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- Title
Identification of labile and stable pools of organic matter in an agrogray soil.
- Authors
Larionova, A. A.; Zolotareva, B. N.; Yevdokimov, I. V.; Bykhovets, S. S.; Kuzyakov, Ya. V.; Buegger, F.
- Abstract
The intensity of decomposition of the organic matter in the particle-size fractions from a agrogray soil sampled in a 5-year-long field experiment on the decomposition of corn residues was determined in the course of incubation for a year. The corn residues were placed into the soil in amounts equivalent to the amounts of plant litter in the agrocenosis and in the meadow ecosystem. A combination of three methods-the particle-size fractionation, the method of C natural abundance by C3-C4 transition, and the method of incubation-made it possible to subdivide the soil organic matter into the labile and stable pools. The labile pool reached 32% in the soil of the agrocenosis and 42% in the meadow soil. Owing to the negative priming effect, the addition of C4 (young) carbon favored the stabilization of the C3 (old) carbon in the soil. When the young carbon was absent, destabilization or intense decomposition of the old organic matter was observed. This process was found even in the most stable fine silt and clay fractions.
- Subjects
ORGANIC compounds; SILT; CLAY; MEADOWS; SOILS
- Publication
Eurasian Soil Science, 2011, Vol 44, Issue 6, p628
- ISSN
1064-2293
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1134/S1064229311060093