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Soil respiration and litter decomposition responses to nitrogen fertilization rate in no-till corn systems

Grandy, A. Stuart, Salam, Dure Shahwar, Wickings, Kyle, McDaniel, Marshall D., Culman, Steve W., Snapp, Sieglinde S.·2013·Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
DOI 10.1016/j.agee.2013.04.020
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Litter decomposition dynamics are influenced by soil nutrient status, yet the specific effects of soil nitrogen (N) on litter decomposition in agricultural systems are not well understood. We explored litter decomposition and related soil organic matter dynamics in no-till, corn-based Midwestern U.S. cropping systems receiving 0, 134, and 291kgNha−1y−1. We found that total soil carbon (C) and N, light fraction organic matter, and permanganate oxidizable C were similar among treatments, but N fertilization at rates of 134 and 291kgNha−1y−1 reduced potentially mineralizable C by as much as 37% and 58%, respectively, compared to the unfertilized treatment. Litter mass remaining after one year of field decomposition was greater with wheat litter (37%) than with corn litter (23%), but was not influenced by N fertilizer rate. In litter, N fertilization led to increases in the activities of two hydrolase enzymes involved in simple carbohydrate metabolism (β-d-cellobiohydrolase and β-1,4-glucosidase) and periodic increases in one related to N metabolism (β-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminidase), but had no effects on enzymes regulating the breakdown of aromatic compounds (phenol oxidase), or on enzymes measured in the soil. N fertilization also decreased arthropod densities in decomposing litter. We found contrasting effects of N fertilizer on processes regulating decomposition, but altogether our results were consistent with a limited or nil role for N fertilization in accelerating litter and…

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Authors
Grandy, A. S., Salam, D. S., Wickings, K., McDaniel, M. D., Culman, S. W., & Snapp, S. S.
Affiliations
  • University of New Hampshire (US)
  • Kohat University of Science and Technology (PK)
  • Michigan State University (US)
Corresponding author
Grandy, A. Stuart
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Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-10
Volume
179
Pages
35-40
ISSN
0167-8809 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.agee.2013.04.020
OpenAlex
W2098857116
Cited by
122
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FWCI
7.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment (publishedVersion)
  • University of New Hampshire Scholars Repository (University of New Hampshire at Manchester) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • United States Department of Agriculture Soil Processes Program (#2009-65107-05961)
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Ecosystem Science Program (#0918718)
  • NSF Long-Term Ecological Research Program
  • University of New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Agricultural Science and Fertilization
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Soil Science › Soil Management and Crop Yield
Keywords
soil respiration, litter decomposition, nitrogen fertilization, no-till corn, soil organic matter, soil carbon turnover, soil nitrogen, potentially mineralizable carbon, hydrolytic enzymes, β-1,4-glucosidase, β-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminidase, phenoloxidase, agricultural soils

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