Biochar built soil carbon over a decade by stabilizing rhizodeposits

TitleBiochar built soil carbon over a decade by stabilizing rhizodeposits
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2017
AuthorsWeng Z., Van Zwieten L., Singh B.P, Tavakkoli E., Joseph S., Macdonald L.M, Rose T.J, Rose M.T, Kimber S.WL, Morris S., Cozzolino D., Araujo J.R, Archanjo B.S, Cowie A.
JournalNature Climate Change
Volume7
Pagination371-+
Date PublishedMay
Type of ArticleArticle
ISBN Number1758-678X
Accession NumberWOS:000400373500019
KeywordsBLACK CARBON, climate-change, dynamics, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, food security, MATTER, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences, mineralization, nexafs, organic-carbon, pasture, sequestration
Abstract

Biochar can increase the stable C content of soil. However, studies on the longer-term role of plant-soil-biochar interactions and the consequent changes to native soil organic carbon (SOC) are lacking. Periodic (CO2)-C-13 pulse labelling of ryegrass was used to monitor belowground C allocation, SOC priming, and stabilization of root-derived C for a 15-month period-commencing 8.2 years after biochar (Eucalyptus saligna, 550 degrees C) was amended into a subtropical ferralsol. We found that field-aged biochar enhanced the belowground recovery of new root-derived C (C-13) by 20%, and facilitated negative rhizosphere priming (it slowed SOC mineralization by 5.5%, that is, 46 g CO2-C m(-2) yr(-1)). Retention of root-derived 13C in the stable organo-mineral fraction (

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Weng, Zhe (Han) Van Zwieten, Lukas Singh, Bhupinder Pal Tavakkoli, Ehsan Joseph, Stephen Macdonald, Lynne M. Rose, Terry J. Rose, Michael T. Kimber, Stephen W. L. Morris, Stephen Cozzolino, Daniel Araujo, Joyce R. Archanjo, Braulio S. Cowie, Annette
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Australian Government, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources; Australian Synchrotron, Victoria, Australia [AS151_SXR_9599]
The authors thank the Australian Government, Department of Agriculture and Water Resources for supporting the National Biochar Initiatives (2009-2012, 2012-2014) which co-funded this research. We are particularly grateful to P. Slavich, as one of the key founders of this long-term field experiment, for providing insightful comments on the initial draft. Part of this research was undertaken on the soft X-ray spectroscopy beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, Victoria, Australia (grant number AS151_SXR_9599). We thank the chief beamline scientist, B. Cowie, for his technical support on the soft X-ray analysis. We also appreciate the technical support from S. Petty and J. Rust for maintaining this field experiment over the past decade, and laboratory support from N. Morris. We also thank C. Achete from INMETRO, Brazil and B. Gong from the University of New South Wales, Australia, for performing XPS analysis of biochars and soils, respectively. We acknowledge the intellectual contribution from S. Donne for discussions on the potential mechanisms of biochar-induced stabilization of rhizodeposits. We also thank Y. Fang for giving advice and reviewing 13C calculations.

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