardo
Lopez-Capel, Elisa
Werner, David
The Effects of Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils on Herbicide Pollution: Column Leaching Studies: Absorption of Herbicides in Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils
author_facet Aldana, Gerardo
Lopez-Capel, Elisa
Werner, David
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title The Effects of Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils on Herbicide Pollution: Column Leaching Studies: Absorption of Herbicides in Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils
title_short The Effects of Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils on Herbicide Pollution: Column Leaching Studies: Absorption of Herbicides in Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils
title_full The Effects of Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils on Herbicide Pollution: Column Leaching Studies: Absorption of Herbicides in Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils
title_fullStr The Effects of Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils on Herbicide Pollution: Column Leaching Studies: Absorption of Herbicides in Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils
title_full_unstemmed The Effects of Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils on Herbicide Pollution: Column Leaching Studies: Absorption of Herbicides in Biochar-Amended Tropical Soils
title_sort effects of biochar-amended tropical soils on herbicide pollution: column leaching studies: absorption of herbicides in biochar-amended tropical soils
publisher University of Belize
publishDate 2024
url https://jobr.ub.edu.bz/index.php/ubrj/article/view/41
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