Author(s): Ilsa Kantola, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (First Author, Presenting Author) Elena Blanc-Betes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Adam von Haden, University of Wisconsin-Madison Michael Masters, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Bethany Blakely, University of Wisconsin Madison Carl Bernacchi, Global Change and Photosynthesis Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, USDA Evan DeLucia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Perennial grasses and prairie add carbon to soils that have been depleted by repeated planting in corn and soybeans. Soil carbon gains vary by grass species and the mixture of plants in prairie is more successful than single-species plantings.
