Abstract            Volume:11  Issue-5  Year-2023         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

Application of organic amendments plays a major role in improving the productivity in strongly weathered soils; organic amendments not only help as a reservoir of plant nutrients but also increase the soils nutrient retention capacity, thus help in keeping applied nutrients in the main root zone of crops. Among organic amendments biochar is a charcoal-like material that produced from pyrolysis of biomass at high-temperature with limited or no-supply of oxygen. It can be derived from a wide range of raw materials such as organic waste, feedstock like wood chips, crop residues, animal manure, sewage sludge, and microalgae biomass. Application of biochar to agricultural soils to improve plant growth by improving the physical and chemical characteristics of the soil i.e. cation exchange capacity, bulk density, improve the retention of nutrients and moisture in the soil, water holding capacity and permeability as well as biological properties, all contributing to an increased crop productivity. Moreover, due to the ability of biochar to persist in the soil over a long period of time as it is recalcitrant to decomposition, it can provide desirable benefits to crops over several seasons.

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