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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-673-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-673-2016
Original research article
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21 Dec 2016
Original research article |  | 21 Dec 2016

The effects of worms, clay and biochar on CO2 emissions during production and soil application of co-composts

Justine Barthod, Cornélia Rumpel, Remigio Paradelo, and Marie-France Dignac

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In this study we evaluated CO2 emissions during composting of green wastes with clay and/or biochar in the presence and absence of worms, as well as the effect of those amendments on carbon mineralization after application to soil. Our results indicated that the addition of clay or clay–biochar mixture reduced carbon mineralization during co-composting without worms by up to 44 %. In the presence of worms, CO2 emissions during composting increased for all treatments except for the low clay dose.