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Biochar as soil conditioner for sustainable management of coconut plantations in Sri Lanka: effects on micorrhizae and growth-promoting bacteria.
Code
01CD6221
Duration
15 February 2022 → 31 July 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Carbon sequestration science
Keywords
Soil Biochar Sri Lanka Coconut production mycorrhizae
 
Project description
 

This research aims to test if soil amendment of pyrolysed rice and gliricidia residues exert beneficial effects on growth of coconut trees in by enhancing nutrient availability. Focus is on biomass and activity of arbuscular micorrhizae and plant-growth promoting rhizo-bacteria in a Sri Lankan plantation field trial and by means of pot experiments (FBE-UGent).