Quantifying how biomass from cover crops affects long-term soil carbon levels is the goal of a new study at Iowa State University. Researchers will track how plant-litter inputs through decades control the stability, accumulation and chemical nature of soil organic matter.
Biomass’ carbon effect studied
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A cover crop of cereal rye is terminated before corn is planted.
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