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Critical carbon input to maintain current soil organic carbon stocks in global wheat systems.


ABSTRACT: Soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics in croplands is a crucial component of global carbon (C) cycle. Depending on local environmental conditions and management practices, typical C input is generally required to reduce or reverse C loss in agricultural soils. No studies have quantified the critical C input for maintaining SOC at global scale with high resolution. Such information will provide a baseline map for assessing soil C dynamics under potential changes in management practices and climate, and thus enable development of management strategies to reduce C footprint from farm to regional scales. We used the soil C model RothC to simulate the critical C input rates needed to maintain existing soil C level at 0.1°?×?0.1° resolution in global wheat systems. On average, the critical C input was estimated to be 2.0?Mg C ha(-1) yr(-1), with large spatial variability depending on local soil and climatic conditions. Higher C inputs are required in wheat system of central United States and western Europe, mainly due to the higher current soil C stocks present in these regions. The critical C input could be effectively estimated using a summary model driven by current SOC level, mean annual temperature, precipitation, and soil clay content.

SUBMITTER: Wang G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4725856 | biostudies-other | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Critical carbon input to maintain current soil organic carbon stocks in global wheat systems.

Wang Guocheng G   Luo Zhongkui Z   Han Pengfei P   Chen Huansheng H   Xu Jingjing J  

Scientific reports 20160113


Soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics in croplands is a crucial component of global carbon (C) cycle. Depending on local environmental conditions and management practices, typical C input is generally required to reduce or reverse C loss in agricultural soils. No studies have quantified the critical C input for maintaining SOC at global scale with high resolution. Such information will provide a baseline map for assessing soil C dynamics under potential changes in management practices and climate,  ...[more]

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