Straw incorporation increases crop yield and soil organic carbon sequestration but varies under different natural conditions and farming practices in China: a system analysis

Han, Xiao; Xu, Cong; Dungait, Jennifer A. J.; Bol, Roland; Wang, Xiaojie; Wu, Wenliang; Meng, Fanqiao

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1933-2018

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1933-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-1933-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 15, issue 7

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03 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 03 Apr 2018

Straw incorporation increases crop yield and soil organic carbon sequestration but varies under different natural conditions and farming practices in China: a system analysis

Xiao Han, Cong Xu, Jennifer A. J. Dungait, Roland Bol, Xiaojie Wang, Wenliang Wu, and Fanqiao Meng

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RC1: 'Reviewer comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Dec 2017
- AC1: 'Response to referee #1', XIAO HAN, 27 Jan 2018
RC2: 'Review of Han et al.’s “Straw incorporation increases crop yield and soil organic car- bon sequestration but varies under different natural conditions and farming practices in China: a system analysis”', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Jan 2018
- AC2: 'Response to referee #2', XIAO HAN, 27 Jan 2018

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (10 Feb 2018) by Yakov Kuzyakov

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Straw incorporation increases soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and crop yields in experimental trials across China, regardless of the climate or land use. This conclusion is based on a wide range of soils and climate conditions and suggests that farmers across the world may use this simple management tool to increase their outputs by improving the quality of their outputs by improving the quality of their soil, while mitigating climate change.