Earthworms accelerate rice straw decomposition and maintenance of soil organic carbon dynamics in rice agroecosystems

Earthworms accelerate rice straw decomposition and maintenance of soil organic carbon dynamics in rice agroecosystems

Background To promote straw degradation, we inoculated returned farmland straw with earthworms (Pheretima guillelmi). Increasing the number of earthworms may generally alter soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics and the biological activity of agricultural soils. Methods We performed soil mesocosm exper...

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Main Authors: Ke Song, Lijuan Sun, Weiguang Lv, Xianqing Zheng, Yafei Sun, William Terzaghi, Qin Qin, Yong Xue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2020-09-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Earthworms
Rice residues
SOC
Aggregate-associated carbon
Soil basal respiration
Enzyme activities
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/9870.pdf

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