Modelling decomposition of sugar cane surface residues with APSIM-residue

Field Crops Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 223-232

  Thorburn, Peter J ^a   Probert, Mervyn E ^a   Robertson, Fiona A ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crop residue; Cropping system; Immobilisation; Nitrogen; Simulation; Soil water; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; SOIL CONDITIONERS;

SUGAR CANE SURFACE RESIDUES;

SUGAR CANE;

EID: 0035337804     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(01)00141-1     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Carberry P.S., McCown R.L., Muchow R.C., Dimes J.P., Probert M.E., Poulton P.L., Dalgleish N.P. Simulation of a legume ley farming system in northern Australia using the agricultural production systems simulator. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 36:1996;1037-1048.
2. Christensen B.T. Barley straw decomposition under field conditions: effect of placement and initial nitrogen content on weight loss and nitrogen dynamics. Soil Biol. Biochem. 18:1986;523-529.
3. Dimes, J.P., 1996. Simulation of mineral N supply to no-till crops in the semi-arid tropics. Ph.D. Thesis. Faculty of Environmental Science, Griffith University, Australia.
4. Fylstra D., Ladson L., Watson J., Waren A. Design and use of the Microsoft Excel solver. Interfaces. 28(5):1998;29-55.
5. Ghidey F., Alberts E.E. Residue type and placement effects on decomposition: field study and model evaluation. Trans. Am. Soc. Agric. Eng. 36:1993;1611-1617.
6. Heal, O.W., Anderson, J.M., Swift, M.J., 1997. Plant litter quality and decomposition: an historical overview. In: Cadisch, G., Giller, K.E. (Eds.), Driven by Nature: Plant Litter Quality and Decomposition. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 3-30.
7. Keating, B.A., Verburg, K., Huth, N.I., Robertson, M.J., 1997. Nitrogen management in intensive agriculture: sugar cane in Australia. In: Keating, B.A., Wilson, J.R. (Eds.), Intensive Sugar cane Production: Meeting the Challenges Beyond 2000. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 221-242.
8. Ma L., Peterson G.A., Ahuja L.R., Sherrod L., Shaffer M.J., Rojas K.W. Decomposition of surface crop residues in long-term studies of dryland agroecosystems. Agron. J. 91:1999;401-409.
9. Marschner B., Noble A.D. Chemical and biological processes leading to the neutralisation of acidity in soil incubated with litter materials. Soil Biol. Biochem. 32:2000;805-813.
10. McCown R.L., Hammer G.L., Hargreaves J.N.G., Holzworth D.P., Freebairn D.M. APSIM: a novel software system for model development, model testing and simulation in agricultural systems research. Agric. Syst. 50:1996;255-271.
11. Probert M.E., Keating B.A., Thompson J.P., Parton W.J. Modelling water, nitrogen, and crop yield for a long-term fallow management experiment. Aust. J. Exp. Agric. 35:1995;941-950.
12. Probert M.E., Carberry P.S., McCown R.L., Turpin J.E. Simulation of legume-cereal systems using APSIM. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 49:1998;317-327.
13. Probert M.E., Dimes J.P., Keating B.A., Dalal R.C., Strong W.M. APSIM's water and nitrogen modules and simulation of the dynamics of water and nitrogen in fallow systems. Agric. Syst. 56:1998;1-28.
14. Robertson, F.A., Thorburn, P.J., 2001. Crop residue effects on soil C and N cycling under sugar cane. In: Rees, R.M., Ball, B.C., Campbell, C.D., Watson, C.A. (Eds.), Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 112-119.
15. Schomberg H.H., Steiner J.L. Comparison of residue decomposition models used in erosion prediction. Agron. J. 89:1997;911-919.
16. Schomberg H.H., Steiner J.L., Evett S.R., Moulin A.P. Climatic influence on residue decomposition prediction in the wind erosion prediction system. Theoret. Appl. Climatol. 54:1996;5-16.
17. Snow V.O., Smith C.J., Polglase P.J., Probert M.E. Nitrogen dynamics in a eucalypt plantation irrigated with sewage effluent or bore water. Aust. J. Soil Res. 37:1999;527-544.
18. Steiner J.L., Schomberg H.H., Unger P.W., Cresap J. Crop residue decomposition in no-tillage small-grain fields. Soil Sci. Am. J. 63:1999;1817-1824.
19. Stott H.F., Stroo H.F., Elliot L.F., Papendick R.I., Unger P.W. Wheat residue loss from fields under no-till management. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 54:1990;92-98.
20. Stroo H.F., Bristow K.L., Elliot L.F., Papendick R.I., Campbell G.S. Predicting rates of wheat residue decomposition. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 53:1989;91-99.
21. Thorburn P.J., Probert M.E., Lisson S., Wood A.W., Keating B.A. Impacts of trash retention on soil nitrogen and water: an example from the Australian sugar cane industry. Proc. South Afr. Sugar Technol. Assoc. 73:1999;75-79.
22. Thorburn P.J., Keating B.A., Robertson F.A., Wood A.W. Long-term changes in soil carbon and nitrogen under trash blanketing. Proc. Aust. Soc. Sugar Cane Technol. 22:2000;217-224.
23. Thorburn, P.J., Robertson, F.A., Lisson, S., Biggs, J.S., 2001. Modelling breakdown of sugar cane residues and the impact on soil nitrogen, carbon and water. In: Rees, R.M., Ball, B.C., Campbell, C.D., Watson, C.A. (Eds.), Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 74-82.
24. Wood A.W. Management of crop residues following green harvesting of sugar cane in north Queensland. Soil Till. Res. 20:1991;69-85.