Chemical and Biological Enhancement Effects of Biochar on Wheat Growth and Yield Under Arid Field Conditions
sustainability Article Chemical and Biological Enhancement Effects of Biochar on Wheat Growth and Yield under Arid Field Conditions Zarmeena Khan 1, Muhammad Habib ur Rahman 1,2,* , Ghulam Haider 1,3, Rabia Amir 3, Rao Muhammad Ikram 1, Shakeel Ahmad 4, Hannah Kate Schofield 5 , Bilal Riaz 1, Rashid Iqbal 6 , Shah Fahad 7,* , Rahul Datta 8,* , Alaa Baazeem 9 , Ayman EL Sabagh 10 and Subhan Danish 11,* 1 Department of Agronomy, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan 60000, Pakistan; zarmeenakhan335@gmail.com (Z.K.); haideruaf@gmail.com (G.H.); rao.ikram@mnsuam.edu.pk (R.M.I.); bilalr930@gmail.com (B.R.) 2 Crop Science, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany 3 Department of Plant Biotechnology, Atta-Ur-Rahman School of Applied Biosciences, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad 44000, Pakistan; rabia@asab.nust.edu.pk 4 Department of Soil Science, MNS-University of Agriculture, Multan 60000, Pakistan; shakeel.ahmad@mnsuam.edu.pk 5 Biogeochemistry Research Centre, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Plymouth, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK; kate.schofield@plymouth.ac.uk 6 Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture & Environment, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab 63100, Pakistan; rashid.iqbal@iub.edu.pk 7 Citation: Khan, Z.; Rahman, M.H.u.; Department of Agronomy, The University of Haripur, Haripur 22620, Pakistan 8 Haider, G.; Amir, R.; Ikram, R.M.; Department of Geology and Pedology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska1, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic Ahmad, S.; Schofield, H.K.; Riaz, B.; 9 Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O.
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