A 13-year Record Indicates Differences in the Duration and Depth of Soil Carbon Accrual Among Potential Bioenergy Crops

Themes: Sustainability

Keywords: Biomass Analytics, Carbon, Field Data, Soil

Citation

Kantola, I.B., Blanc-Betes, E., von Haden, A., Masters, M.D., Blakely, B., Bernacchi, C.J., DeLucia, E.H. Sept. 18, 2025. Data from: “A 13-year Record Indicates Differences in the Duration and Depth of Soil Carbon Accrual Among Potential Bioenergy Crops.” University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. DOI: 10.13012/B2IDB-2312795_V1.

Overview

SOC accrual rate (Mg C ha-1 y -1 ) in the top 1m of soil between 2008 and 2016 for maize, miscanthus, switchgrass, and restored prairie. Bars = mean (n=5). Error bars = standard error of the mean. **p ≤ 0.05, ns=not significant.

Data sets for material included in “A 13-year record indicates differences in the duration and depth of soil carbon accrual among potential bioenergy crops” by Kantola et al., 2025, in Global Change Biology Bioenergy. Data include soil organic carbon (SOC), carbon stable isotope ratios, annual belowground biomass, and annual post-harvest litter for four crops, maize/soybean, miscanthus, switchgrass, and prairie, between 2008 and 2021.

Data

Illinois Data Bank:

  • Soil carbon
  • Isotope ratios
  • Biomass data

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