Nitrogen migration in crop rotations differing in fertilisation

  • Saulius Guzys Water Resources Engineering Institute, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Universiteto 10, LT-53361 Akademija, Kaunas Distr.
  • Stefanija Miseviciene Water Resources Engineering Institute, Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Universiteto 10, LT-53361 Akademija, Kaunas Distr.
Keywords: drainage, leaching, nitrogen balance, yield.

Abstract

Inappropriate use of nitrogen fertilisers is becoming a global problem; however, continuous fertilisation with N fertiliser ensures large and constant harvests. To evaluate the relationships of differently fertilised cultivated plant rotation with N metabolism in the agroecosystem the research was conducted between 2006 and 2013 at Lipliūnai, Lithuania, in fields with calcareous gley brown soil, i.e. Endocalcari Endohypogleyic Cambisol (CMg-n-w-can). The research area covered three drained plots where crop rotation of differently fertilised cereals and perennial grasses were applied. The greatest productivity was found in a higher fertilisation (TII, 843 kg N/ha) cereals crop rotation. With less fertilisation (TI, 540 kg N/ha) crop rotation productivity of cereals and perennial grasses (TIII, 218 kg N/ha) was 11-35% lower. The highest amount of mineral soil N (average 76 kg/ha) was found in TI. It was influenced by fertilisation (r=0.71) and crop productivity (r=0.39). TIII tended to reduce Nmin (12.1 mg/L) and Ntotal (12.8 mg/L) concentrations in drainage water and leaching of these elements (7 and 8 kg/ha). Nmin and Ntotal concentrations in the water depended on crop productivity respectively (r=0.48; r=0.36), quantity of mineral soil N (r=0.65; r=0.59), fertilisation (r=0.59; r=0.52), and N balance (r=0.26; r=0.35). Cereal crop rotation increased N leaching by 12-42%. The use of all crop rotations resulted in a negative N balance. Nitrogen balance depended on fertilisation with N fertiliser (r=0.55). The application of perennial grasses crop rotation in agricultural fields was the best environmental tool, reducing N migration to drainage.

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2015-05-29
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Guzys, S., & Miseviciene, S. (2015). Nitrogen migration in crop rotations differing in fertilisation. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, 13(2), e0303. https://doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2015132-6672
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