Stratification of carbon fractions and carbon management index in deep soil affected by the Grain-to-Green Program in China.
Conversion of slope cropland to perennial vegetation has a significant impact on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock in A horizon. However, the impact on SOC and its fraction stratification is still poorly understood in deep soil in Loess Hilly Region (LHR) of China. Samples were collected from three ty...
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| description | Conversion of slope cropland to perennial vegetation has a significant impact on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock in A horizon. However, the impact on SOC and its fraction stratification is still poorly understood in deep soil in Loess Hilly Region (LHR) of China. Samples were collected from three typical conversion lands, Robinia psendoacacia (RP), Caragana Korshinskii Kom (CK), and abandoned land (AB), which have been converted from slope croplands (SC) for 30 years in LHR. Contents of SOC, total nitrogen (TN), particulate organic carbon (POC), and labile organic carbon (LOC), and their stratification ratios (SR) and carbon management indexes (CMI) were determined on soil profiles from 0 to 200 cm. Results showed that the SOC, TN, POC and LOC stocks of RP were significantly higher than that of SC in soil layers of 0-10, 10-40, 40-100 and 100-200 cm (P<0.05). Soil layer of 100-200 cm accounted for 27.38-36.62%, 25.10-32.91%, 21.59-31.69% and 21.08-26.83% to SOC, TN, POC and LOC stocks in lands of RP, CK and AB. SR values were >2.0 in most cases of RP, CK and AB. Moreover, CMI values of RP, CK, and AB increased by 11.61-61.53% in soil layer of 100-200 cm compared with SC. Significant positive correlations between SOC stocks and CMI or SR values of both surface soil and deep soil layers indicated that they were suitable indicators for soil quality and carbon changes evaluation. The Grain-to-Green Program (GTGP) had strong influence on improving quantity and activity of SOC pool through all soil layers of converted lands, and deep soil organic carbon should be considered in C cycle induced by GTGP. It was concluded that converting slope croplands to RP forestlands was the most efficient way for sequestering C in LHR soils. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a89a41ef323a4c41921ddca42e17af832022-12-21T22:56:01ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0196e9965710.1371/journal.pone.0099657Stratification of carbon fractions and carbon management index in deep soil affected by the Grain-to-Green Program in China.Fazhu ZhaoGaihe YangXinhui HanYongzhong FengGuangxin RenConversion of slope cropland to perennial vegetation has a significant impact on soil organic carbon (SOC) stock in A horizon. However, the impact on SOC and its fraction stratification is still poorly understood in deep soil in Loess Hilly Region (LHR) of China. Samples were collected from three typical conversion lands, Robinia psendoacacia (RP), Caragana Korshinskii Kom (CK), and abandoned land (AB), which have been converted from slope croplands (SC) for 30 years in LHR. Contents of SOC, total nitrogen (TN), particulate organic carbon (POC), and labile organic carbon (LOC), and their stratification ratios (SR) and carbon management indexes (CMI) were determined on soil profiles from 0 to 200 cm. Results showed that the SOC, TN, POC and LOC stocks of RP were significantly higher than that of SC in soil layers of 0-10, 10-40, 40-100 and 100-200 cm (P<0.05). Soil layer of 100-200 cm accounted for 27.38-36.62%, 25.10-32.91%, 21.59-31.69% and 21.08-26.83% to SOC, TN, POC and LOC stocks in lands of RP, CK and AB. SR values were >2.0 in most cases of RP, CK and AB. Moreover, CMI values of RP, CK, and AB increased by 11.61-61.53% in soil layer of 100-200 cm compared with SC. Significant positive correlations between SOC stocks and CMI or SR values of both surface soil and deep soil layers indicated that they were suitable indicators for soil quality and carbon changes evaluation. The Grain-to-Green Program (GTGP) had strong influence on improving quantity and activity of SOC pool through all soil layers of converted lands, and deep soil organic carbon should be considered in C cycle induced by GTGP. It was concluded that converting slope croplands to RP forestlands was the most efficient way for sequestering C in LHR soils.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4051785?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Fazhu Zhao Gaihe Yang Xinhui Han Yongzhong Feng Guangxin Ren Stratification of carbon fractions and carbon management index in deep soil affected by the Grain-to-Green Program in China. PLoS ONE |
| title | Stratification of carbon fractions and carbon management index in deep soil affected by the Grain-to-Green Program in China. |
| title_full | Stratification of carbon fractions and carbon management index in deep soil affected by the Grain-to-Green Program in China. |
| title_fullStr | Stratification of carbon fractions and carbon management index in deep soil affected by the Grain-to-Green Program in China. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Stratification of carbon fractions and carbon management index in deep soil affected by the Grain-to-Green Program in China. |
| title_short | Stratification of carbon fractions and carbon management index in deep soil affected by the Grain-to-Green Program in China. |
| title_sort | stratification of carbon fractions and carbon management index in deep soil affected by the grain to green program in china |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4051785?pdf=render |
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