Resilience of soil microbial activity and of amino acid dynamics to the removal of plant carbon inputs during winter

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-135

  Avramides, Elizabeth J ^a   Christou, Matina ^a   Jones, David L ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DOC; DON; Microbial activity; Mineralization; Nitrate; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 61649110453     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162009000100019     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. CHRISTOU, M.; AVRAMIDES, E.J.; JONES, D.L. Dissolved organic nitrogen dynamics in a Mediterranean vineyard soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, v.38, p.2265-2277, 2006.
2. DILKES, N.B.; JONES, D.L.; FARRAR, J. Temporal dynamics of carbon partitioning and rhizodeposition in wheat. Plant Physiology, v.134, p.706-715, 2004.
3. DOWNES, M.T. Improved hydrazine reduction method for automated- determination of low nitrate levels in freshwater. Water Research, v.12, p.673-675, 1978.
4. GIESLER, R.; LUNDSTRÖM, U.S. Soil solution chemistry: the effects of bulking soil, samples and spatial variation. Soil Science Society of America Journal, v.57, p.1283-1288, 1993.
5. FARRAR, J.F. Temperature and the partitioning and translocation of carbon. In: LONG, S.P.; WOODWARD, F.I. (Ed.) Plants and temperature. Cambridge: Society for Experimental Biology, University of Cambridge, 1998. p.203-236.
6. FITTER, A.H.; GRAVES, J.D.; SELF, O.K.; BROWN, T.K.; BOGIE, D.S.; TAYLOR, K. Root production, turnover and respiration under two grassland types along an altitudinal gradient: influence of temperature and solar radiation. Oecologia, v. 114, p.20-30, 1998.
7. FRANZLUEBBERS, A.J.; HONS, F.M.; ZUBERER, D.A. Tillage and crop effects on seasonal soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics. Soil Science Society of America Journal, v.59, p.1618-1624, 1995.
8. GILL, K.; JARVIS, S.C.; HATCH, D.J. Mineralization of nitrogen in long-term pasture soils - effects of management. Plant and Soil, v.172, p.153-162, 1995.
9. JACKSON, L.E.; STIVERS, L.J.; WARDEN, B.T.; TANJI, K.K. Crop nitrogen-utilization and soil nitrate loss in a lettuce field. Fertilizer Research, v.37, p.93-105, 1994.
10. JONES, D.L.; WILLETT, V.B. Experimental evaluation of methods to quantify dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in soil. Soli Biology & Biochemistry, v.38, p.991-998, 2006.
11. JONES, D.L.; OWEN, A.G.; FARRAR, J.F. Simple method to enable the high resolution determination of total free amino acids in soil solutions and soil extracts Soil Biology & Biochemistry, v.34, p.1893-1902, 2002.
12. JONES, D.L.; KEMMITT, S.J.; WRIGHT, D.; CUTTLE, S.P.; BOL, R.; EDWARDS, A.C. Rapid intrinsic rates of amino acid biodegradation in soils are unaffected by agricultural management strategy. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, v.37, p.1267-1275, 2005.
13. MULVANEY, R.L. Nitrogen: inorganic forms. In: SPARKS, D.L. (Ed.) Methods of soil analysis. Madison: Soil Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy, 1996. p.1123-1184.
14. PATERSON, E. Importance of rhizodeposition in the coupling of plant and microbial productivity. European Journal of Soil Science, v.54, p.741-750, 2003.
15. PATERSON, E.; THORNTON, B.; MIDWOOD, A.J.; SIM, A. Defoliation alters the relative contributions of recent and non-recent assimilate to root exudation from Festuca rubra. Plant Cell and Environment, v.28, p.1525-1533, 2005.
16. PORTER, J.R.; DELECOLLE, R. Interaction of temperature with other environmental factors in controlling the development of plants. In: LONG, S.P.; WOODWARD, F.I. (Ed.) Plants and temperature. Cambridge: Society for Experimental Biology, University of Cambridge, 1988. p.133-156.
17. STADLER, B.; MICHALZIK, B.; MULLER, T. Linking aphid ecology with nutrient fluxes in a coniferous forest. Ecology, v.79, p.1514-1525, 1998.
18. SWAIN, T.; HILLIS, W.E. The phenolic content of Prunus domestica. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, v.10, p.63-68, 1959.
19. VANCE, G.F.; DAVID, M.B. Chemical characteristics and acidity of soluble organic-substances from a northern hardwood forest floor, central Maine, USA. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v.55, p.3611-3625, 1991.