Soil and water quality rapidly responds to the perennial grain Kernza wheatgrass

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 735-744

  Culman, Steve W ^a   Snapp, Sieglinde S ^a   Ollenburger, Mary ^a   Basso, Bruno ^a   DeHaan, Lee R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE LAND INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877288390     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2012.0273     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Baer, S.G., D.J. Kitchen, J.M. Blair, and C.W. Rice. 2002. Changes in ecosystem structure and function along a chronosequence of restored grasslands. Ecol. Appl. 12:1688-1701. doi:10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1688:CIESAF]2.0.CO;2
2. Baker, J.T., P. J. Pinter, R.J. Reginato, and E.T. Kanemasu. 1986. Effects of temperature on leaf appearance in spring and winter wheat cultivars. Agron. J. 78:605-613. doi:10.2134/agronj1986.00021962007800040010x
3. Baskerville, G.L., and P. Emin. 1969. Rapid estimation of heat accumulation from maximum and minimum temperatures. Ecology 50:514-517. doi:10.2307/1933912
4. Basso, B., D. Cammarano, A. Troccoli, D. Chen, and J.T. Ritchie. 2010. Long-term wheat response to nitrogen in a rainfed Mediterranean environment: Field data and simulation analysis. Eur. J. Agron. 33:132-138. doi:10.1016/j. eja.2010.04.004
5. Basso, B., J. Ritchie, P. Sartori, and L. Grace. 2006. Simulation of tillage systems impact on soil biophysical properties using the SALUS model. Ital. J. Agron. 4:677-688.
6. Becker, R., D. Meyer, P. Wagoner, and R.M. Saunders. 1992. Alternative crops for sustainable agricultural systems. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 40:265-274. doi:10.1016/0167-8809(92)90 09 7-U
7. Becker, R., P. Wagoner, G.D. Hanners, and R.M. Saunders. 1991. Compositional, nutritional and functional evaluation of intermediate wheatgrass (Tinopyrum intermedium). J. Food Process. Preser v. 15:63-77. doi:10. 1111/j.174 5 - 45 4 9. 19 91. tb00154. x
8. Bell, L.W., F. Byrne, M.A. Ewing, and L.J. Wade. 2008. A preliminary whole-farm economic analysis of perennial wheat in an Australian dryland farming system. Agric. Syst. 96:166-174. doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2007.07.007
9. Bremer, E., H.H. Janzen, B.H. Ellert, and R.H. McKenzie. 2011. Carbon, nitrogen, and greenhouse gas balances in an 18-year cropping system study on the northern Great Plains. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75:1493-1502. doi:10.2136/sssaj2010.0326
10. Buyanovsky, G.A., C.L. Kucera, and G.H. Wa g n e r. 1987. Comparative analyses of carbon dynamics in native and cultivated ecosystems. Ecology 68:2023-2031. doi:10.2307/1939893
11. Cox, T., M. Bender, C. Picone, D. Van Tassel, J. Holland, E. Brummer, et al. 2002. Breeding perennial grain crops. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 21:59-91. doi:10.1080/0735-260291044188
12. Cox, T. S., D.L. Van Tassel, C.M. Cox, and L.R. DeHaan. 2010. Progress in breeding perennial grains. Crop Pasture Sci. 61:513-521. doi:10.1071/CP09201
13. Culman, S.W., S.T. DuPont, J.D. Glover, D.H. Buckley, G.W. Fick, H. Ferris, and T. E. Crews. 2010. Long-term impacts of high-input annual cropping and unfertilized perennial grass production on soil properties and belowground food webs in Kansas, USA. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 137:13-24. doi:10.1016/j. agee.2009.11.008
14. Culman, S.W., S.S. Snapp, M.A. Freeman, M.E. Schipanski, J. Beniston, R. Lal, et al. 2012. Permanganate oxidizable carbon reflects a processed soil fraction that is sensitive to management. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 76:494-504. doi:10.2136/ sssaj2011.0286
15. DeHaan, L.R., D.L. Van Tassel, and T. S. Cox. 2005. Perennial grain crops: A synthesis of ecology and plant breeding. Renew. Agric. Food Syst. 20:5-14. doi:10.1079/RAF200496
16. DuPont, S.T., S.W. Culman, H. Ferris, D.H. Buckley, and J.D. Glover. 2010. No-tillage conversion of harvested perennial grassland to annual cropland reduces root biomass, decreases active carbon stocks, and impacts soil biota. Agric. Eco-syst. Environ. 137:25-32. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2009.12.021
17. Ferris, H., T. Bongers, and R.G.M. de Goede. 2001. A framework for soil food web diagnostics: Extension of the nematode faunal analysis concept. Appl. Soil Ecol. 18:13-29. doi:10.1016/S0929-1393(01)00152-4
18. Franzluebbers, A.J., R.L. Haney, C.W. Honeycutt, H.H. Schomberg, and F.M. Hons. 2000. Flush of carbon dioxide following rewetting of dried soil relates to active organic pools. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 64:613-623. doi:10.2136/ sssaj2000.642613x
19. Franzluebbers, A.J., D.A. Zuberer, and F. M. Hons. 1994. Long-term changes in soil carbon and nitrogen pools in wheat management systems. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58:1639-1645. doi:10.2136/sssaj1994.03615995005800060009x
20. Giford, R.M., J.H. Torne, W. D. Hitz, and R.T. Giaquinta. 1984. Crop productivity and photoassimilate partitioning. Science 225:801-808.
21. Glover, J.D., S.W. Culman, S.T. DuPont, W. Broussard, L. Youn g, M.E. Mangan, et al. 2010a. Harvested perennial grasslands provide ecological benchmarks for agricultural sustainability. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 137:3-12. doi:10.1016/j. agee.2009.11.001
22. Glover, J.D., J. P. Reganold, L.W. Bell, J. Borevitz, E.C. Brummer, E.S. Buckler, et al. 2010b. Increased food and ecosystem security via perennial grains. Science 328:1638-1639. doi:10.1126/science.1188761
23. González-Paleo, L., and D. Ravetta. 2011. Relationships between reproductive output, morpho-physiological traits and life span in Lesquerella (Brassicaceae). Ind. Crops Prod. 34:1386-1392. doi:10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.02.001
24. Grandy, A.S., and G. P. Robertson. 2007. Land-use intensity effects on soil organic carbon accumulation rates and mechanisms. Ecosystems 10:59-73. doi:10.1007/s10021-006-9010-y
25. Grandy, A.S., G. P. Robertson, and K.D. Telen. 2006. Do productivity and environmental trade-offs justify periodically cultivating no-till cropping systems? Agron. J. 98:1377-1383. doi:10.2134/agronj2006.0137
26. Haney, R.L., F.M. Hons, M.A. Sanderson, and A.J. Franzluebbers. 2001. A rapid procedure for estimating nitrogen mineralization in manured soil. Biol. Fertil. Soils 33:100-104. doi:10.1007/s003740000294
27. Hayes, R.C., M.T. Newell, L.R. DeHaan, K.M. Murphy, S. Crane, M.R. Norton, et al. 2012. Perennial cereal crops: An initial evaluation of wheat derivatives. Field Crops Res. 133:68-89. doi:10.1016/j.fcr.2012.03.014
28. Hendrickson, J.R., J.D. Berdahl, M.A. Liebig, and J.F. Karn. 2005. Tiller persistence of eight intermediate wheatgrass entries grazed at three morphological stages. Agron. J. 97:1390-1395. doi:10.2134/agronj2004.0179
29. Huggins, D.R., G.W. Randall, and M. P. Russelle. 2001. Subsurface drain losses of water and nitrate following conversion of perennials to row crops. Agron. J. 93:477-486. doi:10.2134/agronj2001.933477x
30. Jaikumar, N.S., S.S. Snapp, K. Murphy, and S.S. Jones. 2012. Agronomic assessment of perennial wheat and perennial rye as cereal crops. Agron. J. 104:1716-1726. doi:10.2134/agronj2012.0291
31. Jenkinson, D.S., J.M. Potts, J.N. Perry, V. Barnett, K. Coleman, and A.E. Johnston. 1994. Trends in herbage yields over the last century on the Rothamsted long-term continuous hay experiment. J. Agric. Sci. 122:365-374. doi:10.1017/ S0021859600067290
32. Jenkinson, D.S., P. R. Poulton, A.E. Johnston, and D.S. Powlson. 2004. Turn over of nitrogen-15-labeled fertilizer in old grassland. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 68:865-875. doi:10.2136/sssaj2004.0865
33. Karn, J.F., J.D. Berdahl, and A.B. Frank. 2006. Nutritive quality of four perennial grasses as affected by species, cultivar, maturity, and plant tissue. Agron. J. 98:1400-1409. doi:10.2134/agronj2005.0293
34. Knowles, R. P. 1977. Recurrent mass selection for improved seed yields in intermediate wheatgrass. Crop Sci. 17:51-54. doi:10.2135/cropsci1977.0 011183X0017 00010015x
35. Lee, D., V. N. Owens, A. Boe, and B. Koo. 2009. Biomass and seed yields of big bluestem, switchgrass, and intermediate wheatgrass in response to manure and harvest timing at two topographic positions. GCB Bioenergy 1:171-179. doi:10.1111/j.1757-170 7. 2 0 0 9.010 0 8. x
36. Loeppky, H.A., P. R. Horton, S. Bittman, L. Townley-Smith, T. Wright, and W. F. Nuttall. 1999. Forage seed yield response to N and P fertilizers and soil nutrients in northeastern Saskatchewan. Can. J. Soil Sci. 79:265-271. doi:10.4141/ S98- 031
37. McIsaac, G.F., M.B. David, and C.A. Mitchell. 2010. Miscanthus and switchgrass production in central Illinois: Impacts on hydrology and inorganic nitrogen leaching. J. Environ. Qual. 39:1790-1799. doi:10.2134/jeq2009.0497
38. McLaughlin, S.B., D.G. de la Torre Ugarte, C.T. Garten Jr., L.R. Lynd, M.A. Sanderson, V. R. Tolbert, and D.D. Wolf. 2002. High-value renewable energy from prairie grasses. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36:2122-2129. doi:10.1021/es010963d
39. Mikhailova, E.A., R.B. Bryant, I. Vassenev, S.J. Schwager, and C.J. Post. 2000. Cultivation Effects on soil carbon and nitrogen contents at depth in the Russian Chernozem. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 64:738-745. doi:10.2136/sssaj2000.642738x
40. Mitchell, J.K., G.F. McIsaac, S.E. Walker, and M.C. Hirschi. 2000. Nitrate in river and subsurface drainage flows from an east central Illinois watershed. Trans. ASAE 43:337-342.
41. Montgomery, D.R. 2007. Soil erosion and agricultural sustainability. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104:13268-13272. doi:10.1073/pnas.0611508104
42. Murphy, K.M., S.R. Lyon, K.A. Balow, and S.S. Jones. 2010. Post-sexual cycle regrowth and grain yield in Tinopyrum elongatuḿ Triticum aestivum amphi-ploids. Plant Breed. 129:480-483.
43. Ogle, D.G., L. St. John, and K.B. Jensen. 2003. Plants database: Intermediate wheatgrass. USDA, Washington, DC.
44. Oquist, K.A., J.S. Strock, and D.J. Mulla. 2007. Influence of alternative and conventional farming practices on subsurface drainage and water quality. J. Environ. Qual. 36:1194-1204. doi:10.2134/jeq2006.0274
45. Piper, J.K. 1998. Growth and seed yield of three perennial grains within monocultures and mixed stands. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 68:1-11. doi:10.1016/ S0167-880 9(9 7) 0 0 09 7-2
46. R Core Team. 2011. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna. http://www.R-project.org/
47. Randall, G.W., D.R. Huggins, M. P. Russelle, D.J. Fuchs, W.W. Nelson, and J.L. Anderson. 1997. Nitrate losses through subsurface tile drainage in Conservation Reserve Program, alfalfa, and row crop systems. J. Environ. Qual. 26:1240-1247. doi:10.2134/jeq1997.00472425002600050007x
48. Raun, W. R., and G.V. Johnson. 1999. Improving nitrogen use efficiency for cereal production. Agron. J. 91:357-363. doi:10.2134/agronj1999.00021962009100 030001x
49. Robertson, G. P. 1997. Nitrogen use efficiency in row-crop agriculture: Crop nitrogen use and soil nitrogen loss. In: L.E. Jackson, editor, Ecology in agriculture. Academic Press, New York. p. 347-365.
50. Rosenzweig, C., and F. N. Tubiello. 1996. Effects of changes in minimum and maximum temperature on wheat yields in the central USA simulation study. Agric. For. Meteorol. 80:215-230. doi:10.1016/0168-1923(95)02299-6
51. Silvertown, J., M.E. Dodd, K. McConway, J. Potts, and M. Crawley. 1994. Rainfall, biomass variation, and community composition in the Park Grass Experiment. Ecology 75:2430-2437. doi:10.2307/1940896
52. Smith, R.G., F.D. Menalled, and G. P. Robertson. 2007. Temporal yield variability under conventional and alternative management systems. Agron. J. 99:1629-1634. doi:10.2134/agronj2007.0096
53. Snapp, S.S., L.E. Gentry, and R. Harwood. 2010. Management intensity-Not bio-diversity-Te driver of ecosystem services in a long-term row crop experiment. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 138:242-248. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2010.05.005
54. Snapp, S.S., S.M. Swinton, R. Labarta, D. Mutch, J.R. Black, R. Leep, et al. 2005. Evaluating cover crops for benefits, costs and performance within cropping system niches. Agron. J. 97:322-332. doi:10.2134/agronj2005.0322
55. Staben, M.L., J.L. Smith, M.F. Fauci, and D.F. Bezdicek. 1997. Assessment of soil quality in Conservation Reserve Program and wheat-fallow soils. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61:124-130. doi:10.2136/sssaj1997.03615995006100010019x
56. Syswerda, S. P., B. Basso, S.K. Hamilton, J.B. Ta u s i g, and G. P. Robertson. 2012. Long-term nitrate loss along an agricultural intensity gradient in the Upper Midwest USA. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 149:10-19. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2011.12.007
57. Syswerda, S. P., A.T. Corbin, D.L. Mokma, A.N. Kravchenko, and G. P. Robertson. 2011. Agricultural management and soil carbon storage in surface vs. deep layers. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 75:92-101. doi:10.2136/sssaj2009.0414
58. Vitosh, M., J. Johnson, and D. Mengel. 1995. Tri-state fertilizer recommendations for corn, soybeans, wheat and alfalfa. Ext. Bull. E-2567. Michigan State Univ. Ext., East Lansing. www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/AY/AY-9-32.pdf
59. Wagoner, P. 1990a. Perennial grain: New use for intermediate wheatgrass. J. Soil Water Conserv. 45:81-82.
60. Wagoner, P. 1990b. Perennial grain development: Past efforts and potential for the future. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 9:381-408. doi:10.1080/07352689009382298
61. Wagoner, P. 1995. Intermediate wheatgrass (Tinopyrum intermedium): Development of a perennial grain crop. In: J.T. Williams, editor, Cereals and pseudocere-als. Chapman and Hall, London. p. 248-259.
62. Wander, M. 2004. Soil organic matter fractions and their relevance to soil function. In: F. Magdof and R. Weil, editors, Soil organic matter in sustainable agriculture. Adv. Agroecol. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. p. 67-102.
63. Watt, D. 1989. Economic feasibility of a perennial grain: Intermediate wheatgrass. In: P. Wagoner et al., editors, Grass or grain? Intermediate wheatgrass in a perennial cropping system for the Northern Plains. North Dakota State Univ. Press, Fargo. p. 11-13.
64. Weik, L., H.P. Kaul, E. Kübler, and W. Aufammer. 2002. Grain yields of perennial grain crops in pure and mixed stands. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 188:342-349. doi:10.1046/j.1439-037X.2002.00580.x
65. Weil, R.R., K.R. Islam, M. A. Stine, J.B. Gruver, and S.E. Samson-Liebig. 2003. Estimating active carbon for soil quality assessment: A simplified method for laboratory and fled use. Am. J. Altern. Agric. 18:3-17. doi:10.1079/AJAA200228
66. Wickham, H. 2009. ggplot2: Elegant graphics for data analysis. Springer, New York.
67. Xue, Q., P. E. Nyren, G. Wang, E. Eriksmoen, G. Bradbury, M. Halverson, et al. 2011. Biomass composition of perennial grasses for biofuel production in North Dakota, USA. Biofuels 2:515-528. doi:10.4155/bfs.11.123
68. Zeileis, A., and G. Grothendieck. 2005. Zoo: S3 Infrastructure for regular and irregular time series. J. Stat. Sofw. 14:1-27.
69. Zeri, M., K. Anderson-Teixeira, G. Hickman, M. Masters, E. DeLucia, and C.J. Bernacchi. 2011. Carbon exchange by establishing biofuel crops in central Illinois. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 14 4:319-329. doi:10.1016/j.agee.2011.09.006