On-farm study reveals positive relationship between gas transport capacity and organic carbon content in arable soil

Colombi, Tino; Walder, Florian; Büchi, Lucie; Sommer, Marlies; Liu, Kexing; Six, Johan; van der Heijden, Marcel G. A.; Charles, Raphaël; Keller, Thomas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-91-2019

Articles | Volume 5, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-91-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-5-91-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 5, issue 1

Original research article

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19 Mar 2019

Original research article |

| 19 Mar 2019

On-farm study reveals positive relationship between gas transport capacity and organic carbon content in arable soil

Tino Colombi, Florian Walder, Lucie Büchi, Marlies Sommer, Kexing Liu, Johan Six, Marcel G. A. van der Heijden, Raphaël Charles, and Thomas Keller

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On-farm study reveals positive relationship between gas transport capacity and organic carbon content in arable soil T. Colombi, F. Walder, L. Büchi, M. Sommer, K. Liu, J. Six, M. G. A. van der Heijden, R. Charles, and T. Keller https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2587708

Short summary

The role of soil aeration in carbon sequestration in arable soils has only been explored little, especially at the farm level. The current study, which was conducted on 30 fields that belong to individual farms, reveals a positive relationship between soil gas transport capability and soil organic carbon content. We therefore conclude that soil aeration needs to be accounted for when developing strategies for carbon sequestration in arable soil.