Assertion: lignin | /r/CapableOf | play important role
Facets:
value: in the process
type: TEMPORAL
value: in lodging tolerance
type: LOCATION
value: in c sequestration in soils
type: LOCATION
value: in the soil organic carbon cycling
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Lignin from crop residues plays an important role in the soil organic carbon cycling, as it constitutes a recalcitrant carbon pool affecting nutrient mineralization and carbon sequestration.
text: A study on rice concluded that lignin played an important role in lodging tolerance but suggested that its distribution and density were more important than its concentration .
text: Lignin is considered to play an important role in C sequestration in soils  and is typically considered a recalcitrant carbon pool in models estimating the CO 2 release from SOM decomposition .
text: Lignin plays an important role in the process of conducting water in vascular plant stems.