Summary
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<b>Research Effort Categories</b><br>
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Objectives & Deliverables
<b>Project Methods</b><br> Research activities will be conducted at the University of Illinois organic systems trial "Illinois Organic", the facilities of the College of Agricultural and Consumer and Environmental Sciences and Beckman Institute imaging facilities and at on-farm locations across the state.These will include:1. Develop Particulate Organic Matter (POM) as a diagnostic tool by:A. Developing rapid testing methods (imaging)B. Establishing relationships between POM, crop N use efficiency and greenhouse gas emission2. Use POM to initialize the biogeochemical model (pCentury which is a parameterized version of Century/DayCent) which underpins widely used for greenhouse gas accounting protocolsA. Use Monte Carlo methods to calibrate pCentury C-submodel using POM and SOC results from past effortsB. Use results from Objective 1 and bayesian inference to estimate SOC and GHG emissions and associated model error3. Evaluate performance of POM and model on farms using zone-management to optimize manure N application ratesA. Establish management zones in three case study farms (with and without livestock integration) and quantify POM using standard methods and imagingB. Measure and model SOC and N2O emissions on case study farms to validate model performance
Principle Investigator(s)
Planned Completion date: 31/08/2025
Effort: $749,899.00
Project Status
ACTIVE
Principal Investigator(s)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Researcher Organisations
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
United Kingdom