Biochar: An emerging recipe for designing sustainable horticulture under climate change scenarios
The interest in sustainable horticulture has recently increased, given anthropogenic climate change. The increasing global population will exacerbate the climate change situation induced by human activities. This will elevate global food demands and the vulnerability of horticultural systems, with s...
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| author | Faisal Zulfiqar Anam Moosa Muhammad Mudassir Nazir Antonio Ferrante Muhammad Ashraf Muhammad Nafees Jianjun Chen Anastasios Darras Kadambot H.M. Siddique |
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| description | The interest in sustainable horticulture has recently increased, given anthropogenic climate change. The increasing global population will exacerbate the climate change situation induced by human activities. This will elevate global food demands and the vulnerability of horticultural systems, with severe concerns related to natural resource availability and usage. Sustainable horticulture involves adopting eco-friendly strategies to boost yields while maintaining environmental conservation. Biochar (BC), a carbon-rich material, is widely used in farming to improve soil physical and chemical properties and as an organic substitute for peat in growing media. BC amendments to soil or growing media improve seedling growth, increase photosynthetic pigments, and enhances photosynthesis, thus improving crop productivity. Soil BC incorporation improves abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, which are significant constraints in horticulture. BC application also improves disease control to an acceptable level or enhance plant resistance to pathogens. Moreover, BC amendments in contaminated soil decrease the uptake of potentially hazardous metals, thus minimizing their harmful effects on humans. This review summarizes the most recent knowledge related to BC use in sustainable horticulture. This includes the effect of BC on enhancing horticultural crop production and inducing resistance to major abiotic and biotic stresses. It also discuss major gaps and future directions for exploiting BC technology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8d03717e866b424c99b5d22373db47632022-12-22T04:17:17ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2022-12-011310.3389/fpls.2022.10186461018646Biochar: An emerging recipe for designing sustainable horticulture under climate change scenariosFaisal Zulfiqar0Anam Moosa1Muhammad Mudassir Nazir2Antonio Ferrante3Muhammad Ashraf4Muhammad Nafees5Jianjun Chen6Anastasios Darras7Kadambot H.M. Siddique8Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, PakistanDepartment of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, PakistanDepartment of Agronomy, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, ItalyInstitute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Lahore, Lahore, PakistanDepartment of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, PakistanMid-Florida Research and Education Center, Environmental Horticulture Department, Institute of Food and Agricultural Science, University of Florida, Apopka, FL, United StatesDepartment of Agriculture, University of the Peloponnese, Kalamata, GreeceThe UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, AustraliaThe interest in sustainable horticulture has recently increased, given anthropogenic climate change. The increasing global population will exacerbate the climate change situation induced by human activities. This will elevate global food demands and the vulnerability of horticultural systems, with severe concerns related to natural resource availability and usage. Sustainable horticulture involves adopting eco-friendly strategies to boost yields while maintaining environmental conservation. Biochar (BC), a carbon-rich material, is widely used in farming to improve soil physical and chemical properties and as an organic substitute for peat in growing media. BC amendments to soil or growing media improve seedling growth, increase photosynthetic pigments, and enhances photosynthesis, thus improving crop productivity. Soil BC incorporation improves abiotic and biotic stress tolerance, which are significant constraints in horticulture. BC application also improves disease control to an acceptable level or enhance plant resistance to pathogens. Moreover, BC amendments in contaminated soil decrease the uptake of potentially hazardous metals, thus minimizing their harmful effects on humans. This review summarizes the most recent knowledge related to BC use in sustainable horticulture. This includes the effect of BC on enhancing horticultural crop production and inducing resistance to major abiotic and biotic stresses. It also discuss major gaps and future directions for exploiting BC technology.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1018646/fullsustainabilitypyrolysisabiotic stressesoxidative stresssustainable agriculturegrowing media |
| spellingShingle | Faisal Zulfiqar Anam Moosa Muhammad Mudassir Nazir Antonio Ferrante Muhammad Ashraf Muhammad Nafees Jianjun Chen Anastasios Darras Kadambot H.M. Siddique Biochar: An emerging recipe for designing sustainable horticulture under climate change scenarios Frontiers in Plant Science sustainability pyrolysis abiotic stresses oxidative stress sustainable agriculture growing media |
| title | Biochar: An emerging recipe for designing sustainable horticulture under climate change scenarios |
| title_full | Biochar: An emerging recipe for designing sustainable horticulture under climate change scenarios |
| title_fullStr | Biochar: An emerging recipe for designing sustainable horticulture under climate change scenarios |
| title_full_unstemmed | Biochar: An emerging recipe for designing sustainable horticulture under climate change scenarios |
| title_short | Biochar: An emerging recipe for designing sustainable horticulture under climate change scenarios |
| title_sort | biochar an emerging recipe for designing sustainable horticulture under climate change scenarios |
| topic | sustainability pyrolysis abiotic stresses oxidative stress sustainable agriculture growing media |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2022.1018646/full |
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