Soil denitrifier community size changes with land use change to perennial bioenergy cropping systems

Thompson, Karen A.; Deen, Bill; Dunfield, Kari E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-523-2016

Articles | Volume 2, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-523-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-523-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 2, issue 4

Original research article

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19 Oct 2016

Original research article |

| 19 Oct 2016

Soil denitrifier community size changes with land use change to perennial bioenergy cropping systems

Karen A. Thompson, Bill Deen, and Kari E. Dunfield

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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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SC1: 'A valuable contribution', Elizabeth Bent, 01 Jun 2016
- AC1: 'Thank you for your review.', Kari Dunfield, 19 Jul 2016
SC2: 'High quality paper with important information for ecosystem sustainability', Madantha Wijesinghe, 06 Jun 2016
- AC2: 'Thank you for your comments', Kari Dunfield, 19 Jul 2016
SC3: 'Comments on the manuscript "Soil Denitrifier Community Size Changes with Land Use Change to Perennial Bioenergy Cropping Systems" by Thompson et al. (2016)', Frédéric REES, 10 Jun 2016
- AC3: 'Thank you for your assessment', Kari Dunfield, 19 Jul 2016
SC4: 'Interesting and informative', Jonathan Gaiero, 21 Jun 2016
- AC4: 'Thank you for your notes', Kari Dunfield, 19 Jul 2016
SC5: 'Manuscript comments', Crystal McCall, 19 Jul 2016
- AC5: 'Thank you for your in-depth review', Kari Dunfield, 19 Jul 2016
RC1: 'referee's comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 29 Jul 2016
- AC6: 'Thank you for your review', Kari Dunfield, 03 Aug 2016
RC2: 'Comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 05 Aug 2016
- AC7: 'Thank you for your review', Kari Dunfield, 19 Aug 2016
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 17 Aug 2016
- AC8: 'Thank you for your review', Kari Dunfield, 25 Aug 2016

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after minor revisions (review by Editor) (01 Sep 2016) by Fuensanta García-Orenes

AR by Kari Dunfield on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2016) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (26 Sep 2016) by Fuensanta García-Orenes

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (02 Oct 2016) by Lily Pereg (deceased) (Executive editor)

AR by Kari Dunfield on behalf of the Authors (07 Oct 2016) Manuscript

Short summary

Dedicated bioenergy crops are required for future energy production; however the effects of land use change from traditional crops to biofuel crops on soil microbial communities, which drive greenhouse gas production, are largely unknown. We used quantitative PCR to enumerate these microbial communities to assess the sustainability of different bioenergy crops, including miscanthus and corn. We found that miscanthus may be a suitable crop for bioenergy production in variable Ontario conditions.