Plant presence reduces root and shoot litter decomposition rates of crops and wild relatives

• Published in: Plant and soil Vol. 438; no. 1/2; pp. 313 - 327
• Main Authors: Barel, Janna M., Kuyper, Thomas W., de Boer, Wietse, De Deyn, Gerlinde B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Science + Business Media 01.05.2019; Springer International Publishing; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agricultural industry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Carbon; Carbon cycle; Crops; Decomposition; Ecology; Flowers & plants; Forbs; grasses; Life Sciences; Lignin; Litter; Motor vehicle drivers; nitrogen content; Plant Physiology; Plant Sciences; Plant species; Production management; Proxy; REGULAR ARTICLE; Roots; Shoots; Soil Science & Conservation; Species; Wild plants; wild relatives; Netherlands; Microbial r- and K strategy; Domestication; Rhizosphere priming; Plant functional traits; Above- and belowground trait coordination; Litter quality

Aims Roots contribute greatly to carbon cycling in agriculture. Measuring aboveground litter decomposition could approximate belowground turn-over if drivers of decomposition, f.e. litter traits and plant presence, influence shoot and root decomposition in a comparable manner. We tested coordination...