Effect of straw management and nitrogen fertilizer on selected soil properties as potential soil quality indicators of an irrigated Dark Brown Chernozemic soil

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 511-517

  Dormaar, J F ^a   Carefoot, J M ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intrinsic value; Labile organic matter; Soil quality; Straw management; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; FERTILIZER; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0031773423     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S97-043     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Blakeney, A. B., Harris, P. J., Henry, R. J. and Stone, B. A. 1983. A simple and rapid preparation of alditol acetates for monosaccharide analysis. Carbohydr. Res. 113: 291-299.
2. Bremer, E., Janzen, H. H. and Johnston, A. M. 1994. Sensitivity of total, light fraction and mineralizable organic matter to management practices in a Lethbridge soil. Can. J. Soil Sci. 74: 131-138.
3. Campbell, C. A., Lafond, G. P., Zentner, R. P. and Biederbeck, V. A. 1991a. Influence of fertilizer and straw baling on soil organic matter in a thin Black Chernozem in Western Canada. Soil Biol. Biochem. 23: 443-446.
4. Campbell, C. A., Biederbeck, V. O., Zentner, R. P. and Lafond, G. P. 1991b. Effect of crop rotations and cultural practices on soil organic matter, microbial biomass and respiration in a thin Black Chernozem. Can. J. Soil Sci. 71: 363-376.
5. Campbell, C. A., Lafond, G. P., Moulin, A. P., Townley-Smith, L. and Zentner, R. P. 1997. Crop production and soil organic matter in long-term crop rotations in the sub-humid northern Great Plains of Canada. Pages 297-315 in E. A. Paul, K. Paustian, E. T. Elliott, and C. V. Cole, eds. Soil organic matter in temperate agroecosystems: long-term experiments in North America. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
6. Carefoot, J. M. and Janzen, H. H. 1997. Effect of straw management, tillage timing and timing of fertilizer nitrogen application on the crop utilization of fertilizer and soil nitrogen in an irrigated cereal rotation. Soil Tillage Res. 44: 195-210.
7. Carefoot, J. M., Janzen, H. H. and Lindwall, C. W. 1994. Crop residue management for irrigated cereals on the semi-arid Canadian prairies. Soil Tillage Res. 32: 1-20.
8. Cheshire, M. V. 1979. Nature and origin of carbohydrates in soils. Academic Press Inc. (London) Ltd., London, UK.
9. Cheshire, M. V. and Mundie, C. M. 1966. The hydrolytic extraction of carbohydrates from soil by sulphuric acid. J. Soil Sci. 17: 372-378.
10. Doran, J. W., Varvel, G. E. and Culley, J. L. B. 1993. Tillage and residue management effects on soil quality and sustainable land management. Pages 59-74 in R. C. Wood and J. Dumanski, eds. Proc. Intern. Workshop on Sustainable Land Management for the 21st Century. Vol.2: Plenary Papers. Agricultural Institute of Canada, Ottawa, ON.
11. Dormaar, J. F. 1983. Chemical properties of soil and water-stable aggregates after sixty-seven years of cropping to spring wheat. Plant Soil 75: 51-61.
12. Dormaar, J. F. 1984. Monosaccharides in hydrolysates of water-stable aggregates after 67 years of cropping to spring wheat as determined by capillary gas chromatography. Can. J. Soil Sci. 64: 647-656.
13. Dormaar, J. F. and Lindwall, C. W. 1989. Chemical differences in Dark Brown Chernozemic Ap horizons under various conservation tillage systems. Can. J. Soil Sci. 69: 481-488.
14. Dormaar, J. F., Smoliak, S. and Willms, W. D. 1990. Soil chemical properties during succession from abandoned cropland to native range. J. Range Manage. 43: 260-265.
15. Dubetz, S., Kozub, G. C. and Dormaar, J. F. 1975. Effects of fertilizer, barnyard manure, and crop residues on irrigated crop yields and soil chemical properties. Can. J. Soil Sci. 55: 481-490.
16. Eghball, B., Mielke, L. N., McCallister, D. L. and Doran, J. W. 1994. Distribution of organic carbon and inorganic nitrogen in a soil under various tillage and crop sequences. J. Soil Water Conserv. 49: 201-205.
17. Janzen, H. H., Larney, F. J. and Olson, B. M. 1992. Soil quality factors of problem soils in Alberta. Proc. 29th Ann. Alberta Soil Sci. Workshop, pp. 17-28.
18. Karlen, D. L., Hunt, P. G. and Campbell, R. B. 1984. Crop residue removal effects on corn yield and fertility of a Norfolk sandy loam. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 48: 868-872.
19. Keeney, D. R. 1982. Nitrogen - Availability indices. Pages 711-733 in A. L. Page, ed. Methods of soil analysis. Part 2. Chemical and microbiological properties. Agronomy Monogr. no. 9. ASA, Madison, WI.
20. Shaffeek, A. 1988. Guide to crop protection in Alberta. Part 1. Chemical herbicides, fungicides, rodenticides for maximum economic yield. AGDEX 606-1. Alberta Agriculture, Edmonton, AB.
21. Smith, J. H. and Peckenpaugh, R. E. 1986. Straw decomposition in irrigated soil: Comparison of twenty-three cereal straws. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 50: 928-932.
22. SAS Institute, Inc. 1989. SAS/STAT user's guide, Version 6, 4th ed. Vol. 1. SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC.
23. Steel, R. G. D. and Torrie, J. H. 1980. Principles and procedures of statistics. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, NY.
24. Stevenson, F. J. 1982. Nitrogen - Organic forms. Pages 625-641 in A. L. Page, ed. Methods of soil analysis. Part 2. Chemical and microbiological properties. Agronomy Monogr. no. 9. ASA, Madison, WI.
25. Undersander, D. J. and Reiger, C. 1985. Effect of wheat residue management on continuous production of irrigated winter wheat. Agron. J. 77: 508-511.
26. Voroney, R. P., Winter, J. P. and Beyaert, R. P. 1993. Soil microbial biomass C and N. Pages 277-286 in M. R. Carter, ed. Soil sampling and methods of analysis. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL.
27. Warkentin, B. P. 1995. The changing concept of soil quality. J. Soil Water Conserv. 50: 226-228.
28. Warkentin, B. P. and Fletcher, H. F. 1977. Soil quality for intensive agriculture. Proc. Int. Semin. Soil Environ. Fertil. Manage. Intensive Agric., Soc. Sci. Soil Manure, Japan, pp. 594-598.