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COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS
Volume 44, Issue 15, Pages 2314-2326Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2013.794824
Keywords
delta C-13; microbial biomass carbon; nitrogen mineralization; soil CO2; switchgrass
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- CSREES NRI [2007-35107-18279, 2007-03159]
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Switchgrass and other perennial grasses have been promoted as biomass crops for production of renewable fuels. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of biomass removal on soil biogeochemical processes. A 3-year field study consisting of three levels of net primary productivity (NPP; low, medium, and high growing season precipitation) and two biomass crops (winter wheat and switchgrass) was conducted near Pendleton, Oregon. Switchgrass increased soil carbon (C)-nitrogen (N) ratio, but the effect varied with net primary productivity (NPP) and soil depth. In situ soil respiration (carbon dioxide; CO2) rate from switchgrass increased with NPP level but switchgrass had greater cumulative flux than wheat in medium and low NPP. Nitrogen mineralization and microbial biomass carbon were significantly greater under switchgrass than under wheat at high and medium NPP. Introduction of switchgrass initiates major changes in soil nutrient dynamics through organic-matter input.
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