Biochar Applications in Agriculture and Environment Management

Jay Shankar Singh · Chhatarpal Singh

2020년 4월 · Springer Nature

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This book provides up-to-date information on biochar use in management of soil health, agriculture productivity, green-house gases, restoration ecology and environment. Biochar application to nutrient deficient and disturbed soils is a viable option which may promotes advances in food safety and food security to human nutrition and overall fundamental research in the agricultural sciences. The book describes in detail how the recalcitrant biochar is able to persist for long periods of time and work as a shelter for soil microbial colonisation and their biomass/numbers. This book also includes contents related to important role of biochar applications in the restoration of contaminated agricultural soils. The book will be of particular interest to students, teachers and researchers in the disciplines.

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Dr Jay Shankar Singh is presently working as faculty in the Department of Environmental Microbiology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India. Dr. Singh has contributed significantly in the area of natural resource management, restoration ecology and land use changes. He is currently working to develop some viable technology to manage huge amount of crop residues produced at agriculture farm sites. He has published his research outputs in reputed international journals having high impact factors and citations. He is also actively serving as member of various scientific committees and contributing as editorial responsibilities to the journals such as Microbiology Research, PLOS ONE, etc. He has published some books from Elsevier, Springer and other reputed publishers.
Dr. Chhatarpal Singh is a President of Agro Environmental Development Society (AEDS), Majhra Ghat, Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Dr. Singh is currently working in the field of Agricultural Microbiology. His research interest is agro-environmental development through innovative and scientific approaches. He has been published various scientific research and reviews papers, book chapter and magazine articles in the field of agricultural and environmental microbiology. He has been honored by various state and national organizations in the field of agricultural microbiology for organizing various International conferences and training programmes.