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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY
Volume 135, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2022.126467
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Critical C input; Stabilization; Carbon pools; Groundnut mono-cropping system; Alfisols
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This study analyzed the organic carbon pools and explored ways to enhance soil organic carbon sequestration. The results showed that the combined use of chemical fertilizers and organic manure was the most effective method in a groundnut mono-cropping system.
Soil organic carbon (SOC) pools are indicators of soil productivity and sustainability and provide valuable in-formation on the pathways of carbon sequestration in soils. We analysed organic C pools of different oxidiz-abilities, labile pools like particulate organic carbon, permanganate-oxidisable C, and microbial biomass carbon in soils under a long-term groundnut mono-cropping system with different management practices. Among the treatments, 50% NPK+farmyard manure (FYM) maintained a proportionately higher amount of soil carbon in passive pools (48.3%) followed by 50% NPK+ groundnut shell (GNS) (46.7%), FYM (44.7%), GNS (43.8%), 100% NPK (40.6%), 50% NPK (38.3%) and the control (32.4%). Particulate organic carbon fraction was the most sensitive fraction upon application of the amendments. Carbon stabilized from GNS and FYM sources had a skewed distribution along soil profile with a ratio of 1.2:1.0:1.4 and 1.8:1.0:1.3 at 0-15, 15-30, 30-45 cm depth, respectively. A critical carbon input of 0.32 Mg ha(-1)y(-1 & nbsp;)was needed to maintain SOC level, and the rate of conversion of crop residue C into soil organic C was about 8.1% for the present study. Combined use of chemical fertilizers and organic manure was found to be the best for enhancing SOC sequestration in groundnut mono-cropping system under hot arid eco-regions in India.
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