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Which limitation constrained early terra preta cultivation efforts in the Amazon?

A)Availability of charcoal feedstock
B)Precise seed depth control
C)River water nutrient availability
D)Maintaining soil microorganism balance

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Decreased biomass yields were experienced because biochar production was limited; pyrolysis required significant wood resources. This scarcity inhibited widespread terra preta creation, therefore available topsoil was preferentially exhausted rather than invested into long term soil building technologies under feedstock constraints.

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