The effect of land-use conversion from agriculture to perennial biomass crops and nitrogen fertilizer on soil organic carbon stock in southern Ontario, Canada

• Published in: Geoderma Regional Vol. 35; p. e00732
• Main Authors: Vijayakumar, Sowthini, Ivany, Holly Patricia, Bazrgar, Amir Behzad, Deen, Bill, Thimmanagari, Mahendra, Schneider, Kimberley, Lauzon, John, Voroney, Paul, Thevathasan, Naresh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.12.2023
• Subjects: biomass; Carbon sequestration; carbon sinks; climate; Climate change; fertilizer application; greenhouse gases; Land-use change; Miscanthus; nitrogen; nitrogen fertilizers; Ontario; Panicum virgatum; Soil organic carbon; Switchgrass; Ontario; Miscanthus; Climate change; Carbon sequestration; Soil organic carbon; Land-use change; Switchgrass
• ISSN: 2352-0094; 2352-0094
• DOI: 10.1016/j.geodrs.2023.e00732

Switchgrass [Panicum virgatum, (SG)] and miscanthus [Miscanthus spp., (Mis)] are perennial biomass crops (PBCs) commonly grown in Ontario, Canada. By the integration of PBCs on marginal/degraded agricultural (Ag) fields, a positive gain in soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration has been reported in...