BIOCHAR BOOSTS TROPICAL BUT NOT TEMPERATE CROP YIELDS

Biochar boosts tropical but not temperate crop yields

Applying biochar to soil is thought to have multiple benefits, from helping mitigate climate change [ 1 , 2 ], to managing waste [ 3 ] to conserving soil [ 4 ].Biochar is also widely assumed to boost crop yield [ 5 , 6 ], but there is controversy regarding the extent and cause of any yield benefit [ 7 rusk 6.66rr ].Here we use a global-scale meta-a

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