Poster Presentations at the 2007 Conference in Terrigal, NSW

Agrichar as a Material

• Joseph, S., A. Downie, J. Lehmann: Classification of Chars for Agricultural Use
• Novotny, E.H. et al.: NMR Characterization of Biofine’s By-products Char
• Hossain, M.F. et al.: Evaluation of Agricultural Char from Sewage Sludge

Agrichar Technology

• Somerville, M. and D. Langberg: The Characterization of Pyrolysis Products Produced from Low Value Fractions of Mallee Gums
• Somerville, M. and R. Van Berkel: The Utilization of Waste Biomass in SA

Agronomic Agrichar Research and Field Trials

• de Arruda, M.R. and W. G. Teixeira: Use of Charcoal, Chicken Manure and Bones Meal in Guarana (Paullinia cupana var. sorbilis)—Preliminary Results
• Benites, V. de M. et al.: Use of Charcoal and Wood Carbonization By-products in Agriculture: Learning with “Terra Preta de Indio”
• Downie, A. et al.: Nutrient Retention Characteristics of Chars and the Agronomic Implications
• Hill, R.A. et al.: Charcoal and Selected Beneficial Micro-organisms: Plant Trials and SEM Observations
• Major, J. et al.: Field Maize Yield and Yield Determining Factors for Four Years following Biochar Application on a Colombian Savanna Oxisol
• Steiner, C. and de Arruda, M.R. et al.: Slash and Char as an Alternative to Slash and Burn—Soil Charcoal Amendments Maintain Soil Fertility and Establish a Carbon Sink
• Yoshizawa, S. et al.: Preservation of Woods in Forest Acid Soil by Addition of Biomass Charcoal

Status of Soil Carbon Levels, Soil Health, Use of Agrichar as a Soil Conditioner

• Zhong, Z. and H. R. Flanagan: The Physical and Chemical Properties of Bamboo Charcoal and its Application as a Soil Conditioner
• Van Zwieten, L. et al.: Papermill Agrichar: Benefits to Soil Health and Plant Production
• Jin, H. et al.: Soil Microbial Community Response to Amending Rice Soils with Bamboo Charcoal
• Major, J. et al.: Fate of Biochar Applied to a Colombian Savanna Oxisol during the First and Second Years

Use of Agrichar for Carbon Sequestration, Carbon Credits

• Singh, B. and A. L. Cowie: Quantifying Char-Carbon Turnover, and Implications for Greenhouse Balance
• Lehmann, J. et al.: Carbon Sequestration and Mitigation of Carbon Dioxide Accumulation in the Biosphere: The Role of Biochar in Tropical Agricultural Systems

Co-Production of Agrichar and Energy

• Brown, R. C. et al.: Distributed Production of Bio-Oils and Bio-Chars for Agricultural and Energy Applications

Terra Preta Soils

• McPhillips, L. et al.: Soil Fungal Communities in Three ADE Sites Characterized by Molecular Fingerprinting, Isolating Unique Species and Assessing Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi
• Cunha ,T. J. F. et al.: Terra Preta de Indio “Dark Earth Soils”: Chemical and Spectroscopic Characterization of Humic Acids
• Lopez-Capel, E. and D.A.C. Manning: Characterisation of Terra Preta Soils and Chars by Thermal Analysis-Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry

Policy and Educational Applications of Agrichar and Energy Systems

• Bezerra, J. C.: How Has Historical Research Changed Our Understanding of the Amazonian Environment?