Nitrogen mass balance of a tile-drained agricultural watershed in east-central Illinois

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1841-1847

  Gentry, Lowell E ^a   David, Mark B ^b   Below, Frederick E ^b   Royer, Todd V ^c   McIsaac, Gregory F ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS; BALANCE CALCULATION; CURRENT PRODUCTION; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; GRAIN YIELD; ILLINOIS; INPUT/OUTPUT; LEACHING LOSS; MASS BALANCE; N MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN MASS BALANCE; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; PROTEIN CONTENTS; SOIL STORAGE;

DENITRIFICATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; LEACHING; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GRAIN YIELD; LEACHING; MAIZE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGEN MASS BALANCE; NITROGEN MINERALIZATION; PRECIPITATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHANGE; SOYBEAN; SPRING; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

ILLINOIS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; RAIN; SOIL; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 69749105858     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0406     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. American Public Health Association. 1998. Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. 20th ed. APHA, Washington, DC.
2. Andraski, T.W., L.G. Bundy, and K.R. Brye. 2000. Crop management and corn nitrogen rate effects on nitrate leaching. J. Environ. Qual. 29:1095-1103.
3. 2 fixation in the soybean N credit in maize production. Plant Soil 262:383-394.
4. Borah, D.K., M. Bera, and S. Shaw. 2003. Water sediment, nutrient, and pesticide measurements in an agricultural watershed in Illinois during storm events. Trans. ASAE 46:657-674.
5. Burkart, M.R., and D.E. James. 1999. Agricultural-nitrogen contributions to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. J. Environ. Qual. 28:850-859.
6. David, M.B., and L.E. Gentry. 2000. Anthropogenic inputs of nitrogen and phosphorus and riverine export for Illinois, USA. J. Environ. Qual. 29:494-508.
7. David, M.B., L.E. Gentry, D.A. Kovacic, and K.M. Smith. 1997. Nitrogen balance in and export from an agricultural watershed. J. Environ. Qual. 26:1038-1048.
8. David, M.B., S.J. Del Grosso, X. Hu, E.P. Marshall, G.F. McIsaac, W.J. Parton, C. Tonitto, and M.A. Youssef. 2009. Modeling denitrification in a tile-drained, corn and soybean agroecosystem of Illinois, USA. Biogeochemistry 93:7-30.
9. Davidson, E.A., and S. Seitzinger. 2006. The enigma of progress in denitrification research. Ecol. Appl. 16:2057-2063.
10. Gentry, L.E., F.E. Below, M.B. David, and J.A. Bergerou. 2001. Source of the soybean N credit in maize production. Plant Soil 236:175-184.
11. Gentry, L.E., M.B. David, K.M. Smith, and D.A. Kovacic. 1998. Nitrogen cycling and tile drainage nitrate loss in a corn/soybean watershed. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 68:85-97.
12. Groffman, P.M., M.A. Altabet, J.K. Böhlke, K. Butterbach-Bahl, M.B. David, M.K. Firestone, A.E. Giblin, T.M. Kana, L.P. Nielsen, and M.A. Voytek. 2006. Methods for measuring denitrification: Diverse approaches to a difficult problem. Ecol. Appl. 16:2091-2122.
13. Heichel, G.H., and D.K. Barnes. 1984. Opportunities for meeting crop nitrogen needs from symbiotic fixation. p. 49-59. In Organic farming: Current technology and its role in sustainable agriculture. Spec. Publ. No.46, ASA, CSSA, SSSA, Madison, WI.
14. Howarth, R.W., G. Billen, D. Swaney, A. Townsend, N. Jaworski, K. Lajtha, J.A. Downing, R. Elmgren, N. Caraco, T. Jordan, F. Berendse, J. Freney, V. Kudeyarov, P. Murdoch, and Z. Zhao-Liang. 1996. Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: Natural and human influences. Biogeochemistry 35:75-139. (Pubitemid 27011945)
15. Illinois Department of Agriculture. 2000-2001. Illinois Agricultural Statistics. Illinois Agricultural Statistics Service, Springfield, IL.
16. Jaynes, D.B., T.S. Colvin, D.L. Karlen, C.A. Cambardella, and D.W. Meek. 2001. Nitrate loss in subsurface drainage as affected by nitrogen fertilizer rate. J. Environ. Qual. 30:1305-1314.
17. Jaynes, D.B., and D.L. Karlen. 2008. Sustaining soil resources while managing nutrients. p. 149-158. In Upper Mississippi River Sub-basin Hypoxia Nutrient Committee. Final report: Gulf Hypoxia and Local Water Quality Concerns Workshop. Am. Soc. Agric. Biol. Eng., St. Joseph, MI.
18. Karlen, D.L., L.A. Kramer, and S.D. Logsdon. 1998. Field-scale nitrogen balances associated with long-term continuous corn production. Agron. J. 90:644-650.
19. Kladivko, E.J., G.E. VanScoyoc, E.J. Monke, K.M. Oates, and W. Pask. 1991. Pesticide and nutrient movement into subsurface tile drains on a silt loam soil in Indiana. J. Environ. Qual. 20:264-270.
20. Libra, R.D., C.F. Wolter, and R.J. Langel. 2004. Nitrogen and phosphorus budgets for Iowa and Iowa watersheds. Iowa Geological Sur. Tech. Info. Ser. No.47. Iowa Dep. Natural Resources, Des Moines, IA.
21. Mamo, M., G.L. Malzer, D.J. Mulla, D.R. Huggins, and J. Strock. 2003. Spatial and temporal variation in economically optimum nitrogen rate for corn. Agron. J. 95:958-964. (Pubitemid 36953270)
22. McIsaac, G.F., and X. Hu. 2004. Net N input and riverine N export from Illinois agricultural watersheds with and without extensive tile drainage. Biogeochemistry 70:251-271.
23. McIsaac, G.F., M.B. David, G.Z. Gertner, and D.A. Goolsby. 2002. Relating net nitrogen input in the Mississippi River basin to nitrate flux in the lower Mississippi River: A comparison of approaches. J. Environ. Qual. 31:1610-1622.
24. 2O flux to incremental fertilizer addition in a continuous maize (Zea mays L.) cropping system. Glob. Change Biol. 11:1712-1719.
25. Mehnert, E., H.H. Hwang, T.M. Johnson, R.A. Sanford, W.C. Beaumont, and T.R. Holm. 2007. Denitrification in the shallow groundwater of a tile-drained agricultural watershed. J. Environ. Qual. 36:80-90.
26. NADP. 2008. National Atmospheric Deposition Program. Available at http://nadp.sws.uiuc.edu (verified 7 May 2009).
27. National Climate Data Center. 2008. Daily precipitation and temperature for Illinois sites. Available at http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/ stationlocator.html (verified 26 April 2009).
28. Oenema, O., H. Kros, and W. de Vries. 2003. Approaches and uncertainties in nutrient budgets: Implications for nutrient management and environmental policies. Eur. J. Agron. 20:3-16.
29. Opdyke, M.R., M.B. David, and B.L. Rhoads. 2006. The influence of geomorphological variability in channel characteristics on sediment denitrification in agricultural streams. J. Environ. Qual. 35:2103-2112.
30. Randall, G.W., and J.A. Vetsch. 2005. Nitrate losses in subsurface drainage from a corn-soybean rotation as affected by fall and spring application of nitrogen and nitrapyrin. J. Environ. Qual. 34:590-597.
31. Royer, T.V., J.L. Tank, and M.B. David. 2004. The transport and fate of nitrate in headwater, agricultural streams in Illinois. J. Environ. Qual. 33:1296-1304.
32. Royer, T.V., M.B. David, and L.E. Gentry. 2006. Timing of riverine export of nitrate and phosphorus from agricultural watersheds in Illinois: Implications for reducing nutrient loading to the Mississippi River. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40:4126-4131.
33. Sanchez, J.E., E.A. Paul, T.C. Willson, J. Smeenk, and R.R. Harwood. 2002. Corn roots effects on the nitrogen-supplying capacity of a conditioned soil. Agron. J. 94:391-396.
34. Schaller, J.L., T.V. Royer, M.B. David, and J.L. Tank. 2004. Denitrification associated with plants and sediments in an agricultural stream. J. N. Am. Benthol. Soc. 23:667-676.
35. Snapp, S.S., S.M. Swinton, R. Labarta, D.R. Mutch, J.R. Leep, J. Nyiraneza, and K. O'Neil. 2005. Evaluating benefits and costs of cover crops for cropping systems niches. Agron. J. 97:322-332.
36. Stevens, W.B., R.G. Hoeft, and R.L. Mulvaney. 2005. Fate of nitrogen-15 in a long-term nitrogen rate study: II. Nitrogen uptake efficiency. Agron. J. 97:1046-1053.
37. Torbert, H.A., R.G. Hoeft, R.M. Vandenheuvel, and R.L. Mulvaney. 1992. Effect of moisture regime on recovery and utilization of fertilizer N applied to corn. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 13:1409-1426.
38. Torbert, H.A., R.G. Hoeft, R.M. Vandenheuvel, R.L. Mulvaney, and S.E. Hollinger. 1993. Short-term excess water impact on corn yield and nitrogen recovery. J. Prod. Agric. 3:337-344.
39. University of Illinois. 2008. Department of Crop Science Variety Testing. Available at http://vt.cropsci.illinois.edu (verified 7 May 2009).
40. USEPA. 2007. Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico, an update by the EPA Science Advisory Board. EPA-SAB-08-1004 USEPA, Washington, DC.
41. Vasilas, B.L., and G.E. Ham. 1984. Nitrogen fixation in soybeans: An evaluation of measurement techniques. Agron. J. 76:759-764.
42. von Holle, C.K. 2005. Agricultural nitrogen use and producer attitudes in tile-drained watersheds of east-central Illinois. M.S. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
43. Watson, C.A., and D. Atkinson. 1999. Using nitrogen budgets to indicate nitrogen use efficiency and losses from whole farm systems: A comparison of three methodological approaches. Nutr. Cycl. Agroecosyst. 53:259-267.
44. Webb, J., S. Ellis, R. Harrison, and R. Thorman. 2004. Measurement of N fluxes and soil N in two arable soils in the UK. Plant Soil 260:253-270. (Pubitemid 39066882)
45. Zapata, F., K.A. Danso, G. Hardason, and M. Fried. 1987. Time course of nitrogen fixation in field-grown soybean using nitrogen-15 methodology. Agron. J. 79:172-176.