| One major issue related to climate change is the potential to improve soil water relations in light of changes in future precipitation patterns or reductions in water availability in drier portions of the world (such as the western US). It appears that biochar may play a positive role, but that role may be soil texture related. We performed a study with a sandy (Wolverine sand from Shelley, ID), silty (Portneuf silt loam from Kimberly, ID), and clay loam soil (Danville clay loam from a subsurface horizon, from near Oakland, CA) that received either 5 or 10% by volume of lodgepole biochar in either chipped (0.25-0.63”) or fine (0-0.25”) form; a control (no biochar) was also included. Soil-biochar treatments were evenly mixed and placed into containers,... |
