Effect of nitrogen fertilizer applied to winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) on soil mineral nitrogen after harvest and on the response of a succeeding crop of winter wheat to nitrogen fertilizer

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 63-74

  Shepherd, M A ^a   Sylvester Bradley, R ^a  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FERTILIZER; OILSEED RAPE; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MINERAL NITROGEN;

UK;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 0029728861     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s002185960008881x     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. ANON. (1986). The Analysis of Agricultural Materials. MAFF Reference Book 427, London: HMSO
2. ANON. (1993) Agriculture in the United Kingdom 1992. London: HMSO.
3. ANON. (1994a). Fertilizer Recommendations for Agricultural and Horticultural Crops. MAFF Reference Book 209. London: HMSO.
4. ANON. (1994b). The British Survev of Fertiliser Practice, 1993. London: HMSO.
5. ARCHER. J R. (1985) Crop Nutrition and Fertiliser Use. Ipswich: Farming Press.
6. BERGSTRÖM. L. & BRINK, N. (1986) Effects of differentiated applications of fertilizer N on leaching losses and distribution of inorganic N in the soil. Plant and Soil 93, 333-345.
7. BLOOM, T. M., SYLVESTER-BRADLEY, R , VAIDYANATHAN, L. V. & MURRAY, A. W (1988). Apparent recovery of fertilizer nitrogen by winter wheat. In Nitrogen Efficiency in Agricultural Soils and the Efficient Use of Fertilizer Nitrogen (Eds D. S. Jenkinson & K. A. Smith), pp. 27-37. London: Elsevier Applied Science
8. BURNS, I G. (1976). Equations to predict the leaching of nitrate uniformly incorporated to a known depth or uniformly distributed throughout a soil profile. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 86, 305-313.
9. CHANEY, K. (1990) Effect of nitrogen fertilizer rate on soil nitrate nitrogen content after harvesting winter wheat. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 114, 171-176.
10. COOKE. G. W. (1975). Fertilizing for Maximum Yield, 3rd Edn. London: Granada.
11. GEORGE, B. J. (1984). The design and interpretation of nitrogen response experiments. In The Nitrogen Requirements of Cereals. MAFF Reference Book 385, pp. 133-148. London: HMSO.
12. JOHNSTON, A. E. & JENKINSON, D. S. (1989). The nitrogen cycle in UK arable agriculture. Fertiliser Society Proceedings 286.
13. MACDONALD, A. J., POWLSON, D. S., POULTON, P. R. & JENKINSON, D. S. (1989). Unused fertilizer nitrogen in arable soils - its contribution to nitrate leaching. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 46, 407-419.
14. NIX, J. (1993). Farm Managemem Pocketbook, 24th Edn. Wye College: Dept of Agricultural Economics.
15. PRINS, W. H., DILZ, K. & NEETESON, J. J. (1988). Current recommendations for nitrogen fertilisation within the EEC in relation to nitrate leaching. Fertiliser Society Proceedings 276.
16. ROSE, D. A. (1991) The variability of winter drainage in England and Wales. Soil Use and Management 7, 115-123.
17. SHEN, S. M., HART, P B. S , POWLSON, D S & JENKINSON, D. S. (1989). The nitrogen cycle in the Broadbalk wheat experiment. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 21, 529-533.
18. SHEPHERD, M. A. (1993). Measurement of soil mineral nitrogen to predict the response of winter wheat to fertilizer nitrogen after applications of organic manures or after ploughed-out grass. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge 121, 223-231.
19. SHEPHERD, M. A., DAVIES, D. B & JOHNSON, P. A. (1993). Minimizing nitrate losses from arable soils. Soil Use and Management 9, 94-98.
20. SNEDECOR, G. W. & COCHRAN, W. G. (1989). Statistical Methods, 8th Edn. Ames, Iowa: State University Press.
21. SYLVESTER-BRADLEY, R. & CHAMBERS, B. J. (1992). The implications of restricting use of fertiliser nitrogen for the productivity of arable crops, their profitability and potential pollution by nitrate. Aspects of Applied Biology 30, Nitrate and Farming Systems, 85-94.
22. SYLVESTER-BRADLEY, R. & CROSS, R. B. (1991). Nitrogen residues from peas and beans and the response of the following cereal to applied nitrogen. Aspects of Applied Biology 27, Production and Protection of Legumes, 293-298.
23. SYLVESTER-BRADLEY, R., DAMPNEY, P. M. R. & MURRAY, A. W. (1984). The response of winter wheat to nitrogen. In The Nitrogen Requirements of Cereals. MAFF Reference Book 385, pp. 151-174. London: HMSO.
24. SYLVESTER-BRADLEY, R., ADDISCOTT, T. M., VAIDYANATHAN, L. V., MURRAY, A. W. & WHITOORE, A P. (1987). Nitrogen advice for cereals; present realities and future possibilities. Fertiliser Society Proceedings 263.
25. VAIDYANATHAN, L. V., SYLVESTER-BRADLEY, R., BLOOM, T. M. & MURRAY, A. W. A. (1987). Effects of previous cropping and applied nitrogen on grain nitrogen content in winter wheat. Aspects of Applied Biology 15, Cereal Quality, 227-237.