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Functional Links between Biomass Production and Decomposition of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Grass in Three Australian Soils
Plant roots are primary factors to contribute to surface and deep soil carbon sequestration (SCS). Perennial grasses like vetiver produce large and deep root system and are likely to contribute significantly to soil carbon. However, we have limited knowledge on how root and shoot decomposition diffe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8950612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35336660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11060778 |
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author | Tessema, Bezaye Wilson, Brian Daniel, Heiko Kristiansen, Paul Baldock, Jeff A. |
author_facet | Tessema, Bezaye Wilson, Brian Daniel, Heiko Kristiansen, Paul Baldock, Jeff A. |
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description | Plant roots are primary factors to contribute to surface and deep soil carbon sequestration (SCS). Perennial grasses like vetiver produce large and deep root system and are likely to contribute significantly to soil carbon. However, we have limited knowledge on how root and shoot decomposition differ and their contribution to SCS. This study examined biomass production and relative decomposition of vetiver which was grown under glasshouse conditions. Subsequently the biomass incubated for 206 days, and the gas analysed using ANCA-GSL. The results confirmed large shoot and root production potential of 161 and 107 Mg ha(−1) (fresh) and 67.7 and 52.5 Mg ha(−1) (dry) biomass, respectively with 1:1.43 (fresh) and 1:1.25 (dry) production ratio. Vetiver roots decomposed more rapidly in the clay soil (p < 0.001) compared with the shoots, which could be attributed to the lower C:N ratio of roots than the shoots. The large root biomass produced does indeed contribute more to the soil carbon accumulation and the faster root decomposition is crucial in releasing the carbon in the root exudates and would also speed up its contribution to stable SOM. Hence, planting vetiver and similar tropical perennial grasses on degraded and less fertile soils could be a good strategy to rehabilitate degraded soils and for SCS. |
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spelling | pubmed-89506122022-03-26 Functional Links between Biomass Production and Decomposition of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Grass in Three Australian Soils Tessema, Bezaye Wilson, Brian Daniel, Heiko Kristiansen, Paul Baldock, Jeff A. Plants (Basel) Article Plant roots are primary factors to contribute to surface and deep soil carbon sequestration (SCS). Perennial grasses like vetiver produce large and deep root system and are likely to contribute significantly to soil carbon. However, we have limited knowledge on how root and shoot decomposition differ and their contribution to SCS. This study examined biomass production and relative decomposition of vetiver which was grown under glasshouse conditions. Subsequently the biomass incubated for 206 days, and the gas analysed using ANCA-GSL. The results confirmed large shoot and root production potential of 161 and 107 Mg ha(−1) (fresh) and 67.7 and 52.5 Mg ha(−1) (dry) biomass, respectively with 1:1.43 (fresh) and 1:1.25 (dry) production ratio. Vetiver roots decomposed more rapidly in the clay soil (p < 0.001) compared with the shoots, which could be attributed to the lower C:N ratio of roots than the shoots. The large root biomass produced does indeed contribute more to the soil carbon accumulation and the faster root decomposition is crucial in releasing the carbon in the root exudates and would also speed up its contribution to stable SOM. Hence, planting vetiver and similar tropical perennial grasses on degraded and less fertile soils could be a good strategy to rehabilitate degraded soils and for SCS. MDPI 2022-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8950612/ /pubmed/35336660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11060778 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tessema, Bezaye Wilson, Brian Daniel, Heiko Kristiansen, Paul Baldock, Jeff A. Functional Links between Biomass Production and Decomposition of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Grass in Three Australian Soils |
title | Functional Links between Biomass Production and Decomposition of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Grass in Three Australian Soils |
title_full | Functional Links between Biomass Production and Decomposition of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Grass in Three Australian Soils |
title_fullStr | Functional Links between Biomass Production and Decomposition of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Grass in Three Australian Soils |
title_full_unstemmed | Functional Links between Biomass Production and Decomposition of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Grass in Three Australian Soils |
title_short | Functional Links between Biomass Production and Decomposition of Vetiver (Chrysopogon zizanioides) Grass in Three Australian Soils |
title_sort | functional links between biomass production and decomposition of vetiver (chrysopogon zizanioides) grass in three australian soils |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8950612/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35336660 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants11060778 |
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