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- Title
Carbon Depletion by Plowing and its Restoration by No-Till Cropping Systems in Oxisols of Subtropical and Tropical Agro-Ecoregions in Brazil.
- Authors
Moraes Sá, João Carlos; Séguy, Lucien; Tivet, Florent; Lal, Rattan; Bouzinac, Serge; Borszowskei, Paulo Rogério; Briedis, Clever; Santos, Josiane Burkner; Cruz Hartman, Daiani; Bertoloni, Clayton Giani; Rosa, Jadir; Friedrich, Theodor
- Abstract
The continuous use of plowing for grain production has been the principal cause of soil degradation. This project was formulated on the hypothesis that the intensification of cropping systems by increasing biomass-C input and its biodiversity under no-till (NT) drives soil restoration of degraded agro-ecosystem. The present study conducted at subtropical [Ponta Grossa (PG) site] and tropical regions [Lucas do Rio Verde, MT (LRV) site] in Brazil aimed to (i) assess the impact of the continuous plow-based conventional tillage (CT) on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock vis-à-vis native vegetation (NV) as baseline; (ii) compare SOC balance among CT, NT cropping systems, and NV; and (iii) evaluate the redistribution of SOC stock in soil profile in relation to soil resilience. The continuous CT decreased the SOC stock by 0·58 and 0·67 Mg C ha−1 y−1 in the 0- to 20-cm depth at the PG and LRV sites, respectively, and the rate of SOC sequestration was 0·59 for the PG site and ranged from 0·48 to 1·30 Mg C ha−1 y−1 for the LRV site. The fraction of C input by crop residues converted into SOC stock was ~14·2% at the PG site and ~20·5% at the LRV site. The SOC resilience index ranged from 0·29 to 0·79, and it increased with the increase in the C input among the NT systems and the SOC sequestration rates at the LRV site. These data support the hypothesis that NT cropping systems with high C input have a large potential to reverse the process of soil degradation and SOC decline. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
SOIL degradation; CROPPING systems; BIOMASS; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON sequestration
- Publication
Land Degradation & Development, 2015, Vol 26, Issue 6, p531
- ISSN
1085-3278
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ldr.2218