Combined Soil and Foliar Nitrogen Fertilization Effects on Rainfed Almond Tree Performance

Modelling tillage and nitrogen fertilization effects on soil organic carbon

1 Agricultural management plays an important role in global warming mitigation due to 2 its effects on soil organic carbon (SOC) dynamics. In Mediterranean agroecosystems, 3 the interactive effects of tillage and N fertilization on SOC storage have scarcely been 4 studied. Hence, we here present a modelling study in which the effects of both tillage 5 and N fertilization on SOC dynamics are inv...

Irrigation and fertilization effects on foliar and soil carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios in a loblolly pine stand

We examined 6I3C and 6 " ~ in needle (current and 1-year-old) and soil samples collected on two occasions (July and September 1999) from a 15-year-old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) stand in an irrigation and fertilization experiment to investigate whether these treatments leave specific isotope signals in the samples and thus to infer the effects of treatments on C and N cycling. Irrespective ...

Tillage and nitrogen fertilization effects on nitrous oxide yield-scaled emissions in a rainfed Mediterranean area

Effects of Fertilizer Nitrogen on Tree Growth, Foliar Nitrogen, and Herbage in Eastern Cottonwood Plantations I

When five rates of nitrogen fertilizer (0 to 672 kg! ha) were tested in two eastern cottonwood (Populus deltoides Bartr. ) plantations 7 and 10 years old in the Mississippi River floodplain , first season volume growth was more than doubled by fertilization . By the end of the third season, the direct effect of fertilization had apparently disappeared although a volume advantage caused by the l...

Tillage, cover crops, and nitrogen fertilization effects on soil nitrogen and cotton and sorghum yields

Sustainable soil and crop management practices that reduce soil erosion and nitrogen (N) leaching, conserve soil organic matter, and optimize otton and sorghum yields still remain a challenge. We examined the influence of three tillage practices (no-till, strip till and chisel till), four cover rops {legume [hairy vetch (Vicia villosa Roth)], nonlegume [rye (Secaele cereale L.)], vetch/rye bicu...