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Table 7 Coefficient signs following Randomized LASSO selection for each SPPs

From: Biochar improves the nutrient cycle in sandy-textured soils and increases crop yield: a systematic review

 

Soil total NPK

Soil mineral nitrogen

Plant nutrient level

N2O emission

NPK availability

Potential CEC

Effective CEC

NUE

Mineral N leaching

Study location and Climate

 Continent

 ± 

 

 ± 

 

 + 

 + 

 + 

  

 Annual temperature

         

 Annual precipitation

         

Experimental condition

 Experimental design

    

    

 Experimental duration

 

 

 ± 

  

 + 

  

 Biochar application rate

 + 

 + 

 + 

-

 ± 

 + 

  

 Biochar with fertilizer

         

 Fertilizer application rate

    

  

 ± 

 Biochar with manure

         

 Manure application rate

         

Biochar properties

 Feedstock types

         

 Pyrolysis temperature

  

 + 

     

Soil status

 Soil texture

 

  

 + 

    

 Soil pH

 

 + 

 

 

  

 Soil minimum depth

         

 Soil maximum depth

      

 + 

  

 Fertilizer before biochar

         

 Manure before biochar

         

 Irrigation application

         

 Tillage application

         

Publication status and bias

 Publication year

 + 

    

 + 

 

-

 Square root of effective sample size

 

 + 

 + 

 + 

 + 

 + 

 + 

  
  1. The direction of effect: “−” means that the effect of the predictor was negative in all selected models; “ + ” means the predictor was positive in all selected models. The effect direction was consistent in the LASSO analysis; that is, the effect of the predictor was always positive or always negative. To determine the coefficient sign for the selected variables, we employed ordinary least squares (79) regression. However, we could not perform LASSO analyses due to a scarcity of available papers on NUE and mineral N leaching