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Increased yield and CO~2~ sequestration potential with the C~4~ cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust‐amended agricultural soil by Mike E. Kelland; Peter W. Wade; Amy L. Lewis; Lyla L. Taylor; Binoy Sarkar; M. Grace Andrews; Mark R. Lomas; T. E. Anne Cotton; Simon J. Kemp; Rachael H. James; Christopher R. Pearce; Sue E. Hartley; Mark E. Hodson; Jonathan R. Leake; Steven A. Banwart; David J. Beerling is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract Land‐based enhanced rock weathering (ERW) is a biogeochemical carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategy aiming to accelerate natural geological processes of carbon sequestration through application of crushed silicate rocks, such as basalt, to croplands and forested landscapes. However, the efficacy of the approach when undertaken with basalt, and its potential co‐benefits for agriculture, require experimental and field evaluation. Here we report that amending a UK clay‐loam agricultural soil with a high loading (10 kg/m^2^) of relatively coarse‐grained crushed basalt significantly increased the yield (21 ± 9.4%, SE) of the important C~4~ cereal Sorghum bicolor under controlled environmental conditions, without accumulation of potentially toxic trace elements in the seeds. Yield increases resulted from the basalt treatment after 120 days without P‐ and K‐fertilizer addition. Shoot silicon concentrations also increased significantly (26 ± 5.4%, SE), with potential benefits for crop resistance to biotic and abiotic stress. Elemental budgets indicate substantial release of base cations important for inorganic carbon removal and their accumulation mainly in the soil exchangeabl
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- Author
- Mike E. Kelland; Peter W. Wade; Amy L. Lewis; Lyla L. Taylor; Binoy Sarkar; M. Grace Andrews; Mark R. Lomas; T. E. Anne Cotton; Simon J. Kemp; Rachael H. James; Christopher R. Pearce; Sue E. Hartley; Mark E. Hodson; Jonathan R. Leake; Steven A. Banwart; David J. Beerling
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 1354-1013)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)