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Fate of carbon and nitrogen from plant residue decomposition in a calcareous soil

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  • F. Nourbakhsh

    (College of Agriculture, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran)

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Carbon and nitrogen transformations in soil are microbially mediated processes that are functionally related. The fate of C and N was monitored in a clay-textured soil (Typic Haplocambid) which was either unamended (control) or amended with various plant materials at the rate of 10 g residue C/kg soil. To evaluate C mineralization, soils were incubated for 46 days under aerobic conditions. Nitrogen mineralization/immobilization was evaluated at the end of eight-week incubation experiment. All CO2 evolution data conformed well to a first-order kinetic model, Cm = C0 (1 - e-Kt). The product of K and C0 (KC0) was significantly correlated with some chemical and biochemical properties of the plant residues, including N concentration (r = 0.83, P < 0.001), C:N (r = -0.64, P < 0.05) and lignin:N (r = -0.81, P < 0.001). Among the plant residue composition characteristics, N concentration (r = 0.96, P < 0.001), C:N (r = -0.69, P < 0.01) and lignin:N (r = -0.68, P < 0.01) were significantly correlated with the net rates of N mineralization/immobilization (Nm/i).

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  • F. Nourbakhsh, 2006. "Fate of carbon and nitrogen from plant residue decomposition in a calcareous soil," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 52(3), pages 137-140.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlpse:v:52:y:2006:i:3:id:3357-pse
    DOI: 10.17221/3357-PSE
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