... + ), due to urease activity. This can lead to gaseous NH 3 losses from urine that depletes its fertilizer potential. Urine-enriched biochar (UEBC) may act as a slow-release fertilizer of urine nutrients. We quantified the adsorption of nitrogen in fresh, stored, and CBS-style urine to wood waste, sewage...

...Lu Yu; Peter M. Homyak; Liangzhong Li; Haiping Gu Biochar is often used as an amendment to enhance soil fertility by directly increasing soil pH and nutrient availability. However, biochar may also improve soil fertility indirectly by altering the succession of bacterial communities that, in turn...