Nitrogen release kinetics of organic nutrient sources in two benchmark soils of Indo-Gangetic plains
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An understanding of the mineralization process of organic amendments in soil is required to synchronize N release with crop demand and protect the environment from excess N accumulation. Therefore, we conducted a laboratory incubation experiment to assess nitrogen mineralization potential of crop residues (rice and wheat straw) and organic manures (poultry manure, farmyard manure, cowpea and sesbania) in two benchmark soils (Typic Haplustept and Typic Ustifluvents) of semi-arid region of Punjab, India, varying in textureat field capacity moisture level at a constant temperature of 331°C. Mineralization was faster during first 7 days of incubation in Typic Haplustept and upto 14 days in Typic Ustifluvents which subsequently declined over time. In both soils, net N mineralization continued to increase with increasing period of incubation (expect with crop residues) and was significantly higher in Typic Ustifluvents (54-231µg g-1) than Typic Haplustept (33-203 µg g-1). Compared to unamended soils, percent N mineralized was highest is sesbania (35-40 %) followed by cowpea (32-37 %) and least in wheat (10-11 %) after 42 days of incubation. Thus, sesbania and cowpea may preferably be used to meetthe large N demand during early period of plant growth. Further, mineralization rate constants (k) also indicated that availability of mineral N was significantly higher with application of organic amendments than unamended control treatments in both soils. Therefore, it may be concluded that considerable economy in the use of inorganic N fertilizer can be employed if N mineralization potential of organic inputs is taken into consideration.
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Crop residues, Organic manures, Mineralization, Kinetics, Soil texture
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Habai, M. R., Uzokwe, V. N., Mlay, P. D., Odeh, I., Singh, A., Buchan, D. and De Neve, S. (2016). Nitrogen mineralization dynamics of different valuable organic amendments commonly used in agriculture. Applied Soil Ecology, 101: 185-1 93
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Hassink, J. (1992). Effect of soil texture and structure on carbon and nitrogen mineralization in grassland soils. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 14: 126-134
Jackson, M. L. (1967). Soil Chemical Analysis. Prentice Hall of India Private Ltd, New Delhi.
Jensen, L. S., Salo, T., Palmason, F., Breland, T. A., Henriksen, T. M., Stenberg, B., Pedersen, A., Lundstrom, C. and Esala, M. (2005). Influence of biochemical quality on C and N mineralisation from a broad variety of plant materials in soil. Plant and Soil, 273: 307–326
Johnson, M. F., Barbour, N. W. and Weyer, S. L. (2007). Chemical composition of crop biomass impacts its decomposition. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 71: 155–162
Khalil, M. I., Hossain, M. B. and Schmidhalter, U. (2005). Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in different upland soils of the subtropics treated with organic materials. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 37: 1507-1518
Kpomblekou-A, K. and Genus, A. (2012). Nitrogen transformations in broiler litter-amended soils. International Journal of Agronomy, 1-12
Kumar, K. and Goh, K. M. (2003). Crop residue and management practices: Effects on soil quality, soil nitrogen dynamics, crop yield and nitrogen recovery. Advances in Agronomy, 68: 197-280
Li, L. J., Zeng, D. H., Yu, Z. Y., Fan, Z. P., Yang, D. and Liu, Y. X. (2011). Impact of litter quality and soil nutrient availability on leaf decomposition rate in semi-arid grassland of Northeast China. Journal of Arid Environments, 75: 787-792
Lupwayi, N. Z., Clayton, G. W., O’Donovan, J. T., Harker, K. N., Turkington, T. K. and Soon, Y. K. (2006). Nitrogen release during decomposition of crop residues under conventional and zero tillage. Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 86: 11–19
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Nakhone, L. N. and Tabatabai, M. A. (2008). Nitrogen mineralization of leguminous crops in soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 171(2): 231–241
Nett, L., Ruppel, S., Ruehlmann, J., George, E. and Fink, M. (2011). Influence of soil amendment history on decomposition of recently applied organic amendments. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 76:
1290–1300
Paul, E. A. (2014). Soil Microbiology, Ecology and
Biochemistry. Academic Press, 598
Rahman, M. H., Islam, M. R., Jahiruddin, M., Puteh, A. B. and Mondal, M. M. A. (2013). Influence of organic matter on nitrogen mineralization pattern in soils under different moisture regimes. International Journal of Agriculture and Biology, 15: 55?61
Recous, S., Robin, D., Darwis, D. and Mary, B. (1995). Soil inorganic N availability: Effect on maize residue decomposition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 27: 1529-1538
Sathya, S., Pitchai, G. J. and Indirani, R. (2009). Effect of soil properties on availability of Nitrogen and Phosphorous in submerged and upland soil-A Review. Agriculture Review, 30 (1): 71-77
Srinivas, K., Singh, H. P., Vanaja, M., Raju, A. S. and Sharma, K. L. (2006). Effect of chemical composition of plant residues on nitrogen mineralization. Journal of Indian Society of Soil Science, 54 (3): 300-306
Stanford, G. and Smith, S. J. (1972). Nitrogen mineralization potential of soils. Soil Science Society of America Proceedings, 36: 465
Thomsen, I. K., Olesen, J. E., Schjonning, P., Jensen, B. and Christensen, B. T. (2001). Net mineralization of soil MN and 15N-ryegrass residue in differently textured soils of similar mineralogical composition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 33: 277-285
Vityakon, P. and Dangthaisong, N. (2005). Environmental influences on nitrogen transformation of different quality tree litter under submerged and aerobic conditions. Agroforestry Systems, 63: 225-236
Wijanarko, A. and Purwanto, B. H. (2016). Comparison of two kinetics models for estimating N mineralization affected by different quality of organic matter in Typic Hapludults. Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 3: 577-583
Yanni, S. F., Whalen, J. K., Simpson, M. J. and Janzen, H. H. (2011). Plant lignin and nitrogen contents control carbon dioxide production and nitrogen mineralization in soils incubated with Bt and non-Bt corn residues. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 43: 63–69
Zebarth, B. J., Scott, P. and Sharifi, M. (2009). Effects of straw and fertilizer nitrogen management for spring barley on soil nitrogen supply to a subsequent potato crop. American Journal of Potato Research, 86: 209-217
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Nitrogen release kinetics of organic nutrient sources in two benchmark soils of Indo-Gangetic plains. (2017). Journal of Applied and Natural Science, 9(2), 1123-1128. https://doi.org/10.31018/jans.v9i2.1333
