Water and nutrient management: the Austria case study of the FATIMA H2020 project

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Vuolo ◽  
L. Essl ◽  
L. Zappa ◽  
T. Sandén ◽  
H. Spiegel

The project “FArming Tools for external nutrient Inputs and water Management” (FATIMA, H2020-SFS2) is developing satellite-based methodologies and information to support effective and efficient water and nitrogen input recommendations in agricultural production. This paper focuses on nitrogen recommendation for winter cereals in Austria and presents preliminary findings from the 2015/16 crop growing season. The Nitrogen Nutrition Index was applied using an empirical relationship to derive dry mass from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and %Na from a chlorophyll index. Results showed a very high correlation between LAI and above ground dry mass (R2=0.95) but a lower correlation between the chlorophyll index and %Na (R2=0.24). Despite various indices tested, the relationship to estimate %Na remains weak. Additional field data and research are needed to further study this aspect.

Nativa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 428
Author(s):  
Élio Barbieri Junior ◽  
Roberto Oscar Pereyra Rossiello ◽  
Everaldo Zonta ◽  
Carlos Alberto Bucher ◽  
Roberta Cristiane Ribeiro

O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar o capim Tifton 85, em relação a características produtivas e pelos teores de clorofila obtidos de forma direta e indireta, quando cultivado com nitrogênio na forma mista. Os tratamentos foram compostos de quatro doses de N: zero, 80, 160 e 240 mg kg-1 de solo, de quatro épocas de coleta: 14, 21, 28 e 35 dias após corte (DAC) e quatro repetições. Como fonte de N foi utilizado o nitrato de amônio (NH4NO3). Utilizou-se um delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado em esquema fatorial 4 x 4 x 4. Os parâmetros avaliados foram: produção de massa seca, relação folha-colmo (F:C), teores de clorofila foliar total extraída (CFT) e de leituras obtidas com um medidor eletrônico de clorofila (ICF - Índice de clorofila). O experimento permitiu compreender como se comportou o desenvolvimento do capim Tifton 85 sob nutrição nitrogenada de fonte mista. O capim respondeu aos tratamentos com aumento da produção de massa seca e da relação F:C, elevação da CFT e de ICF. O acompanhamento da variação dos teores de clorofila, de forma não destrutiva, foi viabilizado com o uso do aparelho clorofilômetro, porém, sob altas doses de N foi identificado consumo de luxo.Palavras-chave: Cynodon spp., nutrição nitrogenada, eficiência assimilatória, consumo de luxo. DRY MASS PRODUCTION AND CHLOROPHYLS IN CV. TIFTON 85 BERMUDA GRASS ABSTRACT:The objective of this study was to evaluate Tifton 85 grass cultivated with nitrogen in the mixed form in relation to the production and chlorophyll content obtained directly and indirectly. The treatments were composed of four doses of N: zero, 80, 160 and 240 mg kg-1 of soil and four sampling dates: 14, 21, 28 and 35 days of regrowth (DAC). Ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) was used as the source of N. A completely randomized experimental design was used in a factorial scheme 4 x 4 x 4. The parameters evaluated were: dry mass production, leaf leaf ratio (F:C), foliar chlorophyll content total(CFT) and readings obtained with an electronic chlorophyll meter (ICF - Chlorophyll index). The experiment allowed to understand how the development of Tifton 85 grass under nitrogen nutrition of mixed source behaved. The grass responded to treatments with increased dry mass production and the F:C ratio, elevated CFT and ICF. The monitoring of the variation of chlorophyll content, in a non-destructive way, was made possible by the use of the chlorophyllometer apparatus, however, under high doses of N, luxury consumption was identified.Keywords: Cynodon spp., nitrogen nutrition, assimilation efficiency, luxury consumption.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. e89932498
Author(s):  
Newton de Lucena Costa ◽  
João Avelar Magalhães ◽  
Amaury Bularmaqui Bendahan ◽  
Antônio Neri Azevedo Rodrigues ◽  
Braz Henrique Nunes Rodrigues ◽  
...  

With the objective to evaluate the effects of nitrogen levels (0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 kg of N ha-1) on green dry matter (GDM) yield and morphogenetic and structural characteristics and nitrogen nutrition index (NNI) of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Piatã, was installed an experiment under field conditions in Roraima´s savannas. Nitrogen fertilization increased significantly (P<0.05) GDM yields, number of tillers, number of leaves tiller-1, average leaf size, leaf area index, leaf senescence rate, leaf appearance and elongation rates. Maximum GDM yields, leaf elongation rates, leaf length and number of leaves tiller-1 were obtain with the application of 145.9; 118.2; 108.9 and 133.6 kg of N ha-1, respectively. Nitrogen nutrition index alone with 120 or 160 kg N application was higher than the grass N internal critical level. The NNI, efficiency of utilization and apparent N recovery were inversely proportional to the increased N levels.


2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 460-468
Author(s):  
Yap Chin Ann

The last nutrient management review of black pepper was done in 1968. There is, therefore, a need to develop new technology to improve pepper production and transfer that technology to production site. This experiment was carried out to study the effect of newly developed biochemical fertilizer on some physiological characteristics, yield and soil fertility of pepper. The treatment consisted of T1 (BS): chemical fertilizer (N:12%, P:12%, K:17%); T2 (BK1): biochemical fertilizer F1 N:15%, P:5%, K:14) and T3 (BK2): biochemical fertilizer F2 (N:13%, P:4%, K:12). The biochemical fertilizer F1 out-yielded chemical and biochemical fertilizer F2 by 75.38% and 16.45% respectively with the higher yield being associated with various phonotypical alterations, which are reported here. Significant measureable changes were observed in physiological processes and plant characteristics, such as large leaf area index, more chlorophyll content and high photosynthesis rate coupled with lower transpiration rate in biochemical fertilizer F1(BK1) treatment compared with other treatment. The high fertility level in biochemical fertilizer F1 and biochemical fertilizer F2 (BK2) reflected the important of organic material in improving soil quality. In conclusion, the achieve high growth performance and yield in pepper, chemical fertilizer alone is insufficient whilst combination of organic and inorganic fertilizer with balance nutrient content gave a significant increase in yield and growth of pepper. 


HortScience ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 1161f-1161
Author(s):  
John D. Lea-Cox ◽  
Irwin E. Smith

Pine bark is utilized as a substrate in citrus nurseries in South Africa. The Nitrogen (N) content of pine bark is inherently low, and due to the volubility of N, must be supplied on a continual basis to ensure optimum growth rates of young citrus nursery stock. Three citrus rootstock (rough lemon, carrizo citrange and cleopatra mandarin) showed no difference in stem diameter or total dry mass (TDM) when supplied N at concentrations between 25 and 200 mg ·l-1 N in the nutrient solution over a 12 month growing period. Free leaf arginine increased when N was supplied at 400 mg·l-1 N. The form of N affected the growth of rough lemon. High NH4-N:NO3-N (75:25) ratios decreased TDM when Sulfur (S) was absent from the nutrient solution, but not if S was present. Free arginine increased in leaves at high NH4-N (No S) ratios, but not at high NH4-N (S supplied) ratios. Free leaf arginine was correlated with free leaf ammonia. These results have important implications for reducing the concentration of N in nutrient solutions used in citrus nurseries and may indicate that higher NH4-N ratios can be used when adequate S is also supplied.


2021 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 107841
Author(s):  
Jan-Peter George ◽  
Wei Yang ◽  
Hideki Kobayashi ◽  
Tobias Biermann ◽  
Arnaud Carrara ◽  
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