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Crushed rock ‘could improve carbon capture’
Project funded by Scottish government shows using basic silicate rock gives soil better microbial biodiversity and could help sequester carbon
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A certain type of crushed rock could help growers absorb more carbon in their soil, research by the Scottish Organic Producers Association (SOPA) has revealed.
The project called Rock on Soils, carried out at Rotmell Farm in Perthshire, showed that using crushed basic silicate rock as an input gave soil a more balanced and higher value microbial biodiversity.
With access to the latest DNA techniques, the research team looked at what roles these microbes have in the soil. The data revealed an increase in microbes that sequester carbon and help provide nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium for plants, as well as an increase in microbes that help defend crops from pests and diseases.