Spatial Variations in Organic Carbon Pools and Their Responses to Different Annual Straw Return Rates in Surface Paddy Soils in South China

Xiyang Wang, Liang Li, Zaijun Xin, Xiaohui Li, Shifu He and Xiaoyan Sun ()
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Xiyang Wang: Jiangxi Engineering and Technology Research Center of Eco-Remediation of Heavy Metal Pollution, Nanchang 330096, China
Liang Li: Jiangxi Engineering and Technology Research Center of Eco-Remediation of Heavy Metal Pollution, Nanchang 330096, China
Zaijun Xin: Jiangxi Engineering and Technology Research Center of Eco-Remediation of Heavy Metal Pollution, Nanchang 330096, China
Xiaohui Li: Jiangxi Engineering and Technology Research Center of Eco-Remediation of Heavy Metal Pollution, Nanchang 330096, China
Shifu He: Jiangxi Engineering and Technology Research Center of Eco-Remediation of Heavy Metal Pollution, Nanchang 330096, China
Xiaoyan Sun: Jiangxi Engineering and Technology Research Center of Eco-Remediation of Heavy Metal Pollution, Nanchang 330096, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 24, 1-11

Abstract: To identify the effects of straw return on different organic carbon pools in surface paddy soils (0–20 cm), a total of 33 soil samples under different annual straw return rates (SRr) was collected, and then the samples were analyzed based on a 100-day incubation. The data from acid hydrolysis-incubation experiments were fitted to a three-pool first-order kinetics model that divided soil organic carbon (SOC) into active (C a ), slow (C s ) and resistant (C r ) pools. The results showed that the mean pool sizes of C a , C s , and C r were 0.27, 10.26, and 13.46 g·kg −1 , representing a mean of 1.35%, 41.91%, and 56.74% of the total SOC (TOC), respectively. The SOC pools in the surface paddy soils in Dongxiang had a small C a pool but had longer mean residence times of the C a and C s pools than those in other regions in China. The three carbon pools were less affected by the paddy soil type but showed obvious spatial variations. The SRr contributed a strong positive effect on the variability of C s and C r , especially on C s variability, while it had very little effect on C a variability. Soil available nitrogen dominated the variability in TOC and C r compared to the other soil properties. Therefore, the C s pool is more sensitive than the other carbon pools to long-term straw return.

Keywords: carbon sequestration; active SOC pool; slow SOC pool; straw return rate; paddy soils (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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