Impacts of Biochar on Physical Properties and Erosion Potential of a Mudstone Slopeland Soil

Table 3

Mean soil volumetric moisture contents measured at different matric potentials, macropores, and saturated water conductivity of the control and biochar-amended soils after incubation ( = 3).

Biochar	AR	Macropore	Micropore	FWC	WP	AWC		SLC
				%			cm day^−1
Control	0%	6.14 ± 0.14^a	29.3 ± 0.42^a	22.7 ± 1.17^a	16.3 ± 0.68^a	6.41 ± 0.25^a	NA	580 ± 110^a
RHB-400	2.5%	6.44 ± 0.12^b	32.8 ± 0.28^b	26.5 ± 1.08^b	18.9 ± 0.52^b	7.54 ± 0.50^b	NA	378 ± 36.8^b
	5.0%	6.38 ± 0.22^b	35.4 ± 2.71^c	29.6 ± 1.45^bc	19.8 ± 0.88^b	9.74 ± 1.78^b	NA	120 ± 52.6^c
	10%	7.79 ± 1.15^c	45.4 ± 2.99^d	36.9 ± 2.60^d	24.8 ± 0.42^c	12.1 ± 0.18^c	2.17 ± 2.03	60.2 ± 43.0^c

AR: application rate; FWC: field water content; WP: wilting point; AWC: available water content; : saturated hydraulic conductivity; SLC: soil loss contents.
Values followed by the same letter within a column are not significantly different at P < 0.05 level based on Duncan’s test. NA: not available.