Conversion of marginal land into switchgrass conditionally accrues soil carbon but reduces methane consumption.
Bates CT, Escalas A, Kuang J, Hale L, Wang Y, Herman D, Nuccio EE, Wan X, Bhattacharyya A, Fu Y, Tian R, Wang G, Ning D, Yang Y, Wu L, Pett-Ridge J, Saha M, Craven K, Brodie EL, Firestone M, Zhou J.
Bates CT, et al.
ISME J. 2022 Jan;16(1):10-25. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00916-y. Epub 2021 Jul 1.
ISME J. 2022.
PMID: 34211103
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Our results revealed that soil C significantly increased at the sandy-loam (SL) site, but not at the clay-loam (CL) site. Significantly higher CO(2) flux was observed from the CL switchgrass site, along with reduced microbial diversity (both alpha and beta). ...
Our results revealed that soil C significantly increased at the sandy-loam (SL) site, but not at the clay-loam (CL) site. Significant …