2008 Joint Annual Meeting (5-9 Oct. 2008): Soil Carbon Sequestration/storage: Will Agricultural Production Systems Will Meet Production and Environmental Goals?.
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627-3 Soil Carbon Sequestration/storage: Will Agricultural Production Systems Will Meet Production and Environmental Goals?.



Tuesday, 7 October 2008: 9:30 AM
George R. Brown Convention Center, 371B
David Clay, South Dakota State University, South Dakota State University, Plant Science Department, Brookings, SD 57007, W. W. Wilhelm, USDA-ARS, 117 Keim Hall, PO Box 830934, Lincoln, NE 68583-0934 and Francis J. Pierce, Center for Precision Agricultural Systems, Washington State University, 24106 N. Bunn Rd, Prosser, WA 99350-8694
Many long term experiments have been conducted with the goal of determining soil organic carbon maintenance requirements under a variety of systems. Many of these experiments have critical errors making it impossible to determine carbon budgets. This paper discusses techniques to over come these problems. Findings from historical studies will be reanalyzed to develop general carbon storage guidelines. The critical problems and solutions associated with calculating maintenance rates will be discussed.
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