Use of 15N tracers to study nitrogen flows in agro-ecosystems: transformation, losses and plant uptake

Scheer, Clemens; Rütting, Tobias

doi:10.1007/s10705-023-10269-x

Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst

2023

DOI: 10.1007/s10705-023-10269-x

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Use of 15N tracers to study nitrogen flows in agro-ecosystems: transformation, losses and plant uptake

Clemens Scheer

Tobias Rütting

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“…The stable isotope can be used to quantify the fate of fertiliser N (Scheer and Rütting 2023) in a dairy pasture system when applied as enriched fertiliser. The 15 N fertiliser recovery of the plant shoot >5 cm fraction is reportedly 27-29% in temperate season plants (Suter et al 2013;Rowlings et al 2016) and 8.1-30.2% in tropical 15 N season plants (Henzell 1971).…”

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Fate of fertiliser nitrogen in a ryegrass–kikuyu dairy pasture system

Fitzgerald

Harvey

Friedl

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Crop & Pasture Science

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Context. Dairy pasture production is reliant on fertiliser to supply nitrogen (N); however, fertiliser N-use efficiency (FNUE) is low and N can be lost to the environment.Aims. The aim of this study was to track the fate of N fertiliser applied in a pasture system of ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum, temperate grass) oversown into kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum, tropical grass).Methods. We used 15N-labelled urea to track the residual plant uptake of a one-off application of 15N over three pasture cuts subsequent to the first cut in the kikuyu growing season from February 2018 to April 2018 (Experiment 1), followed by total soil and plant recoveries of 15N over a 12-month period (Experiment 2). Total N treatment rates were 0, 120, 240 and 480 kg N ha−1 year−1, consisting of application events of 40 kg N ha−1. In Experiment 1, 15N was applied only at the first fertilisation, whereas in Experiment 2, 15N-labelled urea was applied at each fertilisation event.Key results. In Experiment 1, uptake of residual 15N fertiliser in the pasture biomass was <6%. In Experiment 2, FNUE was 29–32% and unaccounted 15N fertiliser was 22–142 kg N ha−1, across the 120, 240 and 480 kg N ha−1 year−1 treatments.Conclusions. Recovery of 15N residual fertiliser did not increase with N rate and was attributed to the mass increase in soil 15N recovery. FNUE in the pasture did not decrease with N rate. Unaccounted 15N increased with N rate.Implications. Existing and alternative N and pasture management strategies such as clover and multi-species pasture need to be implemented and explored to reduce the amount of unaccounted N in dairy pasture production.

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Fate of fertiliser nitrogen in a ryegrass–kikuyu dairy pasture system

Fitzgerald

Harvey

Friedl

et al. 2023

Crop & Pasture Science

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Nitrogen fertilizer classification using multivariate fingerprinting with stable isotopes

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Perneel

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Advances and applications of multivariate statistics and soil-crop sensing to improve nutrient use efficiency and monitor carbon cycling

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Cavalli

2023

Nutr Cycl Agroecosyst

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Use of 15N tracers to study nitrogen flows in agro-ecosystems: transformation, losses and plant uptake

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Fate of fertiliser nitrogen in a ryegrass–kikuyu dairy pasture system

Fate of fertiliser nitrogen in a ryegrass–kikuyu dairy pasture system

Nitrogen fertilizer classification using multivariate fingerprinting with stable isotopes

Advances and applications of multivariate statistics and soil-crop sensing to improve nutrient use efficiency and monitor carbon cycling

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