Enhanced Carbon Sequestration in Marginal Land Upon Shift towards Perennial C4Miscanthus × giganteus: A Case Study in North-Western Czechia
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Bioenergy crops such as Miscanthus × giganteus are foreseeable as an alternative source to replace fossil fuel and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. They are also assessed as an environment-friendly solution for polluted, marginal and low-quality agricultural soils. Several studies had been launched on soil organic carbon sequestration potentials of miscanthus culture along with its impacts on restoring soil functionality, most of which focus on the long-term basis of the plant’s cultivation. Nevertheless, information concerning the short term impacts as well as the situation in Czechia is still scarce. In this context, a field experiment was launched in 2017 in a poor-quality agricultural land in the city of Chomutov (North-Western Czechia) to compare the impacts of the perennial C4 miscanthus with an annual C3 forage crop (wheat) on the soil carbon stocks as well as enhancing its functionality. Results through the 0–30 cm soil profile examination showed that miscanthus plants played a role in improving the studied soil physico-chemical (bulk density and soil organic carbon concentrations) and biological (Phospholipid fatty acids stress indicator, basal respiration and fluorescein diacetate hydrolytic activity) parameters. The naturally occurring δ13C concentrations were used to evaluate the direct plant contribution to the total soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and revealed considerable miscanthus contribution all over the detected soil layers (1.98 ± 0.21 Mg C. ha−1 yr−1) after only 3 growing seasons. It is thus suggested that the C4 perennial miscanthus possess remarkable prospects for SOC sequestration and restoring degraded lands.
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In the studied soils, the organic carbon content significantly increased from T0 to T93, in conformity with results obtained in Al Souki et al. (2021) and Jezowski et al. (2017).
“In the studied soils, the organic carbon content significantly increased from T0 to T93, in conformity with results obtained in Al Souki et al. (2021) and Jezowski et al. (2017).”
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- Al Souki, K. S., Burdová, H., Trubač, J., Štojdl, J., Kuráň, P., Kříženecká, S., Machová, I., Kubát, K., Popelka, J., Malinská, H. A., Nebeská, D., Ust’ak, S., Honzík, R., & Trögl, J.
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Environment, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem, Pasteurova 3632/15, 400 96 Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
- Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem (CZ)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Crop Research Institute, Drnovská 507/73, 161 06 Praha 6-Ruzyně, Czech Republic
- Czech Agrifood Research Center (CZ)
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- Agronomy
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- 2021-02-05
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- 11
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- 2
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- 293
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- 2073-4395 (ISSN-L)
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- W3128660441
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- European Union and the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic (CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/16_027/0008492 “U21 - High Quality of HR for International Area Strengthening”)
- Internal grant agency of J.E. Purkyně University (projects number UJEP-IGA-TC-2019-44-01-2 and UJEP-SGS-2018-44-001-3)
- 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
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Keywords
- Miscanthus × giganteus, soil organic carbon sequestration, marginal land, energy crops, wheat, soil carbon stocks, soil physicochemical properties, soil biological activity, phospholipid fatty acids, basal respiration, δ13C, degraded area recovery, Chomutov
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