Articles | Volume 9, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-545-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-545-2023
Original research article
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09 Nov 2023
Original research article |  | 09 Nov 2023

Sequestering carbon in the subsoil benefits crop transpiration at the onset of drought

Maria Eliza Turek, Attila Nemes, and Annelie Holzkämper

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In this study, we systematically evaluated prospective crop transpiration benefits of sequestering soil organic carbon (SOC) under current and future climatic conditions based on the model SWAP. We found that adding at least 2% SOC down to at least 65 cm depth could increase transpiration annually by almost 40 mm, which can play a role in mitigating drought impacts in rain-fed cropping. Beyond this threshold, additional crop transpiration benefits of sequestering SOC are only marginal.
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