Nature Communications (Sep 2022)
Microspectroscopic visualization of how biochar lifts the soil organic carbon ceiling
- Zhe (Han) Weng,
- Lukas Van Zwieten,
- Ehsan Tavakkoli,
- Michael T. Rose,
- Bhupinder Pal Singh,
- Stephen Joseph,
- Lynne M. Macdonald,
- Stephen Kimber,
- Stephen Morris,
- Terry J. Rose,
- Braulio S. Archanjo,
- Caixian Tang,
- Ashley E. Franks,
- Hui Diao,
- Steffen Schweizer,
- Mark J. Tobin,
- Annaleise R. Klein,
- Jitraporn Vongsvivut,
- Shery L. Y. Chang,
- Peter M. Kopittke,
- Annette Cowie
Affiliations
- Zhe (Han) Weng
- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute
- Lukas Van Zwieten
- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute
- Ehsan Tavakkoli
- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wagga Wagga Agriculture Institute
- Michael T. Rose
- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute
- Bhupinder Pal Singh
- School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England
- Stephen Joseph
- Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials and School of Physics, University of Wollongong
- Lynne M. Macdonald
- CSIRO Agriculture & Food, Waite campus
- Stephen Kimber
- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute
- Stephen Morris
- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Wollongbar Primary Industries Institute
- Terry J. Rose
- Southern Cross University
- Braulio S. Archanjo
- Materials Metrology Division, National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO)
- Caixian Tang
- Department of Animal, Plant & Soil Sciences, Centre for AgriBioscience, La Trobe University
- Ashley E. Franks
- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University
- Hui Diao
- Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Queensland
- Steffen Schweizer
- School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich
- Mark J. Tobin
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australian Synchrotron, Clayton
- Annaleise R. Klein
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australian Synchrotron, Clayton
- Jitraporn Vongsvivut
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Australian Synchrotron, Clayton
- Shery L. Y. Chang
- Electron Microscope Unit, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre and School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales
- Peter M. Kopittke
- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland
- Annette Cowie
- School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32819-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
A decadal-scale field trial revealed 1.01 Mg of rhizodeposit and necromass C was stored in soil microaggregate and mineral fractions per Mg biochar-C applied. Microspectroscopic analyses visualize mechanisms for this elevated soil C storage ceiling.
