Distribution of organic carbon in physical fractions of soils as affected by agricultural management

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 543-554

  Jagadamma, Sindhu ^a   Lal, Rattan ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Crop rotation; Particulate organic matter; Physical fractionation; Soil organic carbon; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CROP ROTATION; LAND USE; MAIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RADAR; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77954459764     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0459-7     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Álvaro-Fuentes J, López MV, Cantero-Martinez C, Arrúe JL (2008) Tillage effects on soil organic carbon fractions in mediterranean dryland agroecosystems. Soil Sci Soc Am J 72: 541-547.
2. Amelung W, Zech W, Zhang X, Follett RF, Tiessen H, Knox E, Flach K-W (1998) Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur pools in particle-size fractions as influenced by climate. Soil Sci Soc Am J 62: 172-181.
3. Baker JM, Ochsner TE, Venterea RT, Griffis TJ (2007) Tillage and soil carbon sequestration-what do we really know? Agric Ecosyst Environ 118: 1-5.
4. Balesdent J, Besnard E, Arrouays D, Chenu C (1998) The dynamics of carbon in particle-size fractions of soil in a forest-cultivation sequence. Plant Soil 201: 49-57.
5. Blanco-Canqui H, Lal R (2008) No-tillage and soil-profile carbon sequestration: an on-farm assessment. Soil Sci Soc Am J 72: 693-701.
6. Bolin B, Sukumar R (2000) Global perspective. In: Watson RT, Noble IR, Bolin B, Ravindranath NH, Verardo DJ, Dokken DJ (eds) Land use, land use change, and forestry. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 23-51.
7. Cambardella C, Elliot ET (1992) Particulate soil organic matter changes across a grassland cultivation sequence. Soil Sci Soc Am J 56: 777-783.
8. Carter MR (2005) Long-term tillage effects on cool-season soybean in rotation with barley, soil properties, and carbon and nitrogen storage for fine sandy loams in the humid climate of Atlantic Canada. Soil Till Res 81: 109-120.
9. Chenu C, Plante AF, Puget P (2006) Organo-mineral relationships. encyclopedia of soil science doi: 10. 1081/E-ESS-120006622.
10. Christensen BT (2001) Physical fractionation of soil and structural and functional complexity in organic matter turnover. Eur J Soil Sci 52: 345-353.
11. De Gryze S, Six J, Brits C, Merck R (2005) A quantification of short-term macroaggregate dynamics: influences of wheat residue input and texture. Soil Biol Biochem 37: 55-66.
12. Dick WA, van Doren Jr DM, Triplett GB, Henry JE (1986) Influence of long-term tillage and rotation combinations on crop yields and selected soil parameters. II. Results obtained for a Typic Fragiudalf soil. 34 In: Research Bulletin 1181, The Ohio State University-The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, OH, p 33.
13. Dick WA, Blevins RL, Flye WW, Peters SE, Christenson DR, Pierce FJ, Vitosh ML (1998) Impacts of agricultural management practices on C sequestration in forest-derived soils of the eastern Corn Belt. Soil Till Res 47: 235-244.
14. Diekow J (2003) Soil organic matter stock and quality as affected by no-till cropping systems and nitrogen fertilization. PhD Thesis. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, p 165 (in Portuguese).
15. Diekow J, Mielniczuk J, Knicker H, Bayer C, Dick DP, Kögel-Knabner I (2005) Carbon and nitrogen stocks in physical fractions of a subtropical Acrisol as influenced by long-term no-till cropping systems and N fertilization. Plant Soil 268: 319-328.
16. Dolan MS, Clapp CE, Allmaras RR, Baker JM, Molina JAE (2006) Soil organic nitrogen in a Minnesota soil as related to tillage, residue, and nitrogen management. Soil Till Res 89: 221-231.
17. Elliott ET (1986) Aggregate structure and carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous in native and cultivated soils. Soil Sci Soc Am J 50: 627-633.
18. Govaerts B, Sayre KD, Deckers J (2006) A minimum data set for soil quality assessment of wheat and maize cropping in the highlands of Mexico. Soil Till Res 87: 163-174.
19. Gregorich EG, Beare MH, McKim UF, Skjemstad JO (2006) Chemical and biological characteristics of physically uncomplexed organic matter. Soil Sci Soc Am J 70: 975-985.
20. Grossman RB, Reinsch TG (2002) Bulk density and linear extensibility. In: Dane JH, Topp GC (eds) Methods of soil analysis. Part 4: Physical methods. SSSA book series No. 5, Madison, pp 201-225.
21. Guo LB, Gifford RM (2002) Soil carbon stocks and land use change: a meta analysis. Glob Change Biol 8: 345-360.
22. Guzman JG, Godsey CB, Pierzynski GM, Whitney DA, Lamond RE (2006) Effects of tillage and nitrogen management on soil chemical and physical properties after 23 years of continuous sorghum. Soil Till Res 91: 199-206.
23. Haile-Mariam S, Collins HP, Wright S, Paul EA (2008) Fractionation and long-term laboratory incubation to measure soil organic matter dynamics. Soil Sci Soc Am J 72: 370-378.
24. Hassink J, Whitmore AP (1997) A model of the physical protection of organic matter in soils. Soil Sci Soc Am J 61: 131-139.
25. Hassink J, Whitmore AP, Kubát J (1997) Size and density fractionation of soil organic matter and the physical capacity of soils to protect organic matter. Eur J Agron 7: 189-199.
26. Huggins DR, Allmaras RR, Clapp CE, Lamb JA, Randall GW (2007) Corn-soybean sequence and tillage effects on soil carbon dynamics and storage. Soil Sci Soc Am J 71: 145-154.
27. IPCC (1999) Land use, land-use change and forestry. Intergovernmental panel on climate change. Special report. Cambridge University Press, UK, p 373.
28. Jenkinson DS (1988) Soil organic matter and its dynamics. In: Wild A (ed) Russell's soil conditions and plant growth. Longman Scientific and Technical, London, pp 564-607.
29. Kaiser K, Guggenberger G, Zech W (1998) Formation of refractory soil organic matter by sorption. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 87: 211-224.
30. Kong AYY, Six J, Bryant DC, Denison RF, van Kessel C (2005) The relationship between carbon input, aggregation, and soil organic carbon stabilization in sustainable copping systems. Soil Sci Soc Am J 69: 1078-1085.
31. Kramer MG, Sollins P, Sletten RS, Swart PK (2003) N isotope fractionation and measures of organic matter alteration during decomposition. Ecology 84: 2021-2025.
32. Krull ES, Baldock JA, Skjemstad JO (2003) Importance of mechanisms and processes of the stabilization of soil organic matter for modeling carbon turnover. Funct Plant Biol 30: 207-222.
33. Lal R (2005) Forest soils and carbon sequestration. Ecol Manage 220: 242-258.
34. Lal R, Kimble JM, Follett RF, Cole CV (1998) The potential of US cropland to sequester carbon and mitigate the greenhouse effect. Ann Arbor Press, Chelsea, p 128.
35. Lichter K, Govaerts B, Six J, Sayre KD, Deckers J, Dendooven L (2008) Aggregation and C and N contents of soil organic matter fractions in a permanent raised-bed planting system in the Highlands of Central Mexico. Plant Soil 305: 237-252.
36. Martens DA (2000) Management and crop residues influence soil aggregate stability. J Environ Qual 29: 723-727.
37. Mueller WC, Kögel-Knabner I (2009) Soil organic carbon stocks, distribution, and composition affected by historic land use changes on adjacent sites. Biol Fertil Soils 45: 347-359.
38. Nelson DW, Sommers LE (1996) Total carbon, organic carbon, and organic matter. In: Sparks DL (ed) Methods of soil analysis. Part 3: Chemical methods. SSSA book series No. 5, Madison, pp 961-1010.
39. Nimmo JR, Perkins KS (2002) Aggregate stability and size distribution. In: Dane JH, Topp GC (eds) Methods of soil analysis. Part 4: Physical methods. SSSA book series No. 5, Madison, pp 317-328.
40. Oades JM (1989) An introduction to organic matter in mineral soil. In: Dixon JB, Weed SB (eds) Minerals in soil environments, 2nd edn. SSSA Publ. Inc., Madison, pp 89-159.
41. Olchin GP, Ogle S, Frey SD, Filley TR, Paustian K, Six J (2008) Residue carbon stabilization in soil aggregates of no-till and tillage management of dryland cropping systems. Soil Sci Soc Am J 72: 507-513.
42. Reeves DW (1997) The role of soil organic matter in maintaining soil quality in continuous cropping systems. Soil Till Res 43: 131-167.
43. Rutledge EM, Wilding LP, Elfield M (1967) Automated particle size separation by sedimentation. Soil Sci Soc Am Proc 31: 287-288.
44. SAS Institute Inc (2002) SAS user's guide. SAS Institute Inc, Cary.
45. Schöning I, Kögel-Knabner I (2006) Chemical composition of young and old carbon pools throughout Cambisol and Luvisol profiles under forests. Soil Biol Biochem 38: 2411-2424.
46. Six J, Paustian K, Elliott ET, Combrink C (2000a) Soil structure and organic matter: I. distribution of aggregate-size classes and aggregate-associated carbon. Soil Sci Soc Am J 64: 681-689.
47. Six J, Paustian K, Elliott ET, Combrink C (2000b) Soil structure and organic matter: II. A normalized stability index and the effect of mineralogy. Soil Sci Soc Am J 64: 1042-1049.
48. Six J, Conant RT, Paul EA, Paustian K (2002) Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter: implications for C-saturation of soils. Plant Soil 241: 155-176.
49. Sollins P, Homann P, Caldwell BA (1996) Stabilisation and destabilisation of soil organic matter: mechanisms and controls. Geoderma 74: 65-105.
50. Tan Z, Lal R, Owens L, Izaurralde RC (2007) Distribution of light and heavy fractions of soil organic carbon as related to land use and tillage practice. Soil Till Res 92: 53-59.
51. Theng BKG (1979) Formation and properties of clay polymer complexes. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
52. Tisdall JM, Oades JM (1982) Organic matter and water stable aggregates in soils. J Soil Sci 33: 141-163.
53. USDA-SCS (United States Department of Agriculture-Soil Conservation Service) (1984) Soil survey of Wayne County, Ohio. US Government Printing Office, USDA, Washington, p 94.
54. VandenBygaart AJ, Gregorich EG, Angers DA (2003) Influence of agricultural management on soil organic carbon: a compendium and assessment of Canadian studies. Can J Soil Sci 83: 363-380.
55. Von Lützow M, Kögel-Knabner I (2009) Temperature sensitivity of soil organic matter decomposition-what do we know? Biol Fertil Soils 46: 1-15.
56. West TO, Post WM (2002) Soil organic carbon sequestration rates by tillage and crop rotation: a global data analysis. Soil Sci Soc Am J 66: 1930-1946.