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Tillage and Manure Effects on Soil and Aggregate-Associated Carbon and Nitrogen
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In agricultural systems, maintenance of soil organic matter (SOM) has long been recognized as a strategy to reduce soil degradation. No-tillage and manure amendments are management practices that can increase SOM content and improve soil aggregation. We investigated the effects of 10-yr of different tillage systems and N sources on soil aggregate-size distribution and aggregate-associated C and N. The study was a split-plot design replicated four times. The main plot treatment was tillage (no-tillage, NT; conventional tillage, CT) and the subplot treatment was N source (manure, M; NH4NO3 fertilizer, F). The experiment was established in 1990 on a moderately well-drained Kennebec silt loam (Fine-silty, mixed, superactive mesic Cumulic Hapludoll) with continuous corn (Zea mays L.). In 1999, soil samples were collected (0- to 5-cm depth) from the field treatments and separated into four aggregate-size classes (>2000, 250–2000, 53–250, and 20–53 μm) by wet sieving. Labile C and N content of all aggregate-size fractions were measured using 28-d laboratory incubations of intact and crushed aggregates. No-tillage and M treatments significantly increased total C and N and the formation of macroaggregates. Conventional tillage in comparison with NT significantly reduced macroaggregates with a significant redistribution of aggregates into microaggregates. Aggregate protected labile C and N were significantly greater for macroaggregates, (>2000 and 250–2000 μm) than microaggregates (53–250 and 20–53 μm) and greater for M than F indicating physical protection of labile C within macroaggregates. No-tillage and M a lone each significantly increased soil aggregation and aggregate-associated C and N; however, NT and M together further improved soil aggregation and aggregate-protected C and N.
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“Conversely, soil disturbance through tillage operations reduced the proportion of the macro-sized aggregates, with a concomitant increase in microaggregates (Mikha and Rice 2004).”
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- Mikha, M. M., & Rice, C. W.
- Venue
- Soil Science Society of America Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2004
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 809
- ISSN
- 0361-5995 (ISSN-L)
- 1435-0661
- OpenAlex
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- 586
- References
- 35
- FWCI
- 21.58
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- Language
- en
- Open access
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