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

TY - JOUR

T1 - Plant presence reduces root and shoot litter decomposition rates of crops and wild relatives

AU - Barel, Janna M.

AU - Kuyper, Thomas W.

AU - de Boer, Wietse

AU - De Deyn, Gerlinde B.

N1 - 6768, ME; Data archiving: Data archived in DANS EASY by WUR

PY - 2019

Y1 - 2019

N2 - 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 of above- and belowground litter traits and decomposition rates for six pairs of crops and closely related wild plants and studied the influence of plant presence on decomposition.

AB - 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 of above- and belowground litter traits and decomposition rates for six pairs of crops and closely related wild plants and studied the influence of plant presence on decomposition.

KW - national

UR - https://doi.org/10.17026/dans-zqm-uydw

U2 - 10.1007/s11104-019-03981-7

DO - 10.1007/s11104-019-03981-7

M3 - Article

SN - 1573-5036

VL - 438

SP - 313

EP - 327

JO - Plant and Soil

JF - Plant and Soil

IS - 1

ER -