RESEARCH PAPER
Fractions of nitrogen (including 15N) and also carbon in the soil as affected by different crop residues
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Faculty of Bioengineering and Animal Husbandry, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, B. Prusa 14, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
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Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Doświadczalna 4, 20-290 Lublin, Poland
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Faculty of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Jan and Jędrzej Śniadecki University of Technology in Bydgoszcz, prof. S. Kaliskiego Ave. 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Research Group - Stable Isotopes, Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland
Final revision date: 2023-05-19
Acceptance date: 2023-05-29
Publication date: 2023-08-16
Corresponding author
Anna Siczek
Department of Soil and Plant System, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Department of Soil and Plant System, Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Int. Agrophys. 2023, 37(3): 265-278
HIGHLIGHTS
- Transformation of N and C compounds from faba bean and wheat residues was studied
- Soil Ntot, total hydrolysable-N, humic-N were higher in faba bean than wheat rotation
- 15N mainly cumulate in easily hydrolysable fraction of SOM
- Soil chemical profile differs between faba bean and wheat rotation and sampling terms
- Soil with faba bean residues richer in N than with wheat what reduce N fertilization
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ABSTRACT
Returning crop residue can increase soil organic matter content, and residue quality has an influence over the rate of their turnover. However, there is a lack of information concerning the biochemical transformations of organic compounds of N and C present in the crop residues during subsequent crop growth. In this study, the contents of organic N and C fractions in soils obtained using acid and alkaline hydrolysis under two crop rotations (faba bean vs. wheat rotation) were investigated. Black fallow served as a control. The mean total N increased in the order: black fallow, wheat rotation, faba bean rotation, total C and SOM were higher in the cropped soils than in black fallow. Hydrolysable-N (1-step acid hydrolysis) reached 83.7% total N, amino acid-N and threonine+serine-N were the highest in faba bean rotation and the lowest in black fallow, ammonia-N and aminosugar-N were lower in black fallow than in cropped soils. Hydrolysable-N (2-step sequential fractionation) reached 85.3% total N and significant differences were noted between the cropped soils and black fallow, with respect to both the N and C contents. 15N was mainly accumulated in the N soluble and easily hydrolysable N compounds, and these fractions were greater in cropped soils than in black fallow. N in the humic compounds increased from black fallow to faba bean rotation. A PCA analysis showed that crop rotation and soil sampling terms had a substantial influence over cluster formation. An ANOSIM test revealed significant differences between the crop rotation and term treatments. The results indicated that soil with faba bean rotation is richer in N compounds than soil with wheat as a forecrop and this may result in a reduction in N fertilizers for the succeeding crop.
FUNDING
This work was supported by the National Science Centre in Poland (project number 2016/21/B/NZ9/03588, 2017-2022).
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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