Quantifying the short-term contribution of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) to soil carbon using 13C natural abundance technique in a sandy loam soil in eastern Canada

Mehdi Sharifi; Derek Lynch; David L. Burton; Yousef A. Papadopoulos; Michael Main

doi:10.1139/cjss-2018-0145

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29 January 2019 Quantifying the short-term contribution of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) to soil carbon using ¹³C natural abundance technique in a sandy loam soil in eastern Canada

Mehdi Sharifi, Derek Lynch, David L. Burton, Yousef A. Papadopoulos, Michael Main

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Canadian J. of Soil Science, 99(2):217-221 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2018-0145

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The soil carbon (C) accumulation rate was determined for switchgrass, as compared with selected C₃ species in Nova Scotia, Canada. There was no significant effect of crops on total soil C retention, whereas soil ¹³C signature (δ¹³C) was enriched by 0.4‰ in switchgrass relative to other C₃ species, and C accumulation rate was 0.06 Mg ha^-1 yr^-1 in the top 30 cm of soil.

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Mehdi Sharifi, Derek Lynch, David L. Burton, Yousef A. Papadopoulos, and Michael Main "Quantifying the short-term contribution of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) to soil carbon using ¹³C natural abundance technique in a sandy loam soil in eastern Canada," Canadian Journal of Soil Science 99(2), 217-221, (29 January 2019). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjss-2018-0145

Received: 20 November 2018; Accepted: 3 December 2018; Published: 29 January 2019

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