Mycorrhiza and biochar effects on carbon sequestration

Atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, since industrial revolution, has increased by 31% from 280 ppm to 398 ppm/year. Mainly the miss management of agriculture may have effect on atmospheric CO2 concentration increase through the increasing in organic matter degradation. Since semi-arid Mediterranean regions have water deficiency, high temperature and high degradation events they may be caused by rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations as well. Atmospheric CO2 concentrations have significant effects on climate change and concequently have effects on sustainability of ecosystem. At the same time, soil quality and productivity is decline. Soil can be a sink for atmospheric CO2, thus reducing the net CO2 emissions normally associated with agricultural ecosystems, and mitigating the ‘greenhouse effect’. There are several techniques to mitigate atmospheric CO2 which can be fixed to terrestrial ecosystems. Since plant root and mycorrhizal fungi are demanding more carbon, plant are fixing more atmospheric CO2 via natural process of photosynthesis to the soil and biota. Mycorrhizae also can contribute to the carbon sequestration. Mycorrhizae fungi are the major component of soil microbial biomass which is helping plant nutrient and water uptake. Mycorrhizae also play a key role in soil aggregate formation and aggregates can keep carbon in soil. In order to keep carbon in soil very recently biochar application is used very commonly. Without burning organic material producing biochar is very important agricultural strategy. Since 2013 we are working on biochar effect on soil. We developed a biochar production unites. Biochar are producing at different temperatures by using several plant materials’. We try to determine the high concentration of C content and nutrient contents of biochar. Also we work on soil and crop management effect of mycorrhizal development and soil organic carbon accumulation