This book will provide up-to-date information on agriculture, bioremediation, greenhouse gases mitigation, restoration ecology and environmental management. Biochar application to nutrient and disturbed soils is an important area that promotes advances in food safety, food security, human nutrition, functional foods, and overall fundamental research in the agricultural sciences. The book describes in detail how the recalcitrant biochar is able to persist for long periods of time and work as a shelter for soil microbial colonisation and their biomass. This book also includes contents related to the important role biochar applications have in the remediation of heavy metals in contaminated agricultural soils. The book will be of particular interest to students, teachers and researchers in the disciplines. weiterlesen