Horticultural additives influence peat biogeochemistry and increase short-term CO

Bidhya Sharma, Tim R Moore, Klaus-Holger Knorr, Henning Teickner, Peter M J Douglas, Nigel T Roulet

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Article in Plant and soil, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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The limits of sustainability of peat as a soilless media for agriculture.Frontiers in plant science · 2026
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6 authors.

Bidhya SharmaDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.ORCID 0009-0001-5897-6714

Tim R MooreDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Klaus-Holger KnorrInstitute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.

Henning TeicknerInstitute of Landscape Ecology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany.

Peter M J DouglasDepartment of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Geotop Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

Nigel T RouletDepartment of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aims: Peat is used as a major ingredient of growing media in horticulture. Peat extracted from bogs can be acidic and low in nutrient availability and is therefore mixed with liming agents, nutrients, surfactants, perlite and so on. This study aims to estimate the rates at which raw peat and the modified peat ('growing media') decompose to release carbon dioxide (CO Methods: We obtained 28 and 24 samples of raw peat and 24 growing media from four peat extraction companies in Canada. Growing media were treated with horticultural additives. We incubated the samples under laboratory conditions, measuring CO Results: C:N ratio, pH, dissolved organic carbon, bulk density and C content differed significantly ( Conclusion: Our results provide the rates (0.15 ± 0.017mgCO Supplementary Information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11104-024-06685-9.

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CO2 fluxesGrowing mediaHorticultural peatHorticulturePeat biogeochemistryPeat decomposition

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PMID39735715

DOI10.1007/s11104-024-06685-9

PMCPMC11680665

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