Title: Long‐Term Denitrification Studies in Soils Fertilized With (<sup>15</sup>NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>
Abstract: Abstract A 2‐year study was conducted in lysimeters containing four different soils with successive summer and winter crops of corn and barley, respectively. The crops were fertilized with ( 15 NH 4 ) 2 SO 4 at application rates equivalent to 134, 108, 415, and 440 Kg N/ha for the respective summer 1973, winter 1974, summer 1974, and winter 1975 crops. The frequency of 15 N dinitrogen samples was higher in the summer and higher at the lower fertilizer rates, while the reverse was true for NO 3 ‐ concentrations in leach water and N 2 O concentrations in the soil profile. Emissions of N 2 O from soil, even where the higher concentrations were observed, were low in terms of N losses with the greatest mass emission at any time amounting to 6.5 g/ha over a 1‐day period. Nitrogen gas emissions over a 1‐week period in one instance were estimated at 5.2 kg N/ha: it was observed that this amount could be generated from low (1 ppm or less) concentrations of N 2 O.
Publication Year: 1978
Publication Date: 1978-11-01
Language: en
Type: article
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