Preplant compost application improves landscape plant establishment and sequesters carbon in compacted soil

Citeable URL: https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/articles/4f16c9630

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Attribute Name	Values
Creator	Sullivan, Dan M.
Abstract	Preplant compost application increased plant growth and visual appearance of a wide variety of perennial landscape plants. The positive plant growth response to compost was similar for com-post left on the soil surface or compost incorporated via rototilling. Compost application did not alleviate soil compaction. Plant growth response to compost in this trial was primarily related to N supply (and perhaps other nutrients). Biosolids compost acidified soil, this characteristic improved growth of an acid-loving plant species. Carbon sequestered in soil (5 to 18% of compost-C) was at the low end of C sequestration values reported in the literature.
License	Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
Resource Type	Conference Proceeding
Date Issued	2015
Citation	Sullivan, D.M and N. Bell. 2015. Preplant compost application improves landscape plant establishment and sequesters carbon in compacted soil. In: Proc. RAMIRAN 2015 – 16th International Conference Rural-Urban Symbiosis, 8th – 10th September 2015, Hamburg, Germany. Paper # TB-O_02. 4 p.
Conference Name	RAMIRAN 2015 – 16th International Conference Rural-Urban Symbiosis
Conference Section/Track	TB-O_02
Conference Location	Hamburg, Germany
Academic Affiliation	Crop and Soil Science
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Language	English [eng]
Accessibility Feature	unknown