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Abstract

Phytolith-occluded carbon (PhytOC) is highly stable, and constitutes an important source of long-term C storage in agrosystems. This stored carbon is resistant to the processes of oxidation of carbon compounds. In our research phytolith content in barley (Estonia) and oat (Poland) grain and straw was assessed at field trials, with Si as a liquid immune stimulant OPTYSIL and compost fertilisation. We showed that cereals can produce relatively high amounts of phytoliths. PhytOC plays a key role in carbon sequestration, particularly for poor, sandy Polish and Estonian soils. The phytolith content was always higher in straw than in grain regardless of the type of cereals. The phytolith content in oat grains varied from 18.46 to 21.28 mg∙g−1 DM, and in straw 27.89–38.97 mg∙g−1 DM. The phytolith content in barley grain ranged from 17.24 to 19.86 mg∙g−1 DM, and in straw from 22.06 to 49.08 mg∙g−1 DM. Our results suggest that oat ecosystems can absorb from 14.94 to 41.73 kg e-CO2∙ha−1 and barley absorb from 0.32 to 1.60 kg e-CO2∙ha−1. The accumulation rate of PhytOC can be increased 3-fold in Polish conditions through foliar application of silicon, and 5-fold in Estonian conditions. In parallel, the compost fertilisation increased the phytolith content in cereals.
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Authors and Affiliations

Beata Rutkowska
1
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Peter Schröder
2
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Michel Mench
3 4
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Francois Rineau
5
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Witold Szulc
6
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Wiesław Szulc
1
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Jarosław Pobereżny
7
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Kristjan Tiideberg
8
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Tomasz Niedziński
1
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Evelin Loit
8
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  1. Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Institute of Agriculture, Nowoursynowska St, 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
  2. Helmholtz Center for Environmental Health, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Research Unit Environmental Simulation, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Munich, Germany
  3. University of Bordeaux, Amphithéâtre 3 à 12, 33000, Bordeaux, France
  4. INRAE – National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment, 147 rue de l’Université 75338, Paris, France
  5. Hasselt University, Martelarenlaan 42, 3500, Hasselt, Belgium
  6. Fire University, Słowackiego St, 52/54, 01-629 Warsaw, Poland
  7. University of Science and Technology, Kaliskiego Ave., 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
  8. Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Fr. R. Kreutzwaldi 1, 51006, Tartu, Estonia

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