Devising agricultural management schemes that enhance food security and soil carbon levels is a high priority for many nations. However, the coupling between agricultural productivity, soil carbon stocks and organic matter turnover rates is still unclear. Archived soil samples from four decades of a long-term crop rotation trial were analyzed for soil organic matter (SOM) cycling-relevant properties: C and N content, bulk composition by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, amino sugar content, short-term C bioavailability assays, and long-term C turnover rates by modeling the incorporation of the bomb spike in atmospheric 14C into the soil.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/greater-soil-carbon-stocks-and-faster-turnover-rates-increasing-agricultural
[2] http://www.soil-journal.net/3/1/2017/soil-3-1-2017.pdf
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jonathan-sanderman
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/courtney-creamer
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/w-troy-baisden-et-al
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/soil
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-capability
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sequestration
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/australia
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/eucalyptus
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/micro-organisms
