@article{fdi:010082789, title = {{I}mpact of coffee biochar on carbon, microbial biomass and enzyme activities of a sandy soil cultivated with bean}, author = {{M}artins, {A}. {P}. and {D}e {M}edeiros, {E}. {V}. and {L}ima, {J}. {R}. {S}. and {D}a {C}osta, {D}. {P}. and {D}uda, {G}. {P}. and {D}a {S}ilva, {J}. {S}. {A}. and {D}e {O}liveira, {J}. {B}. and {A}ntonino, {A}. {C}. {D}. and {M}enezes, {R}. {S}. {C}. and {H}ammecker, {C}laude}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{B}iochar has been used to reuse the agro-industrial wastes and improve soil quality. {S}everal studies have been carried out to show the impact of biochar on physical and chemical soil attributes. {H}owever, there are still gaps regarding the effects on as microbial biomass and enzymatic activities that are important to determine sensitive indicators to evaluate changes in management practices. {T}he objective of this study was to assess the effect of two biochars on the chemical, microbial biomass carbon, and the enzymatic activities in an {E}ntisol cultivated with bean. {W}e evaluate two types of coffee biochar: ground and husks, four doses (4, 8, 12, and 16 {M}g ha(-1)) and control. {A}ll treatments received organic fertilization with cow manure. {H}usks biochar increase the soil p{H}, {C}a, and {K}, also contributing to the reduction of toxic aluminum contents and raising the concentrations of {P} labile. {T}he treatments that received ground biochar showed higher soil organic carbon, microbial biomass, beta-glucosidase, and fluorescein diacetate. {B}iochar produced from coffee residues increased sandy soil quality. {W}e showed the first report on the beneficial impact of coffee biochar on enzymatic and microbiological quality of sandy soil cultivated with the bean.}, keywords = {{E}ntisols ; beta-glucosidase ; {P}haseolus vulgaris ; fluorescein diacetate ; coffee waste ; {BRESIL} {NORDESTE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}nais da {A}cademia {B}rasileira de {C}iencias}, volume = {93}, numero = {4}, pages = {e20200096 [15 ]}, ISSN = {0001-3765}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.1590/0001-3765202120200096}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010082789}, }