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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-139-2017
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-3-139-2017
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Original research article
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22 Aug 2017
Original research article |
| 22 Aug 2017
A deeper look at the relationship between root carbon pools and the vertical distribution of the soil carbon pool
Ranae Dietzel
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Matt Liebman
Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Sotirios Archontoulis
Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
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Short summary
Roots deeper in the soil are made up of more carbon and less nitrogen compared to roots at shallower depths, which may help explain deep-carbon origin. A comparison of prairie and maize rooting systems showed that in moving from prairie to maize, a large, structural-tissue-dominated root carbon pool with slow turnover concentrated at shallow depths was replaced by a small, nonstructural-tissue-dominated root carbon pool with fast turnover evenly distributed in the soil profile.
Roots deeper in the soil are made up of more carbon and less nitrogen compared to roots at...
