Forage production in rotational systems generates similar yields compared to maize monocultures but improves soil carbon stocks

Loges, Ralf; Bunne, Inga; Reinsch, Thorsten; Malisch, Carsten Stefan; Kluß, Christof; Herrmann, A.; Taube, F.

doi:10.1016/j.eja.2018.04.010

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“…As for the carbon content in the biomasses, it is clear that the BGB content is also more than three times greater than in AGB. Similar to our results Loges et al (2018) reported that grassland BGB fraction of the total DMY was higher up to 35% and absolute C input reached 5.3 t/ha. The carbon within AGB is small proportion of the total carbon pool in the ecosystem, and it is equally clear that this AGB carbon has a short life.…”

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“…Modern agricultural practices, including monoculture, have disrupted the carbon cycle. They have removed large amounts of carbon from grasslands and transferred great levels of it to air and water providing serious consequences to the environment (Loges et al 2018;Tobiášová et al 2013). A strong conversion to modern agricultural practices is present also in Slovakia.…”

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Above and Below Ground Biomass and Carbon Stock in Permanent Grasslands of Slovakia

Kizeková

Kanianska

Jančová

et al. 2019

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)

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This paper aimed to monitory the dry matter biomass production and carbon stocks of above-and below-ground biomass in five types of grasslands in Slovakia: i) lowland oversowed pasture ii) lowland hay meadows, iii) mesophilous pasture, iv) mountain hay meadows, v) abandoned grassland. Averaged over two cropping seasons the total above-and below-ground biomass differed significantly across the monitored grasslands. It ranged respectively from 2.18 to 7.86 t/ha and from 9.64 to 22.67 t/ha dry matter depending on the pedoclimatic condition and the botanical composition of each grassland type. Consequently, this resulted also in the carbon stocks in above-and below-ground biomass. Generally, the mean carbon stocks were 1.56 t/ha for above-ground biomass (24%) and 4.83 t/ha for below-ground biomass (76%). The botanical composition for all the grassland types was also described. The highest number of plant species (55) was observed in lowland hay meadow located in Slovak Karst, the lowest one (23) for the oversowed grassland located in Eastern Slovak Upland. This monitoring paper showed that semi-natural grassland habitats and improved grasslands as well are an important carbon sink, and they can play a key role in global climate change mitigation.

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Above and Below Ground Biomass and Carbon Stock in Permanent Grasslands of Slovakia

Kizeková

Kanianska

Jančová

et al. 2019

Agriculture (Pol'nohospodárstvo)

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“…These include emissions of the GHGs such as methane and nitrous oxide. Therefore, an important research challenge is to identify and bring to market alternative and new organic fertilizers that combine the nutrient-use efficiency of inorganic fertilizers with the beneficial effects of common organic manures, including enhanced soil carbon storage (Loges et al 2018), microbial activity (Murugan et al 2013), and water holding capacity, particularly important for improving the productivity of extensive or strongly degraded soils.…”

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“…The use of green manures, whereby green standing biomass is incorporated into the soil, is a technique that has potential for improvement of fertility especially of soils that have low organic matter. Forage legumes, such as white clover and red clover (Trifolium repens L.; Trifolium pratense L.) are often used for this purpose because of their high productivity, associated with N-fixation, and high efficiency of nutrient cycling (Schmeer et al 2014) within a crop rotation (Loges et al 2018;Brankatschk and Finkbeiner 2017). In ruminant livestock farming systems, forage legumes are widely used to provide both grazed and conserved feed of Fig.…”

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A perspective on the potential of using marine organic fertilizers for the sustainable management of coastal ecosystem services

Emadodin

Reinsch

Rotter

et al. 2020

Environmental Sustainability

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Agricultural production is predicted to double during the next century. To ensure food security in response to global population growth is a challenge and will require strategies that mitigate associated environmental damage in ways consistent with United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals. One possible approach is to utilize organic fertilizers from marine sources to improve soil structure by enhancing activities of soil organisms and restoring essential plant nutrients to the soil. Here we identify opportunities to develop organic fertilizers from two types of materials of marine origin: seagrass wrack and jellyfish biomass. Seagrass wrack often occurs as undesirable waste material on beaches. In many coastal areas around the world jellyfish bloom presents a nuisance because of negative impacts on marine ecosystem productivity. Several investigations have reported that organic fertilizers produced from seagrass and jellyfish could enhance coastal ecosystem services by reducing pollution, and by improving soil health and quality. Recent research indicates that seagrass litter improves soil water holding capacity and the nutritional value of crops; moreover, it can be used as multi-functional fertilizer, due to its content of valuable macro-and microelements. The application of jellyfish fertilizer increases soil contents of organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium and enhances the growth and survival of seedlings significantly. In this overview we describe novel approaches regarding the utilization of seagrass and jellyfish as sources of fertilizer, and experimental studies on the influences of marine organic fertilizers on soil restoration, and implications for coastal management.

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“…The authors studied the impact of bioactive substances and bacterial preparations on the winter durum wheat productivity, which are still little studied. In this regard, the impact of presowing treatment and the one applied to vegetative plants with growth-regulating preparations is currently relevant (3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16).…”

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The Structure and Productivity of Winter Durum Wheat Subject to Pre-Sowing Treatment

Podlesnykh¹,

Galochkina²

2018

International Scientific and Practical Conference "AgroSMART - Smart Solutions for Agriculture" (AgroSMART 2018)

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The paper studies the productivity of winter durum wheat of Zolotko variety subject to the treatment of seed grains with the preparations Poly-Feed, Plodorodiye Sibiri, Vitazim, Agat-25K, Micromak, potassium humate applied separately and in the mixture of Poly-Feed + Plodorodiye Sibiri + Vitazim followed by the treatment of plants with Vitazim, Fertigrain Foliar and the mixture of Vitazim + Fertigrain Foliar in the forest-steppe of the Central Chernozem Region. The experiments were conducted in 2014/15-2015/16 in the fields of Voronezh SAU. For the treatment of winter durum wheat seeds, the most effective preparations to increase tillering capacity were Agat-25K (1.18 seeds/plant), Vitazim (1.17 seeds/plant) and potassium humate (1.17 seeds/plant). The number of kernels per head increased provided that the seeds were treated with Agat-25K, Micromak, Plodorodiye Sibiri, especially followed by the further treatment of plants with the mixture of Vitazim + Fertigrain Foliar. The weight of grains in the ear increased up to 1.28 and 1.27g when the seeds were treated with Agat-25K and Micromak jointly with the treatment of plants with Vitazim + Fertigran Foliar. A thousand grain weight was greater when the seeds were treated with Agat 25K, Micromak and potassium humate jointly with the treatment of plants with a mixture of Vitazim + Fertigrean Foliar and amounted to 45.0; 44.9 and 44.85g, respectively. A high yield was obtained when Agat-25K and Micromak were used for treating seeds, together with treating plants with a mixture of Vitazim + Fertigrean Foliar. It amounted to 52.7 and 52.2 c/ha, respectively. The highest synergetic efficiency was observed when treating the seeds with Agat-25K or Micromak together with treating the plants with Vitazim + Fertigrain Foliar mixture.

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Forage production in rotational systems generates similar yields compared to maize monocultures but improves soil carbon stocks

Cited by 49 publications

References 56 publications

Above and Below Ground Biomass and Carbon Stock in Permanent Grasslands of Slovakia

Above and Below Ground Biomass and Carbon Stock in Permanent Grasslands of Slovakia

A perspective on the potential of using marine organic fertilizers for the sustainable management of coastal ecosystem services

The Structure and Productivity of Winter Durum Wheat Subject to Pre-Sowing Treatment

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