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Research article
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10 Jul 2017
Research article |
| 10 Jul 2017
Modification of the RothC model to simulate soil C mineralization of exogenous organic matter
Claudio Mondini
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria (CREA), Branch Office of Gorizia, Via Trieste 23, 34170 Gorizia, Italy
Maria Luz Cayuela
Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Department of Soil and Water Conservation and Waste Management,
Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Apartado de Correos 164, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
Tania Sinicco
Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria (CREA), Branch Office of Gorizia, Via Trieste 23, 34170 Gorizia, Italy
Flavio Fornasier
Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l'Analisi dell'Economia Agraria (CREA), Branch Office of Gorizia, Via Trieste 23, 34170 Gorizia, Italy
Antonia Galvez
Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra (CSIC-UGR), Avenida de las Palmeras 4, 18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
Miguel Angel Sánchez-Monedero
Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Department of Soil and Water Conservation and Waste Management,
Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Apartado de Correos 164, 30100 Espinardo, Murcia, Spain
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Current soil C models do not adequately describe the quality of the amendments added to fields. In this study, we propose a modification of the soil C model "RothC" that was found to be effective in simulating the response of laboratory-incubated soils treated with contrasting amendments. We think that these findings could help to develop better soil C models and improve predictions of the effects of different amendments on soil organic matter dynamics on agricultural and managed land.
Current soil C models do not adequately describe the quality of the amendments added to fields....
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