Modeling Soil Organic Carbon with DNDC and RothC Models in Different Wheat-Based Cropping Systems in North-Western India |
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Authors: | Pritpal Singh Dinesh Kumar Benbi |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University , Ludhiana, Punjab, India jasppsingh@gmail.comhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2104-821X;3. Department of Soil Science, Punjab Agricultural University , Ludhiana, Punjab, India |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT The performance of DNDC (DeNitrification-DeComposition) and RothC (Rothamsted Carbon model) in simulating soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in soils under rice (Oryza sativa L.) – wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), maize (Zea mays L.) – wheat and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) – wheat cropping systems was evaluated on field and regional scale. Field experiments consisted of N, NP, NK, PK, NPK, FYM, N + FYM, NPK + FYM, and control (UF) treatments. DNDC and RothC over-estimated SOC storage by 0.35–1.16 Mg C ha?1 (6–21%) in surface layer with manure application, compared with inorganic fertilizer treatments by 1.01–1.16 Mg C ha?1 (14–18%). Although RothC only slightly over-estimated SOC stocks, DNDC provided a better match for measured versus simulated SOC stocks (R 2 = 0.783*, DNDC; 0.669*, RothC, p < .05). Model validation on independent datasets from long-term studies on rice–wheat (R 2 = 0.935**, DNDC; R 2 = 0.920**, RothC, p < .01) and maize–wheat (R 2 = 0.895** for DNDC and R 2 = 0.967** for RothC, p < .01) systems showed excellent agreement between measured and simulated SOC stocks. On a regional scale, change in SOC storage under Scenario 1 (NPK) was significant up to 8 years of simulation, with no change thereafter. In Scenario 2 (NPK + FYM), DNDC simulated SOC storage after 10 years was 2.0, 0.4, and 1.4 Mg C ha?1 in three systems, respectively. Amount of C sequestered in silt + clay fraction varied between 0.31 and 0.97 kg C 10 years?1 (Mg silt + clay)?1 under Scenario 1, and between 0.78 and 2.67 kg C 10 years?1 (Mg silt + clay)?1 under Scenario 2. |
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Keywords: | Cropping systems DNDC modeling soil organic C storage nutrient management RothC (silt + clay)-C |
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