Switchgrass impact on selected soil parameters, including soil organic carbon, within six years of establishment
Abstract
Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) cultivation for bioenergy has the potential to improve soil properties. However, little is known about the changes in soil properties for first few years of switchgrass establishment. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the impacts of nitrogen fertilization rate (N rate) and landscape position on soil properties that include pH, soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), soil bulk density (ρb), SOC stock, and phosphorus (P) for consecutive years (2009 through 2013) under switchgrass field in South Dakota. The experiment was a split-plot design with 4 replications of 3 N rates (low, 0 kg N ha-1; medium, 56 kg N ha-1; and high, 112 kg N ha-1) and 3 landscape positions (shoulder, backslope, and footslope). Data from this study showed that N rate did not impact the selected parameters at all five (0–5, 5–15, 15–30, 30–60, and 60–100 cm) depths from 2009 to 2013. The landscape position significantly influenced these properties for all five depths in 2009–2013. These properties showed some pattern among the three N rates and positions. The year significantly impacted these properties at some sampling depths. The SOC and TN at the 0- to 5-cm depth had an increasing trend overmore »
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- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- South Dakota State Univ., Brookings, SD (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1616640
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1504932
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FC36-05GO85041
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Catena
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Catena Journal Volume: 163 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0341-8162
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- Germany
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Nitrogen fertilization rate (N rate) Landscape position; Soil organic carbon (SOC); Total nitrogen (TN); Phosphorus (P); Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.)
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Lai, Liming, Kumar, Sandeep, Osborne, Shannon, and Owens, Vance N. Switchgrass impact on selected soil parameters, including soil organic carbon, within six years of establishment. Germany: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2017.12.030.
Lai, Liming, Kumar, Sandeep, Osborne, Shannon, & Owens, Vance N. Switchgrass impact on selected soil parameters, including soil organic carbon, within six years of establishment. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2017.12.030
Lai, Liming, Kumar, Sandeep, Osborne, Shannon, and Owens, Vance N. Sun .
"Switchgrass impact on selected soil parameters, including soil organic carbon, within six years of establishment". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2017.12.030.
@article{osti_1616640,
title = {Switchgrass impact on selected soil parameters, including soil organic carbon, within six years of establishment},
author = {Lai, Liming and Kumar, Sandeep and Osborne, Shannon and Owens, Vance N.},
abstractNote = {Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) cultivation for bioenergy has the potential to improve soil properties. However, little is known about the changes in soil properties for first few years of switchgrass establishment. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the impacts of nitrogen fertilization rate (N rate) and landscape position on soil properties that include pH, soil organic carbon (SOC), total nitrogen (TN), soil bulk density (ρb), SOC stock, and phosphorus (P) for consecutive years (2009 through 2013) under switchgrass field in South Dakota. The experiment was a split-plot design with 4 replications of 3 N rates (low, 0 kg N ha-1; medium, 56 kg N ha-1; and high, 112 kg N ha-1) and 3 landscape positions (shoulder, backslope, and footslope). Data from this study showed that N rate did not impact the selected parameters at all five (0–5, 5–15, 15–30, 30–60, and 60–100 cm) depths from 2009 to 2013. The landscape position significantly influenced these properties for all five depths in 2009–2013. These properties showed some pattern among the three N rates and positions. The year significantly impacted these properties at some sampling depths. The SOC and TN at the 0- to 5-cm depth had an increasing trend over the observed years. These findings indicate that N rate cannot impact the soil properties, and footslope position can be beneficial for improving these soil properties. This study concludes that switchgrass can be a sustainable energy crop to improve or stabilize the soil properties over the years.},
doi = {10.1016/j.catena.2017.12.030},
journal = {Catena},
number = C,
volume = 163,
place = {Germany},
year = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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Table 1a: Mean soil organic carbon (SOC) for the 0- to 5- and 5- to 15-cm depths from 2009 to 2013 under switchgrass managed with the high, medium, and low N rates at the shoulder, backslope, and footslope positions.
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