Plant Soil Environ., 2023, 69(11):532-544 | DOI: 10.17221/291/2023-PSE

Assessment of carbon sequestration as affected by different management practices using the RothC modelOriginal Paper

Jakub Prudil ORCID...1, Lubica Pospíšilová ORCID...1, Tamara Dryšlová ORCID...2, Gabriela Barančíková ORCID...3, Vladimír Smutný ORCID...2, Luboš Sedlák ORCID...1, Pavel Ryant ORCID...1, Petr Hlavinka ORCID...2,4, Miroslav Trnka ORCID...2,4, Ján Halas3, Štefan Koco ORCID...3,5, Jozef Takáč3, Kateřina Boturová ORCID...1, Soňa Dušková ORCID...2, Lubomír Neudert ORCID...2, Michal Rábek ORCID...2
1 Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of AgriSciences, Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Brno, Czech Republic
2 Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of AgriSciences, Department of Agrosystems and Bioclimatology, Brno, Czech Republic
3 National Agricultural and Food Centre, SSCRI Bratislava, Bratislava, External Working Place Prešov, Prešov, Slovak Republic
4 Global Change Research Institute, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
5 University of Prešov, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Department of Geography and Applied Geoinformatics, Prešov, Slovak Republic

Long-term field experiments provide a valuable dataset for predicting changes in soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks in different agricultural systems. The RothC-26.3 model was used to simulate changes in SOC in the monoculture of spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and the Norfolk crop rotation during 1972–2100. The potential of the Gleyic Fluvisol Clayic to sequester organic carbon was investigated. The studied soil was heavily textured, with medium organic carbon content. Four management scenarios in the monoculture and six management scenarios in the Norfolk crop rotation were evaluated. Three different global climate models (MPI, MRI, CMSS) representing the uncertainty of future climate conditions were used. Results showed that carbon stocks were mainly influenced by plant residue inputs and exogenous organic materials application. The projection showed trends of carbon stocks decreasing in the case of monoculture management. Results also documented that management scenario D with straw incorporation and intercrops represented sustainability and carbon stock increase during all modelled climate scenarios. The SOC stock at the end of the century was approximately 66 t/ha. This represents a moderate sequestration of SOC of approximately 0.09 t/ha/year.

Keywords: organic carbon accumulation; crop management and climatic conditions; modelling

Received: July 18, 2023; Revised: October 11, 2023; Accepted: October 16, 2023; Prepublished online: November 22, 2023; Published: November 30, 2023  Show citation

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Prudil J, Pospíšilová L, Dryšlová T, Barančíková G, Smutný V, Sedlák L, et al.. Assessment of carbon sequestration as affected by different management practices using the RothC model. Plant Soil Environ.. 2023;69(11):532-544. doi: 10.17221/291/2023-PSE.
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