Minimizing nitrate leaching while maintaining crop yields: Insights by simulating net N mineralization

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 395-408

  Heumann, Sabine ^a   Fier, Annegret ^b   Haßdenteufel, Martin ^b   Höper, Heinrich ^b   Schäfer, Walter ^b   Eiler, Tim ^c   Böttcher, Jürgen ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Energie und Geologie   (Germany)

^c Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apparent N mineralization; Corn; Crop specific N uptake; Northern Germany; Suboptimal N fertilization

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; CROP YIELD; ESTIMATION METHOD; LEACHING; MINERALIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

GERMANY;

HORDEUM; SECALE CEREALE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84880600282     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-013-9572-y     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Allen G, Pereira LS, Raes D, Smith M (1998) Crop evapotranspiration-guidelines for computing crop water requirements. Irrigation and drainage paper No. 56. FAO, Rome.
2. Appel T (1994) Relevance of soil N mineralization, total N demand of crops and efficiency of applied N for fertilizer recommendations for cereals-theory and application. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 157: 407-414.
3. ATV-DVWK (2002) Verdunstung in Bezug zu Landnutzung, Bewuchs und Boden. Merkblatt M 504. GFA-Verlag, Hennef.
4. Beaudoin N, Saad JK, van Laethem C, Machet JM, Maucorps J, Mary B (2005) Nitrate leaching in intensive agriculture in Northern France: effect of farming practices, soils and crop rotations. Agric Ecosyst Environ 111: 292-310.
5. Benbi D, Richter J (2002) A critical review of some approaches to modelling nitrogen mineralization. Biol Fertil Soils 35: 168-183.
6. Bhogal A, Young SD, Sylvester-Bradley R, O'Donnell FM, Ralph RL (1997) Cumulative effects of nitrogen application to winter wheat at Ropsley, UK, from 1978 to 1990. J Agric Sci 129: 1-12.
7. Blankenau K, Kuhlmann H (2000) Effect of N supply on apparent recovery of fertilizer N as crop N and Nmin in soil during and after cultivation of winter cereals. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 163: 91-100.
8. Bleken MA, Herrmann A, Haugen LE, Taube F, Bakken L (2009) SPN: a model for the study of soil-plant nitrogen fluxes in silage maize cultivation. Eur J Agron 30: 283-295.
9. Boumans LJM, Fraters D, van Drecht G (2005) Nitrate leaching in agriculture to upper groundwater in the sandy regions of the Netherlands during the 1992-1995 period. Environ Monit Assess 102: 225-241.
10. Cavalli D, Bechini L (2011) Sensitivity analysis and calibration of CN-SIM to simulate the mineralisation of liquid dairy manures. Soil Biol Biochem 43: 1207-1219.
11. Constantin J, Mary B, Laurent F, Aubrion G, Fontaine A, Kerveillant P, Beaudoin N (2010) Effects of catch crops, no till and reduced nitrogen fertilization on nitrogen leaching and balance in three long-term experiments. Agric Ecosyst Environ 135: 268-278.
12. do Nascimento AF, Mendonça ES, Leite LFC, Neves JCL (2011) Calibration of the century, APSIM and ndicea models of decomposition and N mineralization of plant residues in the humid tropics. R Bras Ci Solo 35: 917-928.
13. do Nascimento AF, Mendonça ES, Leite LFC, Scholberg J, Neves JCL (2012) Calibration and validation of models for short-term decomposition and N mineralization of plant residues in the tropics. Scientia Agricola 69: 393-401.
14. Duynisveld WHM, Strebel O, Böttcher J (1988) Are nitrate leaching from arable land and nitrate pollution of groundwater avoidable? Ecol Bull Swed Nat Sci Res Counc 39: 116-125.
15. DVWK (1996) Ermittlung der Verdunstung von Land- und Wasserflächen, Deutscher Verband für Wasserwirtschaft und Kulturbau, Merkblatt 238. Paul Parey, Hamburg-Berlin.
16. DWD (2005) Mean precipitation from 1961-1990 for meteorological stations of the DWD. http://www. dwd. de/mittelwerte. Accessed 17 Nov 2005.
17. DWD (2007) Mean temperature values from 1961-1990 for meteorological stations of the DWD. http://www. dwd. de/mittelwerte. Accessed 5 Dec 2007.
18. Engel N, Müller U, Schäfer W (2012) BOWAB-Ein Mehrschicht-Bodenwasserhaushaltsmodell. In: Müller U, Engel N, Heidt L, Schäfer W, Kunkel R, Wendland F, Röhm H, Elbracht J (eds) Klimawandel und Bodenwasserhaushalt. GeoBerichte 20. LBEG, Hannover, pp 85-98.
19. Engels T, Kuhlmann H (1993) Effect of the rate of N fertilizer on apparent net mineralization of N during and after cultivation of cereal and sugar beet crops. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 156: 149-154.
20. Fleige H, Renger M, Strebel O, Müller W (1980) Stickstoffauswaschung und Grundwasserbelastung bei Klärschlammverregnung auf Ackerböden. Z Pflanzenernähr Bodenk 143: 569-580.
21. Goulding KWT, Poulton PR, Webster CP, Howe MT (2000) Nitrate leaching from the broadbalk wheat experiment, Rothamsted, UK, as influenced by fertilizer and manure inputs and the weather. Soil Use Manag 16: 244-250.
22. Henke J, Böttcher U, Neukam D, Sieling K, Kage H (2008) Evaluation of different agronomic strategies to reduce nitrate leaching after winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus L.) using a simulation model. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 82: 299-314.
23. Heumann S, Ringe H, Böttcher J (2011a) Field-specific simulations of net N mineralization based on digitally available soil and weather data. I. Temperature and soil water dependency of the rate coefficients. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 91: 219-234.
24. Heumann S, Ringe H, Böttcher J (2011b) Field-specific simulations of net N mineralization based on digitally available soil and weather data: II. Pedotransfer functions for the pool sizes. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 91: 339-350.
25. Jayasundara S, Wagner-Riddle C, Parkin G, von Bertoldi P, Warland J, Kay B, Voroney P (2007) Minimizing nitrogen losses from a corn-soybean-winter wheat rotation with best management practices. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 79: 141-159.
26. Kayser M, Benke M, Isselstein J (2011) Little fertilizer response but high N loss risk of maize on a productive organic-sandy soil. Agron Sustain Dev 31: 709-718.
27. Kirchmann H, Johnston AEJ, Bergström LF (2002) Possibilities for reducing nitrate leaching from agricultural land. Ambio 31: 404-408.
28. Köhler K, Duynisveld WHM, Böttcher J (2006) Nitrogen fertilization and nitrate leaching into groundwater on arable sandy soils. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 169: 185-195.
29. Kuzyakov Y (2002) Review: factors affecting rhizosphere priming effects. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 165: 382-396.
30. Liu HL, Yang JY, Drury CF, Reynolds WD, Tan CS, Bai YL, He P, Jin J, Hoogenboom G (2011) Using the DSSAT-CERES-Maize model to simulate crop yield and nitrogen cycling in fields under long-term continuous maize production. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 89: 313-328.
31. Mohanty M, Reddy KS, Probert ME, Dalal RC, Rao AS, Menzies NW (2011) Modelling N mineralization from green manure and farmyard manure from a laboratory incubation study. Ecol Model 222: 719-726.
32. Monaco S, Sacco D, Borda T, Grignani C (2010) Field measurement of net nitrogen mineralization of manured soil cropped to maize. Biol Fertil Soils 46: 179-184.
33. Müller U, Waldeck A (2011) Auswertungsmethoden im Bodenschutz. Dokumentation zur Methodenbank des Niedersächsischen Bodeninformationssystems (NIBIS®). GeoBerichte 19. LBEG, Hannover.
34. Nannen DU, Herrmann A, Loges R, Dittert K, Taube F (2011) Recovery of mineral fertiliser N and slurry N in continuous silage maize using the 15 N and difference methods. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 89: 269-280.
35. Paul KI, Polglase PJ, O'Connell AM, Carlyle JC, Smethurst PJ, Khanna PK (2003) Defining the relation between soil water content and net nitrogen mineralization. Eur J Soil Sci 54: 39-47.
36. Probert ME, Delve RJ, Kimani SK, Dimes JP (2005) Modelling nitrogen mineralization from manures: representing quality aspects by varying C: N ratio of sub-pools. Soil Biol Biochem 37: 279-287.
37. Rodrigo A, Rescous S, Neel C, Mary B (1997) Modelling temperature and moisture effects on C-N transformations in soils: comparison of nine models. Ecol Model 102: 325-339.
38. Schmidt L, Warnstorff K, Dörfel H, Leinweber P, Lange H, Merbach W (2000) The influence of fertilization and rotation on soil organic matter and plant yields in the long-term Eternal Rye trial in Halle (Saale), Germany. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 163: 639-648.
39. Schröder JJ (1999) Effect of split applications of cattle slurry and mineral fertilizer-N on the yield of silage maize in a slurry-based cropping system. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 53(3): 209-218.
40. Schröder JJ, Neeteson JJ, Withagen JCM, Noij IGAM (1998) Effects of N application on agronomic and environmental parameters in silage maize production on sandy soils. Field Crops Res 58: 55-67.
41. Sheaffer CC, Halgerson JL, Jung HG (2006) Hybrid and N fertilization affect corn silage yield and quality. J Agron Crop Sci 192: 278-283.
42. Shepherd MA, Sylvester-Bradley R (1996) Effect of nitrogen fertilizer applied to winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus) on soil mineral nitrogen after harvest and on the response of a succeeding crop of winter wheat to nitrogen fertilizer. J Agric Sci 126: 63-74.
43. Sieling K (2004) Growth stage-specific application of slurry and mineral N to oilseed rape, wheat and barley. J Agric Sci 142: 1-8.
44. Sieling K, Beims S (2007) Effects of 15 N split-application on soil and fertiliser N uptake of barley, oilseed rape and wheat in different cropping systems. J Agron Crop Sci 193: 10-20.
45. Sieling K, Kage H (2006) N balance as an indicator of N leaching in an oilseed rape-winter wheat-winter barley rotation. Agric Ecosyst Environ 115: 261-269.
46. Sieling K, Schröder H, Finck M, Hanus H (1998) Yield, N uptake, and apparent N-use efficiency of winter wheat and winter barley grown in different cropping systems. J Agric Sci 131: 375-387.
47. Sieling K, Brase T, Svib V (2006) Residual effects of different N fertilizer treatments on growth, N uptake and yield of oilseed rape, wheat and barley. Eur J Agron 25: 40-48.
48. Strebel O, Böttcher J (1989) Solute input into groundwater from sandy soils under arable land and coniferous forest: determination of area-representative mean values of concentration. Agric Water Manag 15: 265-278.
49. Sylvester-Bradley R, Stokes DT, Scott RK (2001) Dynamics of nitrogen capture without fertilizer: the baseline for fertilizing winter wheat in the UK. J Agric Sci 136: 15-33.
50. Syswerda SP, Basso B, Hamilton SK, Tausig JB, Robertson GP (2012) Long-term nitrate loss along an agricultural intensity gradient in the Upper Midwest USA. Agric Ecosyst Environ 149: 10-19.
51. Thomsen IK, Djurhuus J, Christensen BT (2003) Long continued applications of N fertilizer to cereals on sandy loam: grain and straw response to residual N. Soil Use Manag 19: 57-64.
52. van der Burgt GJHM, Oomen GJM, Habets ASJ, Rossing WAH (2006) The NDICEA model, a tool to improve nitrogen use efficiency in cropping systems. Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst 74: 275-294.
53. VDLUFA (2002) Handbuch der Landwirtschaftlichen Versuchs- und Untersuchungsmethodik. Die Untersuchung von Böden. Band 1; 3. Teillieferung. 4th ed. Verband Deutscher Landwirtschaftlicher Untersuchungs- und Forschungsanstalten e. V., Darmstadt.
54. VDLUFA (2004) Handbuch der Landwirtschaftlichen Versuchs- und Untersuchungsmethodik. Die chemische Untersuchung von Futtermitteln. Band 3; 5. Ergänzungslieferung. 3rd ed. Verband Deutscher Landwirtschaftlicher Untersuchungs- und Forschungsanstalten e. V., Darmstadt.
55. Wachendorf M, Büchter M, Volkers KC, Bobe J, Rave G, Loges R, Taube F (2006) Performance and environmental effects of forage production on sandy soils. V. Impact of grass understorey, slurry application and mineral N fertilizer on nitrate leaching under maize for silage. Grass Forage Sci 61: 243-252.
56. Wendling U, Müller J, Schwede K (1984) Ergebnisse von Verdunstungsmessungen über Gras mit einem Off-line-Datenerfassungssystem (2. Mitteilung). Meteorol Z 34: 190-202.
57. Wendling U, Schellin H-G, Thomä M (1991) Bereitstellung von täglichen Informationen zum Wasserhaushalt des Bodens für die Zwecke der agrarmeteorologischen Beratung. Meteorol Z 41: 468-475.
58. Zebarth BJ, Drury CF, Tremblay N, Cambouris AN (2009) Opportunities for improved fertilizer nitrogen management in production of arable crops in eastern Canada: a review. Can J Soil Sci 89: 113-132.
59. Zimmer J, Roschke M, Schulze D (2005) Influence of different treatments of organic and mineral fertilization on yield, soil organic matter and N-balance of a diluvial sandy soil-results after 45 years long-term field experiment P60 (Groß Kreutz, 1959-2003). Arch Agron Soil Sci 51: 135-149.