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Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration Rates by Tillage and Crop Rotation: A Global Data Analysis
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Changes in agricultural management can potentially increase the accumulation rate of soil organic C (SOC), thereby sequestering CO 2 from the atmosphere. This study was conducted to quantify potential soil C sequestration rates for different crops in response to decreasing tillage intensity or enhancing rotation complexity, and to estimate the duration of time over which sequestration may occur. Analyses of C sequestration rates were completed using a global database of 67 long‐term agricultural experiments, consisting of 276 paired treatments. Results indicate, on average, that a change from conventional tillage (CT) to no‐till (NT) can sequester 57 ± 14 g C m −2 yr −1 , excluding wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)‐fallow systems which may not result in SOC accumulation with a change from CT to NT. Enhancing rotation complexity can sequester an average 20 ± 12 g C m −2 yr −1 , excluding a change from continuous corn ( Zea mays L.) to corn‐soybean ( Glycine max L.) which may not result in a significant accumulation of SOC. Carbon sequestration rates, with a change from CT to NT, can be expected to peak in 5 to 10 yr with SOC reaching a new equilibrium in 15 to 20 yr. Following initiation of an enhancement in rotation complexity, SOC may reach a new equilibrium in approximately 40 to 60 yr. Carbon sequestration rates, estimated for a number of individual crops and crop rotations in this study, can be used in spatial modeling analyses to more accurately predict regional, national, and global C sequestration potentials.
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“Conversely, reduced tillage results in soil C sequestration (e.g., West & Post, 2002;Bernacchi et al., 2005;Grandy & Robertson, 2007), and SOC accumulation under perennial grasses grown on former cropland may be partially attributable to the cessation of tillage.”
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“A decrease in residue decomposition due to reduced soil tillage (Paustian et al. 2000, West and Post 2002) and reduced quality of crop residues (Heal et al. 1997) also increases SOC.”
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“Monoculture corn has been observed to have higher SOC than corn-soybean rotation (Havlin et al. 1990, Studdert and Echeverria 2000, West and Post 2002) since soybean provides less residue input to the soil than corn.”
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“Although management practices, such as conservation tillage, can increase soil organic carbon content in both extensive and intensive systems ([15](#r15), [16](#r16)), we do not assume any such gains in the AW scenarios between 1961 and 2005.”
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“Ploughing releases SOC and, in a similar vein, no-till agriculture (that may also be used with perennial crops) assists carbon sequestration and decreases soil erosion (e.g.Paustian et al., 2000;West and Post, 2002;Sainju et al., 2003;Lal et al., 2004;Bernacchi et al., 2005;Amado et al., 2006;Montgomery, 2007;Huggins and Reganold, 2008;Villamil et al., 2008;Lo ´pez-Bellido et al., 2010)”
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Effects of Land Use on Soil Respiration
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“, 2003)—an estimated 30% decrease in soil organic carbon (SOC) occurs in temperate soils within 20 yr after first cultivation (West and Post, 2002).”
BackgroundAsgedom, H., & Kebreab, E. (2011) · Agronomy for Sustainable Development · doi:10.1007/s13593-011-0016-2 · Cited by 68
“West and Post (2002) found that a change from conventional tillage to notillage could sequester from 0.43 to 0.71 Mg C ha−1 year−1 (Table 4).”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialNocita, M., Kooistra, L., Bachmann, M., Müller, A., Powell, M., & Weel, S. (2011) · Geoderma · doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.09.018 · Cited by 68
“It has been widely demonstrated that SOC stocks are linked with management practices and land use changes (Guo and Gifford, 2002; Johnson and Curtis, 2001; West and Post, 2002).”
Hou, R., Ouyang, Z., Li, Y., Tyler, D. D., Li, F., & Wilson, G. V. (2011) · Soil Science Society of America Journal · doi:10.2136/sssaj2011.0107 · Cited by 70
Carbon and Nitrogen Storage are Greater under Biennial Tillage in a Minnesota Corn–Soybean Rotation
Venterea, R. T., Baker, J. M., Dolan, M. S., & Spokas, K. A. (2006) · Soil Science Society of America Journal · doi:10.2136/sssaj2006.0010 · Cited by 68
“While more than 60 studies examining long-term tillage effects on soil C have been conducted in the past three decades (West and Post, 2002; VandenBygaart et al., 2003), the overwhelming majority of studies have employed sampling to soil depths not exceeding 0.”
BackgroundTillage, Cover Crop and Crop Rotation Effects on Selected Soil Chemical Properties
Haruna, S. I., & Nkongolo, N. V. (2019) · Sustainability · doi:10.3390/su11102770 · Cited by 68
Kaczan, D. J., Arslan, A., & Lipper, L. (2013) · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · doi:10.22004/ag.econ.288985 · Cited by 68
“A number of authors have argued that CA offers the potential for large scale sequestration given the areas of land used for cropping (see for instance Farage et al. 2007; West and Post, 2002).”
BackgroundInfluentialAligning science and policy of regenerative agriculture
Al‐Kaisi, M., & Lal, R. (2020) · Soil Science Society of America Journal · doi:10.1002/saj2.20162 · Cited by 68
Senanayake, S., Pradhan, B., HUETE, A. R., & Brennan, J. (2020) · Remote Sensing · doi:10.3390/rs12244063 · Cited by 77
“Thus, multiple cropping and agroforestry practices reduce the soil erosion through cover crops, deep-rooted crops and verities [85,86].”
BackgroundRobotics and Autonomous Systems for Net Zero Agriculture
Pearson, S., Camacho-Villa, T. C., Valluru, R., Gaju, O., Saaj, C. M., Gould, I. J., Brewer, S., & Sklar, E. I. (2022) · Current Robotics Reports · doi:10.1007/s43154-022-00077-6 · Cited by 68
“In addition, regenerative agriculture, specifically no-till, focusses on building SOC; gains of c.350 kg C ha −1 year −1 have been reported [49].”
BackgroundKendall, A. M., & Chang, B. (2009) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.03.003 · Cited by 67
Modelling tillage and nitrogen fertilization effects on soil organic carbon dynamics
Álvaro‐Fuentes, J., Morell, F. J., Plaza‐Bonilla, D., Arrúe, J. L., & Cantero‐Martínez, C. (2012) · Soil and Tillage Research · doi:10.1016/j.still.2012.01.009 · Cited by 67
Meersmans, J., Martin, M. P., Ridder, F. D., Lacarce, E., Wetterlind, J., Baets, S. D., Bas, C. L., Louis, B., Orton, T. G., Bispo, A., et al. (2012) · Agronomy for Sustainable Development · doi:10.1007/s13593-012-0085-x · Cited by 69
“…C input on soil carbon under cropland can be explained by the low physical protection of the added C due to intensive soil disturbance by tillage, resulting in higher mineralisation rates compared to other land uses or croplands characterised by no till or reduced tillage (West and Post 2002).”
Sanctis, G. D., Roggero, P. P., Seddaiu, G., Orsini, R., Porter, C. H., & Jones, J. W. (2012) · European Journal of Agronomy · doi:10.1016/j.eja.2012.02.002 · Cited by 67
Management intensity alters decomposition via biological pathways
Wickings, K. G., Grandy, A. S., Reed, S. C., & Cleveland, C. C. (2010) · Biogeochemistry · doi:10.1007/s10533-010-9510-x · Cited by 70
“…minimizing soil C losses, our results suggest that efforts should focus on improving yield intensity in existing agricultural ecosystems rather than expanding agricultural production into grasslands or other unmanaged areas (Davidson and Ackerman 1993; West and Post 2002; Fargione et al. 2008).”
BackgroundGhimire, R., Machado, S., & Rhinhart, K. E. L. (2015) · Agronomy Journal · doi:10.2134/agronj14.0601 · Cited by 67
“For example, only six among 276 paired comparisons of conventional and no-tillage 4 systems in the West and Post (2002) study were from sampling depths deeper than 30 cm. Baker 5 et al. (2007) in their review also reported a limited number of studies comparing SOC in deeper 6 soil profiles.”
BackgroundCritical carbon input to maintain current soil organic carbon stocks in global wheat systems
Wang, G., Luo, Z., Han, P., Chen, H., & Xu, J. (2016) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep19327 · Cited by 71
Soil organic carbon sequestration by shelterbelt agroforestry systems in Saskatchewan
Dhillon, G. S., & Rees, K. C. J. V. (2017) · Canadian Journal of Soil Science · doi:10.1139/cjss-2016-0094 · Cited by 67
Zuber, S. M., Behnke, G. D., Nafziger, E. D., & Villamil, M. B. (2018) · Agriculture · doi:10.3390/agriculture8030037 · Cited by 76
“In a global Agriculture 2018, 8, 37; doi:10.3390/agriculture8030037 www.mdpi.com/journal/agriculture analysis of 67 studies, West and Post [9] also found that more complex rotations led to an accumulation of SOC across environments.”
BackgroundResultInfluentialZhang, Y., Li, X., Gregorich, E. G., McLaughlin, N. B., Zhang, X., Guo, Y., Gao, Y. H., & Liang, A. (2019) · Soil and Tillage Research · doi:10.1016/j.still.2019.05.013 · Cited by 67
Tang, H., Liu, Y., Li, X., Aamer, M., & Guo-qin, H. (2019) · Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology · doi:10.1002/ghg.1901 · Cited by 67
Conservation Agriculture as a System to Enhance Ecosystem Services
Jayaraman, S., Dang, Y. P., Naorem, A., Page, K., & Dalal, R. C. (2021) · Agriculture · doi:10.3390/agriculture11080718 · Cited by 69
Pant, K. P. (2009) · Journal of Agriculture and Environment · doi:10.3126/aej.v10i0.2134 · Cited by 66
“Enhanced crop rotation for several years increases SOC concentration (West and Post, 2002).”
BackgroundThe Potential of Soil Carbon Sequestration Through Improved Management Practices in Norway
Singh, B. R., & Lal, R. (2005) · Environment Development and Sustainability · doi:10.1007/s10668-003-6372-6 · Cited by 65
Tillage Effects on Soil Carbon Balance in a Semiarid Agroecosystem
Bono, A., Álvarez, R., Buschiazzo, D. E., & Cantet, R. J. C. (2008) · Soil Science Society of America Journal · doi:10.2136/sssaj2007.0250 · Cited by 66
Midwest Cropping System Effects on Soil Properties and on a Soil Quality Index
Jokela, W. E., Posner, J. L., Hedtcke, J. L., Balser, T. C., & Read, H. W. (2011) · Agronomy Journal · doi:10.2134/agronj2010.0454 · Cited by 67
Briedis, C., Sá, J. C. D. M., Caires, E. F., Navarro, J. D. F., Inagaki, T. M., Boer, A., Ferreira, A. D. O., Netto, C. Q., Canalli, L. B. D. S., & dos Santos, J. B. (2011) · Soil Science Society of America Journal · doi:10.2136/sssaj2011.0128 · Cited by 66
Is soil carbon disappearing? The dynamics of soil organic carbon in Java
Minasny, B., Sulaeman, Y., & McBratney, A. B. (2010) · Global Change Biology · doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02324.x · Cited by 66
“It is also believed that SOC can accumulate when a soil is no longer cultivated and returns to supporting perennial vegetation or pasture (Post & Kwon, 2000; Guo & Gifford, 2002); or from conventional tillage to less intensive cultivation (West & Post, 2002).”
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No general soil carbon sequestration under Central European short rotation coppices
Walter, K., Don, A., & Flessa, H. (2014) · GCB Bioenergy · doi:10.1111/gcbb.12177 · Cited by 67
“+49 531 596 2641, fax +49 531 596 2688, e-mail: axel.don@ti.bund.de © 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd 727 enhance SOC (West & Post, 2002).”
Isotopic evidence for episodic nitrogen fixation in switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)
Roley, S. S., Xue, C., Hamilton, S. K., Tiedje, J. M., & Robertson, G. P. (2018) · Soil Biology and Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2018.11.006 · Cited by 66
“, 2017), a pattern generally observed in non-tilled agricultural ecosystems (West and Post, 2002).”
BackgroundAlam, M. K., Bell, R. W., & Biswas, W. K. (2019) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.328 · Cited by 69
“Conservation agricultura practices have been reported to 923 increase SOC in some studies (Alam et al. 2018; Salahin, 2017; West and Post, 2002), but not 924 in others (Powlson et al., 2016).”
BackgroundCarbohydrates and Amino Compounds as Short‐Term Indicators of Soil Management
Abdelrahman, H. M., Cocozza, C., Olk, D. C., Ventrella, D., & MIANO, T. M. (2016) · CLEAN - Soil Air Water · doi:10.1002/clen.201600076 · Cited by 65
Peng, Y., Rieke, E. L., Chahal, I., Norris, C. E., Janovicek, K. J., Mitchell, J. P., Roozeboom, K. L., Hayden, Z. D., Strock, J. S., Machado, S., et al. (2023) · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · doi:10.1016/j.agee.2023.108599 · Cited by 74
Organic Matter and Water Stability of Field Aggregates Affected by Tillage in South Dakota
Pikul, J. L., Chilom, G., Rice, J. A., Eynard, A., Schumacher, T. E., Nichols, K. A., Johnson, J. M. F., Wright, S., Caesar‐TonThat, T., & Ellsbury, M. M. (2009) · Soil Science Society of America Journal · doi:10.2136/sssaj2007.0184 · Cited by 65
Metadata
- Authors
- West, T. O., & Post, W. M.
- Affiliations
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
- Corresponding author
- West, Tristram O.
- Venue
- Soil Science Society of America Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2002-11
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1930-1946
- ISSN
- 0361-5995 (ISSN-L)
- 1435-0661
- OpenAlex
- W136628441
- Cited by
- 2,215
- References
- 104
- Citations by year
- 2026: 65 · 2025: 92 · 2024: 93 · 2023: 78 · 2022: 104 · 2021: 105 · 2020: 114 · 2019: 103 · 2018: 111 · 2017: 126 · 2016: 104 · 2015: 127 · 2014: 137 · 2013: 127 · 2012: 128
- FWCI
- 62.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Soil Science Society of America Journal (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Curtin University of Technology
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Management and Crop Yield
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Keywords
- soil organic carbon sequestration, carbon sequestration rate, no-tillage, conventional tillage, long-term agricultural experiments, carbon sequestration potential
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