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Perennial biomass crops build soil carbon 
Mongabay.com | by Biopact team(noreply@blogger.com) | Tue, Dec 23
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Harvesting the corn residue for cellulosic ethanol production also reduced the carbon in the soil. The more plant residue was removed, the more the soil carbon declined.
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