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Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-467-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-10-467-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
Original research article
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05 Jul 2024
Original research article |  | 05 Jul 2024

High capacity of integrated crop–pasture systems to preserve old soil carbon evaluated in a 60-year-old experiment

Maximiliano González-Sosa, Carlos A. Sierra, J. Andrés Quincke, Walter E. Baethgen, Susan Trumbore, and M. Virginia Pravia

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Based on an approach that involved soil organic carbon (SOC) monitoring, radiocarbon measurement in bulk soil, and incubations from a long-term 60-year experiment, it was concluded that the avoidance of old carbon losses in the integrated crop–pasture systems is the main reason that explains their greater carbon storage capacities compared to continuous cropping. A better understanding of these processes is essential for making agronomic decisions to increase the carbon sequestration capacity.
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