Soil organic matter, nutrient distribution, fungal and microbial biomass and enzyme activities in a forest beech stand on the Apennines of southern Italy

Author(s):  
S. Papa ◽  
A. Pellegrino ◽  
G. Bartoli ◽  
R. Ruosi ◽  
S. Rianna ◽  
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Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1386
Author(s):  
Michael Stotter ◽  
Florian Wichern ◽  
Ralf Pude ◽  
Martin Hamer

Cultivation of Miscanthus x giganteus L. (Mis) with annual harvest of biomass could provide an additional C source for farmers. To test the potential of Mis-C for immobilizing inorganic N from slurry or manure and as a C source for soil organic matter build-up in comparison to wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) straw (WS), a greenhouse experiment was performed. Pot experiments with ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) were set up to investigate the N dynamics of two organic fertilisers based on Mis at Campus Klein-Altendorf, Germany. The two fertilisers, a mixture of cattle slurry and Mis as well as cattle manure from Mis-bedding material resulted in a slightly higher N immobilisation. Especially at the 1st and 2nd harvest, they were partly significantly different compared with the WS treatments. The fertilisers based on Mis resulted in a slightly higher microbial biomass C and microbial biomass N and thus can be identified as an additional C source to prevent nitrogen losses and for the build-up of soil organic matter (SOM) in the long-term.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. e0216730 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico Paolo Di Lonardo ◽  
Wietse de Boer ◽  
Hans Zweers ◽  
Annemieke van der Wal

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