Tithonia diversifolia biochar (Tithochar) reduced glyphosate residue and nutrient leaching
摘要
Contamination of surface and underground waters is an important environmental implication of agrochemical use. Biochar is prominent in mitigating toxicants in soils. Still, there is a dearth of information on mitigating potentials of biochar from Tithonia diversifolia (TD) biomass on glyphosate residues and nutrient leaching in calcareous soils. The trial was a factorial combination of two glyphosate formulations with a.i. isopropylamine salts 340 and 480 g l− 1 tagged Gly1 and Gly2, respectively, and three TD biochar types produced from sole TD, TD + poultry manure (PM), and TD + PM + bone meal (BM) tagged B1, B2 and B3 respectively. Each glyphosate was applied at the manufacturer’s recommended rate of 6 L ha− 1 (equivalent to 0.90 µl glyphosate column− 1) and each biochar at 5 t ha− 1 (equivalent to 0.75 g column− 1). Electrical conductivity, pH, NO3-N, NH4-N, PO4, glyphosate, and metabolite residues were determined in leachates collected. Sole glyphosate treated soil leached the highest (23.32 mg kg− 1) NH4-N and glyphosate residue (0.90 µg l− 1) and had the least (2.47%) soil organic matter (SOM). Soil pretreatment with B1, B2, and B3, respectively, reduced NH4-N leached by 76.4, 68.5 and 67.9%, glyphosate residue by 88.9, 52.2 and 87.8% and enhanced SOM by 46.6, 39.3 and 26.7%. Correlation analysis indicated H/C and O/C as important tithonia biochar properties for reducing NO3-N, PO4, and glyphosate residues leaching. Biochar from Tithonia diversifolia biomass, therefore, provides a mitigating option for macronutrient and glyphosate residue leaching in agrochemical-treated calcareous soil.