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Original Articles

Measuring Soil Nitrogen Mineralization under Field Conditions

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Pages 1073-1086 | Received 30 Apr 2007, Accepted 08 Sep 2007, Published online: 01 Apr 2009
 

Abstract

Land application of animal manure is known to alter rates of nitrogen (N) mineralization in soils, but quantitative information concerning intensity and duration of these effects has been difficult to obtain under field conditions. We estimated net effects of manure on N mineralization in soils under field conditions in a completely randomized design, at six field sites, by comparing liquid swine (Sus scrofa) manure treatments to plots receiving no manure. Soil samples were collected immediately after manure application to determine inorganic N concentrations, and those samples were also incubated 28 d in the laboratory to determine amounts of N mineralized from the soil. Analyses and incubation were repeated on a second set of samples collected after various times, depending on the site. Differences in inorganic N concentrations were significant among treatments at all six locations for the first sampling and five of the six locations for the second sampling. In comparison, significant differences in inorganic N concentrations measured after 28 d of laboratory incubation were observed for only two of the six sites for each sampling time. Our results illustrate how to distinguish between the effects manure has on rates of N mineralization in soils and rates at which manure N is mineralized.

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