Project

Contribution of root derived carbon to a stable soil organic matter pool

Code

01N00514

Duration

01 January 2014 → 31 October 2019

Funding

Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund

Promotor

Steven Sleutel

Research disciplines

Natural sciences
- Physical geography and environmental geoscience
- Plant biology
- Soil sciences, challenges and pollution
Agricultural and food sciences
- Agricultural plant production
- Agriculture, land and farm management
- Horticultural production

Keywords

phosphorous fertilization root biomass soil organic carbon

Project description

In this project we investigate the contributions to soil C pools of roots vs. shoots, an aspect that has been mostly overlooked, although it appears a key factor driving the fate of plant tissue C either as mineralized CO2 or as stabilized soil C. The influence of P limitation to root proliferation and the C balance will be looked at.