Diedrich Steffens

Plant growth improvement mediated by nitrate capture in co-composted biochar

Claudia Kammann, Hans‐Peter Schmidt, Nicole Messerschmidt et al. · Scientific Reports · 2015 · 516 citations · Full text

Biochar reduced nitrate leaching and improved soil moisture content without yield improvements in a four-year field study

Ghulam Haider, Diedrich Steffens, Gerald M. Moser et al. · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · 2016 · 321 citations

Biochar, Engineering, Environmental Engineering +5

Biochar but not humic acid product amendment affected maize yields via improving plant-soil moisture relations

Ghulam Haider, Hans‐Werner Koyro, F. Azam et al. · Plant and Soil · 2014 · 203 citations

Biochar, Engineering, Environmental Engineering +9

Water logging may inhibit plant growth primarily by nutrient deficiency rather than nutrient toxicity

Diedrich Steffens, Birgit W. Hütsch, T. W. Eschholz et al. · Plant Soil and Environment · 2005 · 145 citations · Full text

Biogeochemistry, Plant-soil Interaction, Engineering +15

Sodium removal from a calcareous saline–sodic soil through leaching and plant uptake during phytoremediation

Manzoor Qadir, Diedrich Steffens, Feng Yan et al. · Land Degradation and Development · 2003 · 133 citations

Environmental Chemistry, Engineering, Plant Uptake +15