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Published online 9 August 2007
Published in Soil Sci Soc Am J 71:1508-1515 (2007)
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2006.0261
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SOIL FERTILITY & PLANT NUTRITION

Integrated Management of Inorganic and Organic Nitrogen and Efficiency in Potato Systems

Judith Nyiraneza and Sieglinde Snapp*

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State Univ., W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, East Lansing, MI 48824-1325

* Corresponding author (snapp{at}msu.edu).

A potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) experiment from 2002 to 2004 examined fallow or winter rye (Secale cereale L.) (average residues ~1 Mg ha–1) cover crop systems with a split-plot design of 0 or 5.6 Mg ha–1 poultry manure. A 75-L container experiment used field trial soil to evaluate N dynamics in the presence and absence of N fertilizer. Organic N source (manure, cover crop residues, or both) availability was used to adjust fertilizer rate downward to provide an estimated 224 kg N ha–1 for all treatments. Plant growth, N uptake, and tuber yield were monitored, along with soil organic N status and light-fraction organic matter. In the field, the integrated treatment (179 kg N ha–1 fertilizer + manure) consistently increased tuber yield and N uptake efficiency by 20% compared with the unamended conventional management (224 kg N ha–1 fertilizer). Similarly, tuber yield and N uptake in the integrated treatments of the container experiment were 14 to 33% higher than the fertilized, unamended treatment. In the absence of fertilizer, rye cover crop and manure enhanced tuber yield 40 to 210% compared with unamended plants. The release of N from diverse sources was in apparent synchrony with plant demand, as indicated by monitoring of NO3–N dynamics and the presence of light-fraction N. Although manure application was associated with higher N input, subsoil NO3–N in manured and unmanured treatments averaged 6.7 and 7.9 mg kg–1, respectively. High productivity and N efficiency were associated with integrating organic and inorganic N sources, which represents an environmentally and agronomically sound management strategy.

Abbreviations: LFOM, light-fraction organic matter • NMP nitrogen mineralization potential







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