Nitrogen availability and early corn growth on plowed and no-till soils amended with different types of cover crops

Heavy application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers to agroecosystems contributes to water pollution and emission of nitrous oxide (N2O), an atmospheric constituent implicated in the greenhouse effect and stratospheric ozone depletion. The incorporation of cover crops biomass into agricultural soil is a p...

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Autores principales:	Ladan,Shiva, Jacinthe,Pierre-André
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Chilean Society of Soil Science / Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del Suelo 2017
Materias:	Tillage practices cover crop nitrogen management nitrous oxide
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0718-951620170001000072017-09-27Nitrogen availability and early corn growth on plowed and no-till soils amended with different types of cover cropsLadan,ShivaJacinthe,Pierre-André Tillage practices cover crop nitrogen management nitrous oxide Heavy application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers to agroecosystems contributes to water pollution and emission of nitrous oxide (N2O), an atmospheric constituent implicated in the greenhouse effect and stratospheric ozone depletion. The incorporation of cover crops biomass into agricultural soil is a practice that could provide a portion of the N needed by growing crops, and thereby could help reduce N fertilizer input and N loss from agroecosystems. Although the cover crop composition and the tillage management history of receiving soils could affect the pattern of mineral N release and its fates, these questions have not been addressed in previous research. A greenhouse experiment (85 d) was conducted to investigate the effects of two cover crops, hairy vetch (Vicia villosa, C/N: 11) and rye (Secale cereale, C/N: 82) on mineral N flux, N2O emission, and corn growth in soils under no-till (NT, 11 years) and plow-till (PT). Overall, tillage practice had only a marginal influence on N dynamics. Although NO3- flux was enhanced by both cover crops, the NO3- released was more efficiently utilized in the rye treatment. Corn growth and N uptake were significantly greater (P<0.02; 1.5 times) with rye compared to the vetch treatment. Conversely, N2O emission was significantly (P<0.03) higher with vetch than rye addition, with cumulative emission (across PT and NT) averaging 2.45 kg N ha-1 with vetch and 1.28 kg N ha-1 with rye addition. Positive relationships were found between NO3- flux and N2O emission, with the slopes of the regression lines suggesting a greater propensity of NO3- released from vetch to be converted into N2O. By leading to less N2O emission and better corn N uptake, the study results indicate that rye is a better cover crop option than vetch, regardless of tillage practice.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessChilean Society of Soil Science / Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del SueloJournal of soil science and plant nutrition v.17 n.1 20172017-03-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-95162017000100007en10.4067/S0718-95162017005000006
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spellingShingle	Tillage practices cover crop nitrogen management nitrous oxide Ladan,Shiva Jacinthe,Pierre-André Nitrogen availability and early corn growth on plowed and no-till soils amended with different types of cover crops
description	Heavy application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers to agroecosystems contributes to water pollution and emission of nitrous oxide (N2O), an atmospheric constituent implicated in the greenhouse effect and stratospheric ozone depletion. The incorporation of cover crops biomass into agricultural soil is a practice that could provide a portion of the N needed by growing crops, and thereby could help reduce N fertilizer input and N loss from agroecosystems. Although the cover crop composition and the tillage management history of receiving soils could affect the pattern of mineral N release and its fates, these questions have not been addressed in previous research. A greenhouse experiment (85 d) was conducted to investigate the effects of two cover crops, hairy vetch (Vicia villosa, C/N: 11) and rye (Secale cereale, C/N: 82) on mineral N flux, N2O emission, and corn growth in soils under no-till (NT, 11 years) and plow-till (PT). Overall, tillage practice had only a marginal influence on N dynamics. Although NO3- flux was enhanced by both cover crops, the NO3- released was more efficiently utilized in the rye treatment. Corn growth and N uptake were significantly greater (P<0.02; 1.5 times) with rye compared to the vetch treatment. Conversely, N2O emission was significantly (P<0.03) higher with vetch than rye addition, with cumulative emission (across PT and NT) averaging 2.45 kg N ha-1 with vetch and 1.28 kg N ha-1 with rye addition. Positive relationships were found between NO3- flux and N2O emission, with the slopes of the regression lines suggesting a greater propensity of NO3- released from vetch to be converted into N2O. By leading to less N2O emission and better corn N uptake, the study results indicate that rye is a better cover crop option than vetch, regardless of tillage practice.
author	Ladan,Shiva Jacinthe,Pierre-André
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title	Nitrogen availability and early corn growth on plowed and no-till soils amended with different types of cover crops
title_short	Nitrogen availability and early corn growth on plowed and no-till soils amended with different types of cover crops
title_full	Nitrogen availability and early corn growth on plowed and no-till soils amended with different types of cover crops
title_fullStr	Nitrogen availability and early corn growth on plowed and no-till soils amended with different types of cover crops
title_full_unstemmed	Nitrogen availability and early corn growth on plowed and no-till soils amended with different types of cover crops
title_sort	nitrogen availability and early corn growth on plowed and no-till soils amended with different types of cover crops
publisher	Chilean Society of Soil Science / Sociedad Chilena de la Ciencia del Suelo
publishDate	2017
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Nitrogen availability and early corn growth on plowed and no-till soils amended with different types of cover crops

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