scholarly journals Competition of Plants and Microorganisms for Added Nitrogen in Different Fertilizer Forms in a Semi-Arid Climate

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 2472
Author(s):  
Markus Koch ◽  
Kanat Akshalov ◽  
Jannis Florian Carstens ◽  
Olga Shibistova ◽  
Claus Florian Stange ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
N Uptake ◽  
Vegetation Period ◽  
Arid Climate ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
Arable Fields ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Fertilizer N Uptake ◽  
High Level ◽  
Semi Arid

In nitrogen (N) -limited agricultural systems, a high microbial immobilization of applied fertilizer-N can limit its availability to plants. However, there is scarce information on the effect of the form of fertilizer used on the plant–microorganism competition in clay-rich soils under a severe semi-arid climate. In a field study, we investigated the wheat–microorganism competition after the direct application of NH415NO3 closely to seeds in arable fields in North Kazakhstan, documenting the effect of the use of liquid versus granular fertilizer and mini-tillage versus no-tillage. Our results barely showed any fertilizer-N translocation in the soil. Plants outcompete microorganisms for fertilizer-N during the vegetation period. Microbial-to-plant 15N ratios revealed a predominant fertilizer-15N uptake by plants. The strong competition for N was mainly related to the placement of the fertilizer close to the seeds. Moreover, the long time interval between fertilization and sampling enhanced the competition for N, meaning that previously microbially immobilized N became available to plants through the death of microorganisms and their subsequent mineralization. The fertilizer distribution between microorganisms and plants did depend on the form of fertilizer used, owing to the good solubility of granular fertilizer. The smaller fertilizer-N uptake under the no-tilling condition was probably due to the more intense soil compaction, which caused a reduction in plant growth. The application of fertilizer close to the seeds and the small fertilizer translocation during the vegetation period ultimately resulted in a high level of plant-N being derived from the fertilizer.

The effect of irrigation on nitrogen uptake and use efficiency of two willow (Salixspp.) biomass energy varieties

2012 ◽  
Vol 92 (3) ◽  
pp. 563-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Hangs ◽  
J. J. Schoenau ◽  
K. C. J. Van Rees ◽  
J. D. Knight
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Uptake ◽  
Root Zone ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Field Capacity ◽  
Biomass Energy ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Energy Plantations ◽  
Fertilizer N Uptake ◽  
Salix Spp

Hangs, R. D., Schoenau, J. J., Van Rees, K. C. J. and Knight, J. D. 2012. The effect of irrigation on nitrogen uptake and use efficiency of two willow ( Salix spp.) biomass energy varieties. Can. J. Plant Sci. 92: 563–575. Nitrogen (N) fertilizers historically have been applied to support increased productivity of purpose-grown willow (Salix spp.) biomass energy plantations. However, a frequently observed lack of willow growth response to added fertilizer N is often attributed to poor fertilizer use efficiency. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of irrigation on the recovery of broadcast15N-labelled fertilizer, applied during the final year of a 3-yr rotation, by two willow varieties. A split-split-plot experiment was established on a fertile heavy clay soil in Saskatoon, SK, Canada, which consisted of two willow varieties (Charlie and SV1), three irrigation treatments (no irrigation, 75%, and 100% field capacity), and two fertilization treatments (1× and 2× the recommended fertilizer rate of 100:30:80:20 N:P:K:S; kg ha−1). Irrigation increased fertilizer N uptake by Charlie, but had no effect on the amount taken up by SV1, which was attributed to greater N use efficiency of SV1 compared with Charlie when irrigated. Eighty-two percent of the applied fertilizer N was accounted for in the following sinks: 43% in the soil (0–60 cm), 31% in the willow tissues (i.e., stems, leaves, stump, and roots), 7% in the LFH layer, and <1% in the non-crop vegetation; the balance (approximately 18%) was presumed lost primarily through denitrification from the poorly drained soil, but possibly some may have leached below the root zone as well. Although the willow varieties accessed only a portion of the applied fertilizer N during the year of application, the majority of the residual fertilizer N was conserved within the production system and, therefore, remained available for willow uptake in subsequent years.

The recovery of 15N from labelled urea fertilizer in crop components of sugarcane and in soil profiles

1994 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 1577 ◽  
Author(s):  
LS Chapman ◽  
MBC Haysom ◽  
PG Saffigna
Keyword(s):  
Ammonia Volatilization ◽  
Podzolic Soil ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Significant Loss ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Soil Profiles ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
N Losses ◽  
Fertilizer N Uptake ◽  
Trash Conservation

Trash conservation measures associated with burnt and green harvested cane, and minimum tillage, are being adopted by canegrowers. These new management systems pose questions about how to apply N fertilizers. Experiments were conducted to evaluate the efficiency of fertilizer N uptake by the crop. Urea, labelled with 15N , was either broadcast or buried in three trash management systems: with and without trash after harvesting cane burnt, and with trash after harvesting cane green. The proportion of applied fertilizer-N recovered in a cane crop was 33% when labelled urea was buried, and 18% when broadcast. The presence of trash mulches from burnt or green harvested cane had negligible effects on the uptake of fertilizer-N. Of fertilizer-N applied, 25% was detected in soil 12 months after application, and there was no difference between burying and broadcasting urea. The fate of the lost fertilizer-N was not determined. Leaching did not appear to be a significant loss process in this gleyed podzolic soil, but ammonia volatilization probably occurred when urea was broadcast and it is suspected that denitrification accounted for the majority of the fertilizer-N losses.

scholarly journals Isotopic and Nonisotopic Estimation of Nitrogen Uptake Efficiency in Container-grown Woody Ornamentals

HortScience ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 665-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R. Sandrock ◽  
Timothy L. Righetti ◽  
Anita N. Azarenko
Keyword(s):  
N Uptake ◽  
Regression Line ◽  
Dry Weight ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
Tracer Method ◽  
Total N ◽  
Uptake Efficiency ◽  
N Uptake Efficiency ◽  
Total Plant ◽  
Fertilizer N Uptake

Cornus sericea L., Weigela florida (Bunge) A. DC., and Euonymus alatus (Thunb.) Sieb were grown outside in 3.8-L plastic containers for 345 days (1 Apr. 2001 to 11 Mar. 2002). Nitrogen (N) was applied at rates (NAR) of 25, 50, 100, 200, and 300 mg·L–1 and delivered as aqueous double-labeled 15N depleted NH4NO3 (min 99.95% atom 14N). In all species, root, shoot, and total plant dry weight increased with increasing NARs while root to shoot ratios decreased. Similarly, root, shoot, and total plant N increased with NAR for each species, and at each NAR more N was stored in the roots than in the shoots. Estimation of fertilizer N uptake determined by the total N method was higher for all species and at each NAR than estimation of N uptake determined by the fertilizer 15N tracer method. Fertilizer N uptake efficiency determined by the total N method was highest at 25 mg·L–1 and decreased as NARs increased. In contrast fertilizer N uptake efficiency determined by the fertilizer 15N tracer method was lowest at 25 mg·L–1 and increased or remained relatively constant as NARs increased. Differences in N uptake and N uptake efficiency can be attributed to overestimation by the total N method due to the inclusion of nonfertilizer N and underestimation by the fertilizer 15N tracer method due to pool substitution. Corrected N uptake efficiency values can be calculated by adjusting the original data (total N or 15N uptake) by the distance between the origin and the y intercept of the regression line representing the data.

The course of fertilizer nitrogen uptake by rainfed sugarcane in Mauritius

1994 ◽  
Vol 122 (3) ◽  
pp. 385-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. F. Ng Kee Kwong ◽  
J. Deville
Keyword(s):  
Dry Matter ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
N Recovery ◽  
Dry Matter Accumulation ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
N Losses ◽  
Total N ◽  
Fertilizer N Recovery ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Fertilizer N Uptake

SUMMARYThe patterns of N uptake and dry matter synthesis by sugarcane (Saccharum hybrid spp.) were studied at four locations in Mauritius with 15N–labelled ammonium sulphate (100 kg N/ha) applied either in a single dressing in September or in two split applications in September and the following February. More than 80% of the total N recovered at harvest (100–120 kgN/ha) was absorbed by the sugarcane during an active uptake period from October to January. Split application prolonged this active N uptake until April only and had no effect on dry matter accumulation. While total Nabsorbed by above-ground sugarcane showed no decline over time, 10–20 kg N/ha of the 15N–labelled N was lost from the green tops even when the N was applied on two occasions. The fertilizer N losses from above-ground sugarcane were, however, not evident when fertilizer N recovery with time was studied by the difference method. In view of the observed losses of fertilizer N from the aerial parts of sugarcane, measurement of fertilizer N recovery at harvest by the N isotope dilution technique underestimates fertilizer N uptake by sugarcane and attributes too large a fraction of N loss to denitrification/volatilization of NH3.

Effect of growing season rainfall and tillage on the uptake and recovery of 15N-labelled urea fertilizer by spring wheat in a semi-arid environment

2009 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
S S Malhi ◽  
Y K Soon ◽  
S Brandt
Keyword(s):  
Spring Wheat ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
N Recovery ◽  
Soil N ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
Rainfall Distribution ◽  
Total N ◽  
Fertilizer N Recovery ◽  
Semi Arid

Growing season rainfall affects fertilizer N recovery, particularly in semi-arid environments. However, the influence of rainfall distribution during the growing season is not well-understood. We conducted a 7-yr study (from 1997 to 2006) to assess this effect, and that of no-till (NT) vs. conventional tillage (CT), on fertilizer N recovery by spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) fertilized with 15N-labelled urea at 40 kg N ha–1 and grown on stubble on a Dark Brown Chernozem soil in Saskatchewan, Canada. Two of the seven experimental years had growing season rainfall close to normal, one was above normal and four were below normal. Tillage treatment did not affect 15N recovery by wheat; however, 15N recovery in the top 15 cm of soil averaged 47% under NT vs. 39% under CT (P = 0.02). Total N and 15N uptakes were most affected by "year" due to variation in growing season rainfall distribution. Excluding an ultra-low value of 3.8% (or 1.5 kg N ha–1) in 2002, due to extreme drought, 15N recovery by wheat averaged 47.5% (range 30–57%), and percent N derived from fertilizer was 12–20%. Rainfall in May correlated significantly with 15N and total N uptake (r = 0.605 and 0.699, respectively). The recovery of 15N in wheat head correlated negatively with June rainfall (r = –0.624), probably because more moisture increased soil N mineralization, which diluted the 15N pool. During grain filling, soil N uptake was 12–30 kg ha–1, compared with negligible amounts (< 7%) of 15N; however, about 15 kg ha–1 of 15N were remobilized vs. 34–74 kg ha–1 of soil N. It is concluded that, in this semi-arid region, fertilizer N uptake is influenced more by rainfall in May than other months of the growth period.Key words: 15N-labelled urea, fertilizer N recovery, N uptake, rainfall, remobilized N, tillage

Nitrogen competition using 15N between early successional plants and planted white spruce seedlings

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 1282-1289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E Staples ◽  
Ken CJ Van Rees ◽  
Chris van Kessel
Keyword(s):  
Populus Tremuloides ◽  
Picea Glauca ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Growing Season ◽  
White Spruce ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Epilobium Angustifolium ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Fertilizer N Uptake

The ability of noncrop plants to compete with white spruce (Picea glauca (Moench) Voss) seedlings for applied fertilizer N is not well understood. Therefore, the objective of this study was to examine the efficacy of fertilizer N uptake using 15N by planted white spruce seedlings and understory vegetation. Double 15N-labeled NH4NO3 was broadcast in 1-m2plots for control, disc-trenched, and disc-trenched + manual brushing treatments. The fate of applied 15N in white spruce and noncrop plants was determined at the end of the first two growing seasons. The major competitors for fertilizer 15N were Populus tremuloides Michx. and grasses during the first growing season, and Populus tremuloides, Epilobium angustifolium L., and Achillea millefolium L. during the second growing season. Disc-trenching plus manual brushing significantly increased the fertilizer use efficiency of white spruce seedlings by limiting competition; however, <1% of the applied fertilizer 15N was utilized by the spruce seedlings after two growing seasons. The ability of competing vegetation to absorb broadcast fertilizer N suggests that alternative fertilizer types and placements be investigated to increase N uptake by white spruce seedlings planted in the boreal mixedwood forest.

Fertilizer N uptake of paddy rice in two soils with different fertility under experimental warming with elevated CO2

2013 ◽  
Vol 369 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 563-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong-Shik Nam ◽  
Jin-Hyeob Kwak ◽  
Sang-Sun Lim ◽  
Woo-Jung Choi ◽  
Sun-Il Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elevated Co2 ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Paddy Rice ◽  
Experimental Warming ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
Fertilizer N Uptake

N use by winter wheat established in cultivated and direct-drilled soils

1983 ◽  
Vol 100 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. H. Leitch ◽  
L. V. Vaidyanathan
Keyword(s):  
Winter Wheat ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Soil N ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
Undisturbed Soil ◽  
Cultivated Soil ◽  
Original Application ◽  
Fertilizer N Uptake ◽  
N Use

SummarysLabelled fertilizer N (15N depleted ammonium sulphate) was used to investigate both soil and fertilizer N use by winter wheat established in contrasting seed beds, these being soil cultivated to 20 cm depth or left undisturbed. The crop's response to, and recovery of, a range of N levels from 0 to 280 kg/ha given as a divided application in spring, were measured over two seasons. It was found that during the first season the direct-drilled wheat took up, on average, more fertilizer N but less soil N than wheat in cultivated soil, probably through differences in organic-matter mineralization. The different cultivation systems produced similar grain yields at all rates of applied N; however, when no fertilizer N was given, dry-matter production and soil-N uptake by the crop in the undisturbed soil were substantially less than by the crop in the cultivated soil. Crop recovery of the fertilizer N at harvest was between 29 and 40% of that given. After harvest, an average of one third of the applied fertilizer N was found in the top 60 cm of the soil profile. In the following season on the same plots a second winter wheat crop, receiving no fertilizer N, was drilled. At harvest there was shown to be an increase in grain yield and soil- and fertilizer-N uptake at the higher srates of N given in the previous season. In spite of this the recovery of the labelled residues was small, no more than 6% of the original application, or 15% of the residues remaining in the soil, irrespective of cultivation system.

scholarly journals Fertilizer Uptake, Partitioning, and Recovery in Container- Grown Common Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) Trees

2009 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 252-262
Author(s):  
L.P. Werner ◽  
L.G. Jull
Keyword(s):  
N Uptake ◽  
Frost Damage ◽  
N Recovery ◽  
Treatment Level ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
Current Season ◽  
Stem Wood ◽  
Celtis Occidentalis ◽  
Fertilizer N Uptake ◽  
N Status

Ammonium-nitrate (NH4NO3) double enriched with the 15N isotope (1.5 atom %) was used to evaluate fertilizer N recovery, N partitioning, and aboveground N status in container-grown common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis L.) trees back-filled with native soil at Arlington, Wisconsin and Lisle, Illinois, U.S. Treatments consisted of 0, 1.42 g N tree-1 (0.05 oz) and 4.27 g N tree-1 (0.15 oz), the area equivalent of 0, 0.49, and 1.47 kg N 100 m-2 (0, 1, and 3 lb N 1000 ft-2). Trees were harvested 14, 30, 60, and 90 days after fertilization. Fertilizer-induced changes in aboveground N status were significant only at the 4.27 g N tree-1 (0.15 oz) treatment level. The amount of fertilizer N recovered in aboveground tissues increased with rate of application. Fertilizer N was preferentially partitioned to foliage and current season stem wood. The percentage of fertilizer recovered in aboveground tissues did not differ between the application rates, ranging from 15%–25% at Arlington, WI, and 5%–9% at Lisle, IL. Frost damage to the foliage at Lisle, IL may have resulted in location differences in aboveground biomass which affected fertilizer N uptake and recovery. These data suggest fertilizer N accumulated in nontarget sinks and/or were lost from the site of application at both rates of application.

Effect of Time and Rate of Application on Uptake of Fertilizer by Wheat

1973 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Ammonium Nitrate ◽  
Maximum Rate ◽  
N Uptake ◽  
Effective Rate ◽  
N Availability ◽  
Grain Production ◽  
Fertilizer N ◽  
Boot Stage ◽  
Single Top ◽  
Fertilizer N Uptake

SUMMARYThe efficiency of fertilizer N uptake by wheat, as affected by time and rate of application, was studied in the field using N15 labelled ammonium nitrate. Splitting the application was only beneficial at the maximum rate but two top dressings at tillering and boot stage were better for grain production than a basal dressing or single top dressing at stem extension stage, but uptake of fertilizer N was maximal from a single top dressing. The calculated effective rate of application (E.R.A.) was useful in evaluating the effect of time and rate of application and N availability to plants.

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