C-13 LABELING OF SOIL N-HENTRIACONTANE (C-31) BY MAIZE CULTIVATION
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LICHTFOUSE, E
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机构:Laboratoire de Biogéochimie Isotopique, associéà l'Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75252 Paris Cedex 05
LICHTFOUSE, E
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[1] Laboratoire de Biogéochimie Isotopique, associéà l'Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, 75252 Paris Cedex 05
The fate of plant carbon into molecular organic substances form soils can be followed by stable carbon analysis. Soil organic matter thus has been progressively labelled with C-13 at natural abundance by cultivation of Zea mays, a C-4 plant, on a soil which was previously under isotopically distinct C-3 vegetation. The molar carbon percentage of maize n-hentriacontane within soil n-hentriacontane has been calculated by isotopic means and amounts to around 50% after 23 years of maize cultivation.