Nitrate accumulation in the soil profile: Long-term effects of tillage, rotation and N rate in a Mediterranean Vertisol

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 130, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-23

  López Bellido, Luis ^a   Muñoz Romero, Verónica ^a   López Bellido, Rafael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chickpea; Faba bean; No tillage; Rainfed; Sunflower; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CHICKPEA; FABA-BEAN; NO TILLAGE; RAINFED; SUNFLOWER; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; NITRATES;

SOILS;

CROP ROTATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LEGUME; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; NITRATE; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SOIL PROFILE; TILLAGE; VERTISOL; WHEAT;

EID: 84874676124     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Analytical Software Statistix 8.1 2005, Analytical Software, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
2. Barnes H., Folkard A.R. The determination of nitrates. Analyst 1951, 76:599-603.
3. Barraclough P.B., Weir A.H., Kuhlmann H. Factors affecting the growth and distribution of winter wheat roots under UK field conditions. Plant Roots and their Environment 1991, 410-417. Elsevier Science. B.L. McMichael, H. Persson (Eds.).
4. Blankenau K., Olfs H.W., Kuhlmann H. Strategies to improve the use efficiency of mineral fertilizer nitrogen applied to winter wheat. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 2002, 188:146-154.
5. Borghi B. Nitrogen as determinant of wheat growth and yield. Wheat Ecology and Physiology of Yield Determination 2000, 67-84. Food Products Press, New York. E.H. Satorre, G.A. Slafer (Eds.).
6. Borin M. Effects of agricultural practices on nitrate concentration in groundwater in north east Italy. Italian Journal of Agronomy 1997, 1:47-54.
7. Bremer E., van Kessel C. Plant-available nitrogen from lentil and wheat residues during a subsequent growing season. Soil Science Society of America Journal 1992, 56:1155-1160.
8. Bremner J.M. Inorganic forms of nitrogen. Agron. Monogr. 9 1965, 1179-1237. ASA and SSSA, Madison, WI. C.A. Black, D.D. Evans, L.E. Ensminger, J.L. White, F.E. Clark (Eds.).
9. Burns I.G. Influence of the spatial distribution of nitrate on the uptake of N by plants: a review and a model for rooting depth. Journal of Soil Science 1980, 31:155-173.
10. Campbell C.A., Zentner R.P., Selles F., McConkey B.G., Dyck F.B. Nitrogen management for spring wheat grown annually on zero-tillage. Yield and nitrogen use efficiency. Agronomy Journal 1993, 85:107-114.
11. Connor D.J., Jones T.R. Response of sunflower to strategies of irrigation. II. Morphological and physiological responses to water shortage. Field Crops Research 1985, 12:91-103.
12. Corbeels M., Hofman G., van Cleemput O. Residual effect of nitrogen fertilization in a wheat-sunflower cropping sequence on a Vertisol under semi-arid Mediterranean conditions. European Journal of Agronomy 1998, 9:109-116.
13. Dinnes D.L., Karlen K.L., Jaynes D.B., Kaspar T.C., Hatfield J.L., Colvin T.S., Cambardella C.A. Nitrogen management strategies to reduce nitrate leaching in tile-drained midwestern soils. Agronomy Journal 2002, 94:153-171.
14. Eck H.V., Jones O.R. Soil nitrogen status as affected by tillage, crops, and crop sequences. Agronomy Journal 1992, 84:660-668.
15. Fageria N., Baligar V. Enhancing nitrogen use efficiency in crop plants. Advances in Agronomy 2005, 88:97-185.
16. Francis C.A. Biological efficiencies in multiple-cropping systems. Advances in Agronomy 1989, 42:1-37.
17. García-Torres L., Romero F., Mesa J. Agronomic problems and chemical control of broomrape (Orobanche spp.) in Spain, studies review. Proc. of the 4th Symp. on Parasitic Flowering 1987, H.C. Weber, W. Forstreuter (Eds.).
18. Garrido-Lestache E., López-Bellido R.J., López-Bellido L. Effect of N rate, timing and splitting and N type on bread-making quality in hard red spring wheat under rainfed Mediterranean conditions. Field Crops Research 2004, 85:213-236.
19. Gómez K.A., Gómez A.A. Statistical Procedures for Agricultural Research 1984, Wiley, New York.
20. Grant C.A., Lafond G.P. The effects of tillage systems and crop rotations on soil chemical properties of a Black Chernozemic soil. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 1992, 74:301-306.
21. Halvorson A.D., Reule C.A. Nitrogen fertilizer requirements in a annual dryland cropping system. Agronomy Journal 1994, 86:315-318.
22. Haynes R.J., Martin R.J., Goh K.M. Nitrogen fixation, accumulation of soil nitrogen, and nitrogen balance for some field-grown legume crops. Field Crops Research 1993, 35:85-92.
23. 2 fixation and N balance using soil nitrate at sowing and chickpea yield. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 1998, 49:409-418.
24. Huggins D.R., Pan W.L. Nitrogen efficiency component analysis: an evaluation of cropping system differences in productivity. Agronomy Journal 1993, 85:898-905.
25. Ju X.T., Kou C.L., Christie P., Dou Z.X., Zhang F.S. Changes in the soil environment from excessive application of fertilizers and manures to two contrasting intensive cropping systems on the North China Plain. Environmental Pollution 2007, 2:497-506.
26. Keeney D.R. Sources of nitrate to groundwater. Nitrogen Management and Groundwater Protection. Developments in Agricultural and Managed-Forest Ecology 1989, vol. 21:23-24. Elsevier, New York.
27. Kücke M., Kleeberg P. Nitrogen balance and soil nitrogen dynamics in two areas with different soil, climatic and cropping conditions. European Journal of Agronomy 1997, 6:89-100.
28. López-Bellido L., Fuentes M., Castillo J.E., López-Garrido F.J., Fernández E.J. Long-term tillage, crop rotation, and nitrogen fertilizer effects on wheat yield under Mediterranean conditions. Agronomy Journal 1996, 88:783-791.
29. López-Bellido L., López-Bellido F.J., Fuentes M., Castillo J.E., Fernández E.J. Influence of tillage, crop rotation and nitrogen fertilization on soil organic matter and nitrogen under rain-fed Mediterranean conditions. Soil and Tillage Research 1997, 43:277-293.
30. López-Bellido L., López-Bellido R.J., Castillo J.E., López-Bellido F.J. Effects of tillage, crop rotation, and nitrogen fertilization on wheat under rainfed Mediterranean conditions. Agronomy Journal 2000, 92:1054-1063.
31. López-Bellido R.J., López-Bellido L. Efficiency of nitrogen in wheat under Mediterranean conditions: effect of tillage, crop rotation and N fertilization. Field Crops Research 2001, 71:31-46.
32. López-Bellido L., López-Bellido R.J., Redondo R. Nitrogen efficiency in wheat under rainfed Mediterranean conditions as affected by split nitrogen application. Field Crops Research 2005, 94:86-97.
33. López-Bellido L., Muñoz-Romero V., Benítez-Vega J., Fernández-García P., Redondo R., López-Bellido R.J. Wheat response to nitrogen splitting applied to a Vertisols in different tillage systems and cropping rotations under typical Mediterranean climatic conditions. European Journal of Agronomy 2012, 43:24-32.
34. McConkey B.G., Curtin D., Campbell C.A., Brandt S.A., Selles F. Crop and soil nitrogen status of tilled and no-tillage systems in semiarid regions of Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Soil Science 2002, 489-498.
35. McIntosh M.S. Analysis of combined experiments. Agronomy Journal 1983, 75:153-155.
36. O'Connor G.E., Evans J., Black S., Fettell N., Orchad B., Theo R. Influence of agronomic management of legume crops on soil accumulation with nitrate. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 2010, 86:269-286.
37. Peoples M.B., Herridge D.F. Nitrogen fixation by legumes in tropical and subtropical agriculture. Advances in Agronomy 1990, 44:155-223.
38. Porter L.K., Follett R.F., Halvorson A.D. Fertilizer nitrogen recovery in a no-till wheat-sorghum-fallow-wheat sequence. Agronomy Journal 1996, 88:750-757.
39. Probert M.E., Fergus I.J., Bridge B.J., McGarry D., Thompson C.H., Russell J.S. The Properties and Management of Vertisols 1987, C.A.B. International IBSRAM, UK, p. 36.
40. Rao S.C., Dao T.H. Fertilizer placement and tillage effects of nitrogen assimilation by wheat. Agronomy Journal 1992, 84:1028-1032.
41. Raun W.R., Johnson G.V. Soil-plant buffering of organic nitrogen in continuous winter wheat. Agronomy Journal 1995, 87:827-834.
42. Schlegel A.J., Grant C.A., Havlin J.L. Challenging approaches to nitrogen fertilizer recommendations in continuous cropping systems in the great plains. Agronomy Journal 2005, 97:391-398.
43. Soon Y.K., Clayton G.W., Rice W.A. Tillage and previous crop effects on dynamics of nitrogen in a wheat-soil system. Agronomy Journal 2001, 93:842-849.
44. Stute J.K., Posner J.L. Synchrony between legume nitrogen release and corn demand in the upper midwest. Agronomy Journal 1995, 87:1063-1069.
45. Westerman R.L., Boman R.K., Raun W.R., Johnson G.V. Ammonium and nitrate nitrogen in soil profiles of long-term winter wheat fertilization experiments. Agronomy Journal 1994, 86:94-99.