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Managing soil carbon and nitrogen for productivity and environmental quality

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dc.contributor.authorRobertson, G. Philip, author
dc.contributor.authorKnezek, Bernard D., author
dc.contributor.authorPaul, Eldor A., author
dc.contributor.authorParker, Elaine, author
dc.contributor.authorSmeenk, Jeffrey, author
dc.contributor.authorKizilkaya, Kadir, author
dc.contributor.authorWillson, Thomas C., author
dc.contributor.authorHarwood, Richard R., author
dc.contributor.authorJose E., Sanchez, author
dc.contributor.authorAmerican Society of Agronomy, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2007-01-03T07:05:44Z
dc.date.available2007-01-03T07:05:44Z
dc.date.issued2004-05
dc.description.abstractIn this study, we investigated the impact of cropping system management on C and N pools, crop yield, and N leaching in a long-term agronomic experiment in Southwest Michigan. Four management types, conventional (CO), integrated fertilizer (IF), integrated compost (IC), and transitional organic (TO) were applied to two crop sequences, a corn (Zea mays L.)–corn–soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]–wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) rotation and continuous corn, which were grown with and without cover crops in the IF, IC, and TO managements. Using compost as a fertility source and reducing the use of herbicides and other chemicals resulted in long-term changes in soil organic matter pools such TO ≥ IC > IF ≥ CO for total C and N and for the labile C and N measured through aerobic incubations at 70 and 150 d. Mineralizable N varied within the rotation, tending to increase after soybean and decrease after corn production in all systems. Corn yield was closely associated with 70-d N mineralization potential, being greatest for first-year corn with cover and least for continuous corn without cover under all management types. Although the TO and IC systems produced the lowest yield for second-year or continuous corn, the combination of soybean and wheat plus red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) always supported high yield for first-year corn. Fall nitrate level and nitrate leaching were higher for commercially fertilized corn than for any other crop or for compost-amended corn.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationSanchez, Jose E., Richard R. Harwood, Thomas C. Willson, Kadir Kizilkaya, Jeffrey Smeenk, Elaine Parker, Eldor A. Paul, Bernard D. Knezek and G. Philip Robertson, Managing Soil Carbon and Nitrogen for Productivity and Environmental Quality. Agronomy Journal 96, no. 3 (May-June 2004): 769-775. https://dx.doi.org/10.2134/agronj2004.0769.
dc.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.2134/agronj2004.0769
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10217/85560
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofFaculty Publications
dc.rights©2004 American Society of Agronomy.
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dc.subjectnutrient cycling
dc.subjectagricultural productivity
dc.subjectenvironmental quality
dc.subjectsoil quality
dc.subjectsoil organic matter
dc.titleManaging soil carbon and nitrogen for productivity and environmental quality
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