Organic Amendments Alter Long-Term Turnover and Stability of Soil Carbon: Perspectives from a Data-Model Integration

Organic amendment (OA) additions may profoundly regulate the turnover behaviours of soil organic carbon (SOC). Explicit understanding of such role of OA is crucial for accurately assessing the potential of carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. To explore the effects of OA additions on the deta...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:69e49daa7d614fa48de9b7f15f56c10c2021-11-25T16:03:47ZOrganic Amendments Alter Long-Term Turnover and Stability of Soil Carbon: Perspectives from a Data-Model Integration10.3390/agronomy111121342073-4395https://doaj.org/article/69e49daa7d614fa48de9b7f15f56c10c2021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/11/2134https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4395Organic amendment (OA) additions may profoundly regulate the turnover behaviours of soil organic carbon (SOC). Explicit understanding of such role of OA is crucial for accurately assessing the potential of carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. To explore the effects of OA additions on the detailed SOC stabilization and destabilization processes, we collected SOC measurements from 29 trials with experimental duration ranging from 14 to 85 years across the globe. Using these datasets, we constrained a soil carbon model to analyse SOC turnover and built-up processes as impacted by OA additions. We found that OA generally decreases microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and the fraction of inert SOC that is resistant to decomposition (f<sub>inert</sub>), but has divergent effects on the decay rate of humic SOC (k<sub>hum</sub>). Across the sites, there was great variability in the effects of OA on CUE, k<sub>hum</sub>, and f<sub>inert</sub>, which can be largely explained by local soil and climate conditions and the quantity and quality of OA. Long-term simulations suggested that, without considering the effects of OA on CUE, k<sub>hum</sub>, and f<sub>inert</sub>, the effectiveness of OA additions for carbon sequestration could be largely overestimated. Our results suggest that the strong site-specific regulations of OA on SOC dynamics as demonstrated in this study must be properly considered and better constrained by observational data when assessing SOC sequestration in agricultural soils under the management of OA additions.Guocheng WangZhongkui LuoMDPI AGarticlesoil organic carbonresidue managementmanuresoil carbon modelmicrobial carbon use efficiencycarbon sequestrationAgricultureSENAgronomy, Vol 11, Iss 2134, p 2134 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic soil organic carbon
residue management
manure
soil carbon model
microbial carbon use efficiency
carbon sequestration
Agriculture
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spellingShingle soil organic carbon
residue management
manure
soil carbon model
microbial carbon use efficiency
carbon sequestration
Agriculture
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Guocheng Wang
Zhongkui Luo
Organic Amendments Alter Long-Term Turnover and Stability of Soil Carbon: Perspectives from a Data-Model Integration
description Organic amendment (OA) additions may profoundly regulate the turnover behaviours of soil organic carbon (SOC). Explicit understanding of such role of OA is crucial for accurately assessing the potential of carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. To explore the effects of OA additions on the detailed SOC stabilization and destabilization processes, we collected SOC measurements from 29 trials with experimental duration ranging from 14 to 85 years across the globe. Using these datasets, we constrained a soil carbon model to analyse SOC turnover and built-up processes as impacted by OA additions. We found that OA generally decreases microbial carbon use efficiency (CUE) and the fraction of inert SOC that is resistant to decomposition (f<sub>inert</sub>), but has divergent effects on the decay rate of humic SOC (k<sub>hum</sub>). Across the sites, there was great variability in the effects of OA on CUE, k<sub>hum</sub>, and f<sub>inert</sub>, which can be largely explained by local soil and climate conditions and the quantity and quality of OA. Long-term simulations suggested that, without considering the effects of OA on CUE, k<sub>hum</sub>, and f<sub>inert</sub>, the effectiveness of OA additions for carbon sequestration could be largely overestimated. Our results suggest that the strong site-specific regulations of OA on SOC dynamics as demonstrated in this study must be properly considered and better constrained by observational data when assessing SOC sequestration in agricultural soils under the management of OA additions.
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author Guocheng Wang
Zhongkui Luo
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Zhongkui Luo
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title Organic Amendments Alter Long-Term Turnover and Stability of Soil Carbon: Perspectives from a Data-Model Integration
title_short Organic Amendments Alter Long-Term Turnover and Stability of Soil Carbon: Perspectives from a Data-Model Integration
title_full Organic Amendments Alter Long-Term Turnover and Stability of Soil Carbon: Perspectives from a Data-Model Integration
title_fullStr Organic Amendments Alter Long-Term Turnover and Stability of Soil Carbon: Perspectives from a Data-Model Integration
title_full_unstemmed Organic Amendments Alter Long-Term Turnover and Stability of Soil Carbon: Perspectives from a Data-Model Integration
title_sort organic amendments alter long-term turnover and stability of soil carbon: perspectives from a data-model integration
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/69e49daa7d614fa48de9b7f15f56c10c
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