Biochar addition to tea garden soils: effects on tea fluoride uptake and accumulation

Effect of dolomite and biochar addition on N2O and CO2 emissions from acidic tea field soil

A laboratory study was conducted to study the effects of liming and different biochar amendments on N2O and CO2 emissions from acidic tea field soil. The first experiment was done with three different rates of N treatment; N 300 (300 kg N ha-1), N 600 (600 kg N ha-1) and N 900 (900 kg N ha-1) and four different rates of bamboo biochar amendment; 0%, 0.5%, 1% and 2% biochar. The second experimen...

Anæmia in Tea-Garden Labour Forces

Acting Professor of Tropical Medicine Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine [This paper gives a short account of work carried out by the writer and his assistants in Calcutta and in Assam. The writer is a worker under the endowment of the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, but some of the work reported was financed by the Indian Research Fund Association. The paper, in very much the same form...

Notes on Pneumonia in a Tea Garden in Assam

Addition of milk prevents vascular protective effects of tea.

AIMS Experimental and clinical studies indicate that tea exerts protection against cardiovascular diseases. However, a question of much debate is whether addition of milk modifies the biological activities of tea. We studied the vascular effects of tea, with or without milk, in humans and elucidated the impact of individual milk proteins in cell culture experiments, with isolated rat aortic rin...

Biochar Application to Soils

Biochar application to soils is being considered as a means to sequester carbon (C) while concurrently improving soil functions. The main focus of this report is providing a critical scientific review of the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of biochar application to soils on soil properties and functions. Wider issues, including atmospheric emissions and occupational health and ...