Cropping System Conversion led to Organic Carbon Change in China’s Mollisols Regions

Abstract Land use change driven by diet, globalization, and technology advancement have greatly influenced agricultural production and environment in the mollisols region of China, with a marked impact on the depletion of soil organic matter, a signature property of mollisols. Here we report finding...

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Autores principales: Yuxin Tong, Jianguo Liu, Xiaolin Li, Jing Sun, Anna Herzberger, Dan Wei, Weifeng Zhang, Zhengxia Dou, Fusuo Zhang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:44a5172a834941cdb1e13b9007461a082021-12-02T15:06:25ZCropping System Conversion led to Organic Carbon Change in China’s Mollisols Regions10.1038/s41598-017-18270-52045-2322https://doaj.org/article/44a5172a834941cdb1e13b9007461a082017-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18270-5https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Land use change driven by diet, globalization, and technology advancement have greatly influenced agricultural production and environment in the mollisols region of China, with a marked impact on the depletion of soil organic matter, a signature property of mollisols. Here we report findings on soil organic carbon (SOC) change in three different cropping systems (soybean, soybean/maize, corn) in Northeast China during a 10-year time span. The results indicated that the decline rate of SOC in recent ten years (0.27 g kg−1 yr−1) has slowed down considerably compared to previous decades (1.12 g kg−1 yr−1). Crop system conversion from soybean monocropping to corn monocropping or break system was the critical factor for SOC change, and the background SOC was the second influence factor. When approaching a SOC turning point, conversion from low carbon input crop system (soybeans monocropping) to high carbon input crop system helped slow down the SOC decline (break crop) or even improve SOC (corn monocropping) in mollisols regions. This result implied that imported soybean has brought benefit for Northeast China. But for sustainable goal in China’s mollisols region, straw returning, optimized nitrogen fertilization and no tillage are all necessary whatever in continues maize or rotation system.Yuxin TongJianguo LiuXiaolin LiJing SunAnna HerzbergerDan WeiWeifeng ZhangZhengxia DouFusuo ZhangNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
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Yuxin Tong
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Xiaolin Li
Jing Sun
Anna Herzberger
Dan Wei
Weifeng Zhang
Zhengxia Dou
Fusuo Zhang
Cropping System Conversion led to Organic Carbon Change in China’s Mollisols Regions
description Abstract Land use change driven by diet, globalization, and technology advancement have greatly influenced agricultural production and environment in the mollisols region of China, with a marked impact on the depletion of soil organic matter, a signature property of mollisols. Here we report findings on soil organic carbon (SOC) change in three different cropping systems (soybean, soybean/maize, corn) in Northeast China during a 10-year time span. The results indicated that the decline rate of SOC in recent ten years (0.27 g kg−1 yr−1) has slowed down considerably compared to previous decades (1.12 g kg−1 yr−1). Crop system conversion from soybean monocropping to corn monocropping or break system was the critical factor for SOC change, and the background SOC was the second influence factor. When approaching a SOC turning point, conversion from low carbon input crop system (soybeans monocropping) to high carbon input crop system helped slow down the SOC decline (break crop) or even improve SOC (corn monocropping) in mollisols regions. This result implied that imported soybean has brought benefit for Northeast China. But for sustainable goal in China’s mollisols region, straw returning, optimized nitrogen fertilization and no tillage are all necessary whatever in continues maize or rotation system.
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author Yuxin Tong
Jianguo Liu
Xiaolin Li
Jing Sun
Anna Herzberger
Dan Wei
Weifeng Zhang
Zhengxia Dou
Fusuo Zhang
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Jianguo Liu
Xiaolin Li
Jing Sun
Anna Herzberger
Dan Wei
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Fusuo Zhang
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title Cropping System Conversion led to Organic Carbon Change in China’s Mollisols Regions
title_short Cropping System Conversion led to Organic Carbon Change in China’s Mollisols Regions
title_full Cropping System Conversion led to Organic Carbon Change in China’s Mollisols Regions
title_fullStr Cropping System Conversion led to Organic Carbon Change in China’s Mollisols Regions
title_full_unstemmed Cropping System Conversion led to Organic Carbon Change in China’s Mollisols Regions
title_sort cropping system conversion led to organic carbon change in china’s mollisols regions
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