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Only a few have evaluated the mitigation of greenhouse emissions and profit analysis along with soil carbon sequestration for corn cultivation. This experiment was conducted to evaluate the carbon sequestration and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions as well as their profit analysis with different composts mixed with biochar during corn cultivation. This experimental data provided the second year of corn cultivation. The soil type used was clay loam. The application amounts of synthetic fertilizer and biochar were 220–30–155 kg ha−1 (N–P–K) as the recommended amount after soil analysis and 2600 kg ha−1 based on 1.3% of soil bulk density. For the biannual experimental results, it appeared that carbon sequestration in cow manure cooperated with biochar was highest at 2.3 tons ha−1 and recovered from 67.3 to 78.5% with biochar application. Furthermore, mitigation of CO2-eq. emission as greenhouse gases was estimated to be at 7.3–8.4 MT ha−1, and its profit was evaluated from $7.2 to 8.4 as lowest, from $57.2 to 66.6 as medium and from $139.7 to 162.7 as highest per hectare regardless of organic compost types used. For agricultural practice in Korea, it is evaluated that the market price of CO2 in corn field cooperated with 2600 kg ha−1 of biochar application ranged from $57.2 to 162.7 per hectare in Korean Climate Exchange. For corn biomass, the treatment with biochar application did not significantly decrease compared with the only organic compost application. Based on these experimental results, it might be applied for carbon trading with clean development mechanism for agricultural practices.
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We thank to National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration beyond Research Program of Agricultural Science & Technology Development for funding the study (Project No. PJ010920).
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Shin, J., Hong, S.G., Lee, S. et al. Estimation of soil carbon sequestration and profit analysis on mitigation of CO2-eq. emission in cropland cooperated with compost and biochar. Appl Biol Chem 60, 467–472 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13765-017-0298-4
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