Articles | Volume 17, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2971-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-2971-2020
Research article
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11 Jun 2020
Research article |  | 11 Jun 2020

The soil organic carbon stabilization potential of old and new wheat cultivars: a 13CO2-labeling study

Marijn Van de Broek, Shiva Ghiasi, Charlotte Decock, Andreas Hund, Samuel Abiven, Cordula Friedli, Roland A. Werner, and Johan Six

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Data associated with Van de Broek et al. 2020, Biogeosciences M. Van de Broek, S. Ghiasi, C. Decock, A. Hund, S. Abiven, C. Friedli, R. A. Werner, and J. Six https://doi.org/10.17632/75f349dpdr.2

Supplementary data for Van de Broek et al. 2020 Marijn Van de Broek and Shiva Ghiasi https://doi.org/10.17632/75f349dpdr.2

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Four wheat cultivars were labeled with 13CO2 to quantify the effect of rooting depth and root biomass on the belowground transfer of organic carbon. We found no clear relation between the time since cultivar development and the amount of carbon inputs to the soil. Therefore, the hypothesis that wheat cultivars with a larger root biomass and deeper roots promote carbon stabilization was rejected. The amount of root biomass that will be stabilized in the soil on the long term is, however, unknown.
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