RaDiUS Database Project Description  (updated Aug. 2005)

 

 

Short Title:

CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING PROCESSES IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS

Award Number:

20033510112914

RaDiUS ID:

60248105133

FY in RaDiUS database:

2003

Level 1:

Dept of Agriculture

Level 2:

Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

Level 3:

National research initiative

Level 4:

Extramural awards

Budget Authority (in $K):

na

Total Awards:

2135

Award Type:

Extramural/Grants/

Start Date:

Nov-02

End Date:

Nov-05

Access/Distribution Restriction:

Distribution Unlimited - Unrestricted Access

Restriction Reason:

 

CRADA Partner:

 

Place of Performance:

Columbus

Place of Performance: State:

OH

Performer Name:

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION LOC

Performer Type:

NonprofNonEd

Performer City:

COLUMBUS

Performer State:

OH

Performer Country:

 

Performer Cong. District:

90

Performer Contact Name:

Restricted

Performer Contact Phone:

Restricted

Performer Parent:

 

Total Award Amount (in $K):

 

Average Annual Funding (in $K):

$79.8

Average Monthly Funding (in $K):

 

FY Total Amount (in $K):

$319.0

FY Federal Amount (in $K):

$319.0

FY Non-Federal Amount (in $K):

$0.0

SBIR Award:

N

Clinical Trial:

N

Requester:

 

Award Description:

SHORT DESCR: CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND CARBON AND NITROGEN CYCLING PROCESSES IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS :: LONG DESCR: Objective 1. Quantify farm level impacts of organic farm management on carbon sequestration and magnitudes of C and N pools in a geographic range of organic, transitional and conventional farms using on-site sampling. Objective 2. Investigate molecular mechanisms of carbon sequestration in relation to humification and C and N cycling processes of soil organic matter in farming systems experiments that compare organic, integrated and conventional management systems. Objective 3: Model impacts of organic management on carbon sequestration and C and N cycling at the landscape level using the CENTURY Agroecosystem model and GIS. Agricultural soils may help decrease the threat of global warming by sequestering carbon in soil organic matter. There is some evidence that organic farming may store more C than conventional management. However, organic agriculture has received very little scientific study in the U. S. The goal of this project is to assess C sequestration and C and N cycling in organic agricultural ecosystems and to evaluate implications on a landscape scale. The preceding text is associated with the following USDA projects: OHO00920SS :: KEYWORDS: soil organic matter sequestrants carbon nitrogen carbon cycle nitrogen cycle nutrient cycling organic farming humus humic acids ecosystems geographic information systems environmental models environmental impact crop production soil nutrients soil plant nutrient relations soil characteristics ::