Bc. Liang et al., CARBON MINERALIZATION IN SOILS OF DIFFERENT TEXTURES AS AFFECTED WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC-CARBON EXTRACTED FROM COMPOSTED DAIRY MANURE, Biology and fertility of soils, 21(1-2), 1996, pp. 10-16
The water-soluble organic C in composted manure contains a portion of
labile C which can stimulate soil microbial activity, The objective of
this experiment was to evaluate the effects of water-soluble organic
C extracted from composted dairy manure on C mineralization in soil wi
th different textures. Three soils with textures varying from 3 to 54%
clay were amended with 0 to 80 mg water-soluble organic C kg(-1) soil
extracted from a composted dairy manure and incubated for 16 weeks at
23 degrees C. The total amount of C mineralized was greater than the
amount of C added in the three soils. Differences in mineralizable C w
ith and without added water-soluble organic C were approximately 13 -
16 times, 4.8 - 8 times, and 7.5 - 8 times greater than the amount of
C added to clay, loam, and sand soils, respectively. The results of th
is experiment suggest that immediately following composted manure appl
ications, C mineralization rates increase, and that most of the C mine
ralized comes mainly from the indigenous soil organic C pool.