Carbon and nitrogen accumulation by agricultural crop residue under three cropping systems
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2025
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Estonian University of Life Sciences
Abstrakt
Agricultural crops produce different biomass during their growth, including varying amounts of residue which accumulate a significant amount of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N). Assimilation capacity depends largely on species, variety and growing condition. Carbon accumulation in soil contributes to both - the agricultural production and maintenance of environmental quality reducing atmospheric C and greenhouse gas emissions. In this study, the amount of plant residue left on the field by above-ground and below-ground residue and the amount of C and N accumulated in them in three different cropping systems: organic (Bio); integrated with a low input of N fertiliser (Int-low-N) and; integrated with a high input of N fertiliser (Int-high-N) were evaluated. The most commonly grown cereal crops in Latvia were tested: winter wheat (WW); summer wheat (SW); winter rye (WR); winter triticale (WT); summer barley (SB); summer oat (SO); and buckwheat (BW) as pseudo-cereal crop. The highest biomass of dry matter of total harvest residue in all cropping systems was recorded in WR: 853.3 ± 40.76 g m-2; 1,482.0 ± 105.06 g m-2; 1,628.3 ± 115.49 g m-2 - in Bio; Int-low-N; Int-high-N cropping systems, respectively. The highest amount of carbon (g C m-2) using organic cropping system was accumulated by residue of: WR (268.6 ± 28.68), BW (239.4 ± 10.50) and WW (234.5 ± 27.41). The highest amount of carbon (g C m-2) using integrated cropping system was accumulated by residue of: WR - 473.8 ± 64.9; 496.6 ± 62.54 and WT - 458.2 ± 32.57; 521.1 ± 46.26 in Int-low-N and Int-high-N, respectively. Higher proportion of root biomass cereals formed using organic cropping system.
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Received: January 31st, 2024 ; Accepted: April 7th, 2025 ; Published: April 21st, 2025 ; Correspondence: sarmite.rancane@lbtu.lv
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above-ground and below-ground residue, cereal crops, integrated cropping system, organic cropping system, articles