ZESZYT Nr 27/ 2016 Abstrakty Volume No. 27/2016 Abstracts |
16. Modelling soil organic carbon sequestration under crops for biofuels in Poland - Ewa Krasuska, Antoni Faber, Zuzanna Jarosz , Radosław Kaczyński Abstract. The
soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks have become of special importance for
sustainable biofuels production. We focused on SOC changes in high
activity clay soils in Poland under arable crops for biofuels
production. The SOC sequestration values were calculated using a DNDC
model with four different tillage systems. The initial SOC stocks in
Poland were highly spatially variable with values in the range of 35–97
t C ha-1. The simulated regional SOC sequestration rates in topsoils
ranged from -0.17 to 0.32 t C ha-1 year-1 in full tillage, 0.36–0.73 t
C ha-1 year-1 in reduced tillage, and 1.69–3.22 t C ha-1 year-1 in
no-tillage. For full tillage with straw incorporation the results for
SOC sequestration were similar to those of the reduced tillage. The
uncertainties of the estimations were provided, in addition to the
length of the periods of SOC sequestration. The results for Poland are
relatively high comparted to those from literature which might suggest
that DNDC overestimated the SOC stocks in our study. Although DNDC was
based on long-term tests and proved adequate SOC simulations in many
studies, still a comprehensive model validation is required in a field
scale with relevant SOC measurements, climatic, soil and crop data. keywords: oil organic carbon, carbon sequestration, tillage, no-till, modelling, CO2 |