Seasonal changes in nitrification potential associated with application of N fertilizer and compost in maize systems of southwest Michigan

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 285-293

  Fortuna, A ^a   Harwood, R R ^b   Robertson, G P ^b   Fisk, J W ^b   Paul, E A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Compost; Cover crops; Crop rotations; Michigan; N mineralization; Nitrification potential; Plant biomass to plant N content (PB:N)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; COVER CROP; MAIZE; NITRIFICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MANAGEMENT;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CARYA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0038109810     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(02)00232-3     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Arshad, M.A., Martin, S., 2002. Identifying critical limits for soil quality indicators in agro-ecosystems. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 88, 153-160.
2. Barber, K.L., Maddux, L.D., Kissel, D.E., Pierzynski, G.M., Bock, B.R., 1992. Maize responses to ammonium- and nitrate-nitrogen fertilizer. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 56, 1166-1171.
3. Berg, P., Rosswall, T., 1985. Ammonia oxidizer numbers, potential and actual oxidation rates in two Swedish arable soils. Biol. Fert. Soils 1, 131-140.
4. Boehm, M.M., Anderson, D.W., 1997. A landscape-scale study of soil quality in three prairie farming systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61, 1147-1159.
5. Bruns, M.A., Fries, M.R., Tiedje, J.M., Paul, E.A., 1998. Functional gene hybridization patters of terrestrial ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Microb. Ecol. 36, 293-302.
6. Bruns, M.A., Stephens, J.R., Kowalchuk, G.A., Prosser, J.I., Paul, E.A., 1999. Comparative diversity of ammonia oxidizer 16S rRNA gene sequences in native, tilled, and successional soils. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 7, 2994-3000.
7. Chantigny, M.H., Prévost, D., Angers, D.A., Vézina, L.-P., Chalifour, F.-P., 1996. Microbial biomass and N transformations in two soils cropped with annual and perennial species. Biol. Fert. Soils. 21, 239-244.
8. Chao, W.L., Tu, H.J., Chao, C.C., 1996. Nitrogen transformations in tropical soils under conventional and sustainable farming systems. Biol. Fertil. Soils 21, 252-256.
9. Doran. J.W., 2002. Soil health and global sustainability: translating science into practice. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 88, 119-127.
10. Filip, Z., 2002. International approach to assessing soil quality by ecologically-related biological parameters. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 88, 169-174.
11. Fortuna, A., Harwood, R.R., Kizilkaya, K., Paul, E.A., 2003. Optimizing nutrient availability and potential carbon sequestration in an agroecosystem. Soil Biol. Biochem. (in press).
12. Franzluebbers, A.J., Hons, F.M., Zuberer, D.A., 1994. Long-term changes in soil carbon and nitrogen pools in wheat management systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58, 1639-1645.
13. Gregorich, E.G., Ellert, B.H., Drury, C.F., Liang, B.C., 1996. Fertilization effects on soil organic matter turnover and corn residue C storage. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 60, 472-476.
14. Groffman, P.M., House, G.J., Hendrix, P.F., Scott, D.E., Crossley, D.A., 1986. Nitrogen cycling as affected by interactions of components in a Georgia Piedmont agroecosystem. Ecology 67 (1), 80-87.
15. Hart, S.C., Stark, J.M., Davidson, E.A., Firestone, M.K., 1994. Nitrogen mineralization, immobilization, and nitrification. In: Weaver, R.W., Angle, J.S., Bottomley, B.S. (Eds.), Methods of Soil Analysis. Part 2. Microbiological and Biochemical Properties. SSSA Book Series, No. 5. SSSA, Madison, WI, pp. 1011-1016.
16. Huberty, L.E., Gross, K.L., Miller, C.J., 1998. Effects of nitrogen addition on successional dynamics and species diversity in Michigan old-fields. J. Ecol. 86, 794-803.
17. Kandeler, E., Böhm, K.E., 1996. Temporal dynamics of microbial biomass, xylanase activity, N-mineralisation and potential nitrification in different tillage systems. Appl. Soil Ecol. 4, 181-191.
18. Kandeler, E., Tscherko, D., Spiegel, H., 1999. Long-term monitoring of microbial biomass, N mineralisation and enzyme activities of a Chernozen under different tillage management. Biol. Fert. Soils 28, 343-351.
19. Malhi, S.S., McGill, W.B., 1982. Nitrification in three Alberta soils: effect of temperature, moisture and substrate concentration. Soil Biol. Biochem. 14, 393-399.
20. Nortcliff, S., 2002. Standardisation of soil quality attributes. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 88, 161-168.
21. Phillips, C.J., Harris, D., Dollhopf, S.L., Gross, K.L., Prosser, J.I., Paul, E.A., 2000. Effects of agronomic treatments on the structure and function of ammonia-oxidizing communities. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 12, 5410-5418.
22. Recous, S., Aita, C., Mary, B., 1999. In situ changes in gross N transformations in bare soil after addition of straw. Soil Biol. Biochem. 31, 119-133.
23. Robertson, G.P., 1997. Nitrogen use efficiency in row-crop agriculture: crop nitrogen use and soil loss. In Jackson, L.E. (Ed.), Ecology in Agriculture. Academic Press, San Diego, 1997.
24. Robertson, G.P., Paul, E.A., Harwood, R.R., 2000. Greenhouse gases in intensive agriculture: contributions of individual gases to the radiative forcing of the atmosphere. Science 289, 1922-1925.
25. SAS Institute Inc., 1988. SAS/STAT User's Guide, vol. 2, version 6, 4th ed. SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, NC.
26. SAS Institute Inc., 1997. SAS/STAT Software Changes and Enhancements Through Release 6.12. SAS Inst. Inc., Cary, NC.