Comparing organic versus conventional soil management on soil respiration

Bence Mátyás, Maritza Elizabeth Chiluisa Andrade, Nora Carmen Yandun Chida, Carina Maribel Taipe Velasco, Denisse Estefania Gavilanes Morales, Gisella Nicole Miño Montero, Lenin Javier Ramirez Cando, Ronnie Xavier Lizano Acevedo

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Abstract

Soil management has great potential to affect soil respiration. In this study, we investigated the effects of organic versus conventional soil management on soil respiration. We measured the main soil physical-chemical properties from conventional and organic managed soil in Ecuador. Soil respiration was determined using alkaline absorption according to Witkamp. Soil properties such as organic matter, nitrogen, and humidity, were comparable between conventional and organic soils in the present study, and in a further analysis there was no statically significant correlation with soil respiration. Therefore, even though organic farmers tend to apply more organic material to their fields, but this did not result in a significantly higher CO2 production in their soils in the present study.

Translated title of the contributionComparación de la gestión del suelo orgánica versus convencional en la respiración del suelo
Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number258
Pages (from-to)258
JournalF1000Research
Volume7
Issue number2018
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

  • Conventional soil management
  • Organic soil management
  • Soil respiration

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