Farmers, gardeners, and, of course, argonomists know that adding organic matter to soils is a good thing to do. Organic matter increases soil water-holding capacity, imparts fertility with the addition of nutrients, increases soil aggregation, and improves tilth. Depending on its type-humus, manure, stubble, litter-organic matter contains between 40 and 60% carbon.
Revised: March 23, 2007 |
Published: November 1, 2001
Citation
Izaurralde R.C., N.J. Rosenberg, and R. Lal. 2001.Mitigation of Climatic Change by Soil Carbon Sequestration: Issues of Science, Monitoring, and Degraded Lands. In Advances in Agronomy. 1-75. San Diego, California:Academic Press.PNNL-SA-37501.