Legume decomposition and nitrogen release when applied as green manures to tropical vegetable production systems

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 253-260

  Thönnissen, Carmen ^a   Midmore, David J ^a   Ladha, Jagdish K ^b   Olk, Daniel C ^b   Schmidhalter, Urs ^c  

^a AVRDC THE WORLD VEGETABLE CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; INDIGOFERA TINCTORIA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0343293992     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2000.922253x     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Aber, J.D., J.M. Melillo, and C.A. McClauherty. 1990. Predicting long-term patterns of mass loss, nitrogen dynamics, and soil organic matter formation from initial fine litter chemistry in temperate forest ecosystems. Can. J. Bot. 68:2201-2208.
2. Alexander, M. 1977. Mineralization and immobilization of nitrogen, p. 225-250. In M. Alexander (ed.) Introduction to soil microbiology. Wiley, New York.
3. 15N labeled plant material. Soil Biol. Biochem. 12:405-411.
4. Broadbent, F.E., and K.B. Tyler. 1962. Laboratory and greenhouse investigations of nitrogen immobilization. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. Proc. 26:459-162.
5. Broder, M.W., and G.H. Wagner. 1988. Microbial colonization and decomposition of corn, wheat and soybean residue. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 52:112-117.
6. Cameron, K.C., and A. Wild. 1982. Comparative rates of leaching of chloride, nitrate and tritiated water under field conditions. J. Soil Sci. 33:649-657.
7. Cassman, K.G., and D.N. Munns. 1980. Nitrogen mineralization as affected by soil moisture, temperature and depth. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 44:1233-1237.
8. 15N-labeled nitrogen. Soil Sci. 120:455-460.
9. 15N sur quatre types de sols tropicaux (Petites Antilles). Agron. Trop. 45:67-73.
10. Ebelhar, S.A., W.W. Frye, and R.L. Blevins. 1984. Nitrogen from legume cover crops for no-tillage corn. Agron. J. 76:51-55.
11. Fehr, W.R., C.E. Caviness, D.T. Burmood, and J.S. Pennington. 1971. Stage of development descriptions for soybeans. Glycine max (L.) Merrill. Crop Sci. 11:929-931.
12. George, T., J.K. Ladha, D.P. Garrity, and R.J. Buresh. 1994. Legumes as nitrate catch crops during the dry-to-wet transition in lowland rice cropping systems. Agron. J. 86:267-273.
13. Grant, R.F., N.G. Juma, and W.B. McGill. 1993. Simulation of carbon and nitrogen transformations in soil: Mineralization. Soil Biol. Biochem. 25(10):1317-1329.
14. 15N labelled organic residue and the uptake of residue N by wheat. Eur. J. Agron. 3(4):321-325.
15. Harris, G.H., O.B. Hesterman, E.A. Paul, S.E. Peters, and R.R. Janke. 1994. Fate of legume and fertilizer nitrogen-15 in a long-term cropping systems experiment. Agron. J. 86:910-915.
16. 15N into stable organic forms in soil. Soil Biol. Biochem. 20(1):75-81.
17. Hunt, H.W. 1977. A simulation model for decomposition in grasslands. Ecology 58:469-484.
18. Janzen, H.H., and S.M. McGinn. 1991. Volatile loss of nitrogen during decomposition of legume green manure. Soil Biol. Biochem. 23(3): 291-297.
19. Ladd, J.N., M. Amato, R.B. Jackson, and J.H. Butler. 1983. Utilization by wheat crops of nitrogen from legume residues decomposing in soils in the field. Soil Biol. Biochem. 15(3):231-238.
20. Ladha, J.K., D.K. Kundu, M.G. Angelo-Van Copenolle, M.B. Peoples, V.R. Carangal, and P.T. Dart. 1996. Legume productivity and soil nitrogen dynamics in lowland rice-hased cropping systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 60:182-192.
21. Lynch, D.L., and L.J. Cotnoir, Jr. 1956. The influence of clay minerals on the breakdown of certain organic substrates. Soil Biol. Biochem. 20:367-370.
22. Martens, R. 1990. Contribution of rhizodeposits to the maintenance and growth of soil microbial biomass. Soil Biol. Biochem. 22: 141-147.
23. Mary, B., and S. Recous. 1994. Measurement of nitrogen mineralization and immobilization fluxes in soil as a means of predicting net mineralization. Eur. J. Agron. 3(4):291-300.
24. McCalla, T.M., and F.L. Duley. 1943. Disintegration of crop residues as influenced by subtillage and plowing. Agron. J. 35:306-315.
25. 15N) released from different plant materials during decomposition under field conditions. Plant Soil 105:133-139.
26. Myers, R.J.K., C.A. Palm, E. Cuevas, I.U.N. Gunatilleke, and Brossard. 1994. The synchronization of nutrient mineralization and plant nutrient demand. p. 81-116. In P.L. Woomer and M.J. Swift (ed.) The biological management of tropical soil fertility. Wiley-Sayce Publication, Chichester, UK.
27. Neely, C.L., M.H. Beare, W.L. Hargrove, and D.C. Coleman. 1991. Relationship between fungal and bacterial substrate-induced respiration (SIR), biomass and plant residue decomposition. Soil Biol. Biochem. 23(10):947-954.
28. Olk, D.C., K.G. Cassman, and T.W.M. Fan. 1995. Characterization of two humic acid fractions from a calcareous vermiculitic soil: Implications for the humification process. Geoderma 65:195-208.
29. Reinertsen, S.A., L.F. Elliot, V.L. Cochran, and G.S. Campbell. 1984. Role of available carbon and nitrogen in determining the rate of wheat straw decomposition. Soil Biol. Biochem. 16:459-464.
30. Sarrantonio, M., and T.W. Scott. 1988. Tillage effects on availability of nitrogen to corn following a winter green manure crop. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 52:1661-1668.
31. SAS Institute. 1989. JMP user's guide. Version 2 ed. SAS Inst., Cary, NC.
32. SAS Institute. 1991. SAS user's guide. Version 6.03 ed. SAS Inst., Cary, NC.
33. Siegel, R.S. 1980. Determination of nitrate and exchangeable ammonium in soil extracts by an ammonia electrode. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 44:943-947.
34. Shennan, C. 1992. Cover crops, nitrogen cycling and soil properties in semi-irrigated vegetable production systems. HortScience 27(7): 749-754.
35. Sorensen, L.H. 1975. The influence of clay on the rate of decay of amino acid metabolites synthesized in soil during the decomposition of cellulose. Z. Pflanzenernaehr. Bodenkd. 7:171-177.
36. Stute, J.K., and J.L. Posner. 1995. Synchrony between legume N release and corn demand in the Upper Midwest. Agron. J. 87: 1063-1069.
37. Swift, M.J. (ed.) 1987. Tropical soil biology and fertility: Interregional research planning workshop. Spec. Issue 13. IUBS. Biology Int., Paris.
38. Thönnissen Michel, C. 1996. Nitrogen fertilizer substitution for tomato by legume green manures in tropical vegetable production systems. Thesis ETHZ No. 11626. Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich.
39. Varco, J.J., W.W. Frye, M.S. Smith, and C.T. MacKown. 1989. Tillage effects on nitrogen recovery by corn from a nitrogen-15 labeled legume cover crop. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 53:822-827.
40. Wieder, R.K., and G.E. Lang. 1982. A critique of the analytical methods used in examining decomposition data obtained from litter bags. Ecology 63(6):1636-1642.
41. Wilson, D.O., and W.L. Hargrove. 1986. Release of nitrogen from crimson clover residue under two tillage systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 50:1251-1254.