Can the Biochemical Features and Histology of Wheat Residues Explain their Decomposition in Soil?

By Isabelle Bertrand, B. Chabbert, B. Kurek, S. Recous. Plant and Soil, 2006

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Litter decay rates are determined by lignin chemistry (2012, methodology): “Some documented strong effects of recalcitrant, condensed lignin structures on total decomposition rates (Bertrand et al. 2006; Grabber et al. 1998c), while others have found no such effects (Grabber 2005; Grabber et al. 1997; Li et al. 2010) or are unable to test for them because of covariation…”
Quality and decomposition in soil of rhizome, root and senescent leaf from Miscanthus x giganteus, as affected by harvest date and N fertilization (2010, background): “The pattern of root decomposition was also close to that previously observed for other plant roots (e.g. Abiven et al. 2005; Bertrand et al. 2006), showing a slow rate of decomposition and low cumulative mineralization of C, suggesting that a high proportion of root C is unable to decompose due to i”