Crops for carbon farming

Abstract: Agricultural cropping systems and pasture comprise one third of the world’s arable land and have the potential to draw down a considerable amount of atmospheric CO2 for storage as soil organic carbon (SOC) and improving the soil carbon budget. An improved soil carbon budget serves the dual purpose of promoting soil health, which supports crop productivity, and constituting a pool from which carbon can be converted to recalcitrant forms for long-term storage as a mitigation measure for global warming. In this perspective, we propose the design of crop ideotypes with the dual functionality of being highly productive for the purposes of food, feed, and fuel, while at the same time being able to facilitate higher contribution to soil carbon and improve the below ground ecology. We advocate a holistic approach of the integrated plant-microbe-soil system and suggest that significant improvements in soil carbon storage can be achieved by a three-pronged approach: (1) design plants with an increased root strength to further allocation of carbon belowground; (2) balance the increase in belowground carbon allocation with increased source strength for enhanced photosynthesis and biomass accumulation; and (3) design soil microbial consortia for increased rhizosphere sink strength and plant growth-promoting (PGP) properties

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch
Anmerkungen
Frontiers in plant science. - 12 (2021) , 636709, ISSN: 1664-462X

Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wo)
Freiburg
(wer)
Universität
(wann)
2023
Urheber
Jansson, Christer
Faiola, Celia
Wingler, Astrid
Zhu, Xin-Guang
Kravchenko, Alexandra
Graaff, Marie-Anne de
Ogden, Aaron J.
Handakumbura, Pubudu P.
Werner, Christiane
Beckles, Diane M.

DOI
10.3389/fpls.2021.636709
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2335143
Rechteinformation
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte

  • Jansson, Christer
  • Faiola, Celia
  • Wingler, Astrid
  • Zhu, Xin-Guang
  • Kravchenko, Alexandra
  • Graaff, Marie-Anne de
  • Ogden, Aaron J.
  • Handakumbura, Pubudu P.
  • Werner, Christiane
  • Beckles, Diane M.
  • Universität

Entstanden

  • 2023

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