Characterization of fine root system and potential contribution to soil organic carbon of six perennial bioenergy crops
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PECs can allocate high amounts of atmospheric C in belowground biomass (BGB) thanks to deep and dense fine rooting systems.
“PECs can allocate high amounts of atmospheric C in the belowground biomass (BGB; Chimento & Amaducci, 2015; Monti et al., 2012; Monti & Zatta, 2009) thanks to the deep and dense fine rooting systems (Chimento & Amaducci, 2015).”
From Belowground biomass C outweighs soil organic C of perennial energy crops: Insights from a long‐term multispecies trial (2021) · cites this paper as Chimento & Amaducci, 2015
The ranking of perennial energy crops for fine root biomass in this study was the same as that found by Chimento and Amaducci (2015): switchgrass > miscanthus > giant reed > willow > poplar > black locust.
“Ranking of PECS for fine root biomass in this study was the same found by Chimento and Amaducci (2015): switchgrass > miscanthus > giant reed > willow > poplar > black locust.”
From Belowground biomass C outweighs soil organic C of perennial energy crops: Insights from a long‐term multispecies trial (2021) · cites this paper as Chimento and Amaducci (2015)
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“%) for 2 h and then washed in a hydraulic sieving-centrifuge device (Chimento & Amaducci, 2015).”
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“It has also been shown that herbaceous bioenergy crops including miscanthus have higher fine root biomass below the plough depth (0e30 cm) than woody species such as SRC willow (Chimento and Amaducci, 2015).”
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“Chimento and Amaducci found that differences in root configuration among different species were mainly reflected in the topsoil, and the proportion of 0.5 mm root length was much higher than that of 0.5 ~ 2 mm in herbaceous plants (Chimento and Amaducci 2015).”
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“In order to calculate belowground C input from Cr and Ce in the 0–10 and 10–30 cm layers, the “beta” root distribution model was applied using a β coefficient value of 0.967 (see Chimento & Amaducci, 2015).”
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“The PECs can allocate a high amount of atmospheric C in the belowground biomass due to their deep, dense, fine rooting systems (Chimento & Amaducci, 2015; Monti & Zatta, 2009; Monti et al., 2012).”
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“Previous studies have shown that, compared with poplar, reed has a higher underground biomass development, more prosperous root system, and is more difficult to decompose than poplar litter (Monti and Zatta, 2009; Chimento and Amaducci, 2015), which makes more biological residues in the root system of reed and resulti…”
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“Several authors have already indicated that perennial energy crops might contribute to soil carbon sequestration through cyclic addition of aboveground and belowground residues and reduced soil mechanical disturbance (Rowe et al. 2013; Agostini et al. 2015; Chimento and Amaducci 2015).”
Background
- Authors
- Chimento, C., & Amaducci, S.
- Affiliations
- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Amaducci, Stefano
- ORCID
- Amaducci, Stefano
- Venue
- Biomass and Bioenergy
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-12
- Volume
- 83
- Pages
- 116-122
- ISSN
- 0961-9534 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2143996798
- Cited by
- 60
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3
- FWCI
- 10.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biomass and Bioenergy (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- European Union
- Italian Ministry of Agriculture
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Forest ecology and management
- Keywords
- fine roots, root length density, fine root biomass, soil organic carbon sequestration, perennial energy crops, poplar, Robinia pseudoacacia, willow, Arundo donax, Miscanthus, switchgrass, root diameter, root depth distribution, beta model, deep soil carbon
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