Nitrate leaching following autumn and winter application of animal manures to grassland

Abstract. Under a UK Government consultation procedure announced in 2001, it was proposed that measures agreed within already designated Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ 's) would be extended to include a considerably increased area of England, Wales and Scotland. Since existing NVZ 's in the UK have included relatively little grassland, it is important to examine how nitrate losses from grassland areas, especially from animal manures, one of the major potential sources of nitrate loss, can be minimized. Experiments were carried out on freely draining grassland soils at four sites (Devon, Hampshire, Shropshire and N Yorkshire) representative of a wide range of climatic and farming conditions across lowland England, over a four year period, 1990/91 to 1993/94. Slurry was applied to experimental plots over a range of times (including June and then monthly, from September to January) at a target rate of 200 kg N ha^–1. Nitrogen leaching over the four years ranged from 0 to >50% of applied slurry N, with the largest losses occurring following applications in the September to November period. The use of a nitrification inhibitor with slurry applied in November failed to provide consistent reduction in nitrate leaching.
A strategy to reduce the risk of N leaching from manures applied to freely draining grassland soils must take account of the characteristics of the manure, in particular its N content, the application rate and the amount of excess rainfall following application. The experimental results suggest that slurry applications to freely draining grassland, in September, October and November should generally be avoided, the rationale for this being dependent on the amount of excess rainfall subsequent to application. Farmyard manure represents a lower risk and does not justify the restrictions on application timing that appear to be necessary with slurry.     

Effects of short‐term nitrogen supply from livestock manures and cover crops on silage maize production and nitrate leaching

Resource use efficiency requires a correct appreciation of the nitrogen (N) fertilizer replacement value (NFRV, percentage of total N applied) of manures. We assessed the NFRVs of the liquid fraction originating from separated pig slurry (MC), untreated pig slurry (PS), untreated cattle slurry (CS), the solid fraction from separated pig slurry (SF) and solid farmyard manure from cattle (FYM) in two consecutive years in silage maize grown on a sandy soil. Maize yields responded positively to each of these N sources applied at rates up to 150 kg of mineral fertilizer equivalents per ha per year (i.e. NFRV × total N rate). The observed NFRVs, relative to calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer, amounted to 78% for MC, 82% for PS, 79% for CS, 56% for SF and 34% for FYM when averaged over both years. NFRVs were positively related to the ammonium‐N share in the total N content. Rye cover crop establishment after the harvest of maize reduced nitrate concentrations of the upper groundwater by, on average, 7.5 mg nitrate‐N/L in the first year and 10.9 mg/L in the second year, relative to a bare soil. Regardless of the presence of a cover crop, nitrate concentrations responded positively to the applied rate of effective N (total N × NFRV) but less to postharvest residual soil mineral N.     

冬小麦对铵态氮和硝态氮的响应

在陕西省永寿县和河南省洛阳市分别设置了11和7处大田试验,分5层采集0~100 cm土壤样品并测定其起始硝态氮含量。永寿试验设7个处理,分别为不施氮,硝态氮、铵态氮品种、硝态氮与铵态氮2∶1组合各2个处理;洛阳试验设6个处理(硝态氮肥只有1个品种),施氮处理均施N 150 kg hm-2,研究小麦对铵态氮和硝态氮肥响应的差异及其与不同深度土层硝态氮累积量的关系。试验表明,同一形态不同氮肥品种之间的增产差异显著低于不同形态之间的差异。比较不同形态氮肥的小麦产量、增产量和增产率的平均值,硝态氮肥最高,硝态氮、铵态氮组合次之,铵态氮最低。氮肥增产量和增产率随土壤累积硝态氮量增加而显著下降;累积量越低,氮肥增产效果越突出,硝态氮的效果也越显著。由此可见,土壤累积的硝态氮量是决定氮肥肥效的主要因子,也是决定不同形态氮素效果的主要因子。只有在硝态氮累积量低的土壤上,氮肥才能充分发挥作用,硝态氮也才能表现出明显的优势。     

Leaching and balances of phosphorus and other nutrients in lysimeters after application of organic manures or fertilizers

Abstract. A long-term lysimeter experiment with undisturbed monoliths studied leaching behaviour and balances of phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and nitrogen (N) during a seven year crop rotation on four types of soil receiving inorganic fertilizers, manure and grass compost respectively. It was shown that application of manure did not lead to any direct change in nutrient leaching, unlike the application of fertilizers to soils of normal fertility. However, soil type considerably affected the nutrient concentrations in the drainage water.
Manure applied in amounts equal to the maximum animal density allowed by Swedish legislation slightly oversupplied P and N (0.5–3.5 and 18–38 kg ha⁻¹ y⁻¹ respectively) compared to the crop requirement and leaching losses for most of the soils. The relationship between lactate-soluble P in the topsoil and the concentrations of dissolved P in the drainage water was very strong. However the strength of this relationship was dependent on just one or two soils. P losses from a fertile sandy soil were large (1–11 kg ha⁻¹ y⁻¹) throughout the crop rotation and average crop removal (13 kg ha⁻¹ y⁻¹) plus the leaching losses were not balanced (average deficit 3–6 kg ha⁻¹ y⁻¹) by the addition of fertilizer, manure or grass compost. No decreasing trend was found in the P losses during seven years. However, the K deficit (average 26 kg ha⁻¹ y⁻¹) led to a significant reduction in the leaching trend from this soil. The other soils that had a smaller K deficit showed no significant reduction in the leaching of K.     

潮褐土上蔬菜产量和土壤各形态磷变化对长期过量施磷的响应

【目的】研究长期连续过量施用磷肥下蔬菜的产量响应、磷肥去向及土壤各形态磷库的动态变化。 【方法】在太行山山前平原典型潮褐土上,连续进行11年21茬露地蔬菜的长期定位肥料试验,P₂O₅年施用量设0 (P0)、360 (P1)、720 (P2)、1080 (P3)、1440 (P4) kg/hm2共5个处理,分别测定每茬蔬菜产量及各年土壤不同形态磷素含量。 【结果】与不施磷肥处理比较,单季P₂O₅用量180、360、540、720 kg/hm2均显著增加大白菜、菜豆产量,不同磷肥用量间蔬菜产量均无显著差异。P₂O₅年用量为360、720、1080、1440 kg/hm2,土壤年盈余磷为41.2～478.7 kg/hm2,积累率为26.2%～76.1%。与基础土比较,随着磷肥用量的增加,土壤有效磷、全磷、无机磷总量及无机磷中的Ca₂-P、Ca₈-P、Al-P、Fe-P含量均呈显著增加趋势,无机磷中的O-P、Ca₁₀-P含量无显著变化。P₂O₅年用量为720、1080、1440 kg/hm2处理土壤的有效磷年均增加量为2.3、4.2、5.0 mg/kg;土壤有效磷增加量与磷盈余量呈显著直线正相关关系,土壤磷素每盈余100 kg/hm2,有效磷、Ca₂-P、Ca₈-P、Al-P、Fe-P 含量分别增加1.13、2.41、15.27、4.14、1.37 mg/kg。随着土壤磷盈余量和施肥年限的增加,有效磷占全磷比重、Ca₂-P、Ca₈-P、Al-P占无机磷比重逐渐增加。 【结论】施用磷肥显著增加大白菜和菜豆产量,过量施用磷肥蔬菜产量无显著变化;土壤磷素处于盈余状态下,随着磷肥用量的增加或种植年限的增加,土壤积累磷的有效性随之增加。基于蔬菜对磷肥产量响应和土壤磷素收支表观平衡状况,露地大白菜P₂O₅推荐用量180 kg/hm2,菜豆270 kg/hm2。     

氮磷用量对豫北地区小麦产量的交互效应研究

采用盆栽试验研究了氮磷不同用量与配比对小麦产量的影响,分析了产量与小麦不同生育期各生理指标之间的关系。结果表明:氮磷施用存在最佳配比,当氮磷肥用量分别相当于220kg(N)·hm-2和160kg(P2O5)·hm-2时,小麦产量最高。小麦产量与根系活力、开花期酸性磷酸酶活性和拔节期硝酸还原酶活性密切相关,根系活力、酸性磷酸酶和硝酸还原酶活性与小麦吸收的氮磷总量呈显著正相关关系。根系活力、酸性磷酸酶和硝酸还原酶活性随着磷肥用量增加而提高,随着氮肥用量增加先提高后下降,因此过多的氮肥施用通过降低小麦根系活力、酸性磷酸酶和硝酸还原酶活性等,减少小麦对氮磷吸收,进而降低产量。     

优化缓释氮肥与尿素配施比例提高冬小麦产量和氮肥利用效率

为探究匹配冬小麦氮素需求规律的最佳缓释氮肥与尿素配施比例,优化施肥结构,达到氮肥高效利用与经济效益“双赢”的目标,该研究以冬小麦为研究对象,通过2 a(2019—2020年和2020—2021年)田间试验,设置7个施肥处理：仅施尿素(U)、仅施缓释氮肥(S)、缓释氮肥与尿素1:3配施(SU1)、缓释氮肥与尿素1:1配施(SU2)、缓释氮肥与尿素3:1配施(SU3)、不施氮肥(N0)和不施肥(CK),研究缓释氮肥配施比例对冬小麦干物质积累和转运、产量和氮肥利用效率的影响。结果表明,冬小麦干物质快速生长期和最大累积速率随缓释氮肥配施比例的增加而增加,缓释氮肥与尿素配施的冬小麦干物质平均累积速率比普通尿素提高1.90%～19.91%。缓释氮肥与尿素配施可在改善花前干物质转运量的同时提高花后生产量,花后干物质生产量对籽粒贡献率达53.18%～71.83%。产量随缓释氮肥配施比例的增加而显著提高,SU3处理2 a产量分别为7 243和8 021 kg/hm²,较S和U处理分别提高了7.25%和16.07%,其经济效益较S和U处理提高了15.18%和25.67%。与仅施尿素相...     

春秋季对近红外光谱模型预测奶牛场粪水氮磷含量结果的影响

为研究季节因素对规模化奶牛场粪水氮磷含量及其近红外光谱模型预测结果的影响,该研究采集了天津市春秋双季27家规模化奶牛场粪水处理全过程的250个粪水样品,解析了季节对粪水氮磷含量分布特征的影响,同时采集了所有样品的近红外光谱并进行主成分分析。采用偏最小二乘法（Partial Least Squares,PLS）建立了粪水氮磷季节内预测模型,包括春秋单季和双季融合模型以及季节间的相互预测模型。结果表明,粪水氮磷含量随季节变化呈现出差异性,季节内模型总体的预测效果较好,优于季节间模型;其中春季模型表现最佳,验证相关系数分别为0.98和0.90,剩余预测偏差（Residual Predictive Deviation,RPD）分别为4.67和2.03。研究表明,季节因素对粪水中氮磷含量的模型预测结果存在不同程度的影响,该研究可为建立全季节要素的综合模型提供依据。     

Response of spring wheat to boron-coated urea and its effect on nitrogen use efficiency

A field study was conducted at the ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, to study the response of spring wheat to boron applied as boron-coated urea (BCU) and the effect of boron (B) coating on the use efficiency of applied fertilizer urea nitrogen. The BCU (0.5% B) significantlyrecorded the highest increase in leaf area index (30.2%), spike length (12.5%), number of spikes (10.9%), filled grains (15.7%) and grain weight (16.3%) per spike in spring wheat than uncoated prilled urea (PU). Furthermore, the application of 0.5% BCU enhanced the grain and straw yields of spring wheat by 11% and 10.6% over uncoated PU. The BCU (0.5% B) also significantly increased the N concentration and N uptake both in wheat grain and straw. The BCU (0.5% B) recorded 24.8% higher recovery efficiency of applied nitrogen and an increase of 3.6 kg grain kg^?1 N applied in agronomic efficiency compared to uncoated PU. The net returns (USD915.1 ha^?1) and benefit:cost ratio (1.40) werealso the highest with 0.5% BCU, significantly higher than uncoated PU. Therefore, 0.5% boron coating onto PU is recommended for increased productivity and enhanced efficiency of applied fertilizer nitrogen for spring wheat in Indo-Gangetic plains of India.     

Localized application of sewage sludge improved plant nitrogen and phosphorus uptake by rhizobox‐grown spring wheat

Sewage sludge (SS) can be used as an alternative fertilizer in agriculture. It is normally broadcasted and plowed into soil, but it is not clear if it has a potential as a placement fertilizer. A rhizobox experiment was conducted to investigate the placement effect of SS and mineral nitrogen (N) fertilizer on shoot and root growth as well as nutrient uptake of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The treatments included localized SS, mixed SS, localized SS and ammonium, localized ammonium, and a control without addition of SS and ammonium to examine the effect of SS placement and, further, if ammonium co‐localization would enhance the placement effect. The results show that SS fertilization improved soil N and P availability, which significantly increased plant N and P uptake and enhanced shoot growth, while root length was significantly reduced compared to the control. Localized SS increased root proliferation in the placement region, resulting in enhanced uptake of P from the SS patch compared to homogenous application. However, co‐localized application of ammonium with SS significantly depressed plant shoot and root growth. Localized ammonium markedly restricted root proliferation in the placement region and reduced soil pH in both bulk soil and placement region, contributing to decreased nutrient uptake and plant growth.     

Fertilizer value of nitrogen in hen and broiler manure after application to spring barley using different application timing

The nitrogen (N) fertilizer effect of layer hen and broiler manure applied at different times on spring barley yield was studied in seven Swedish field experiments during 2005–2008. Two experiments had parallel field incubations to study N release after fertilizer application. The effect of total N in manure on N offtake was 30–40% that of mineral N, except in a dry year, when the effect was very low. Although the relative proportions of ammonium N, uric acid N and other N differed between the hen and broiler manure, the effect of total N was similar for both. In field incubations, mineral N decreased from 75 to 60% of total N applied in hen manure, whereas it increased from 20 to 50% in broiler manure, because of net immobilization and release, respectively. The limited fertilizer nitrogen replacement value, corresponding to only 30–40% of total N, could be as a result of ammonia volatilization after rather shallow incorporation with harrow. Net N release from broiler manure lasted for 6–8 weeks after application, after which it generally ceased. In some cases, manure application in early spring gave better yield effects than application at sowing, probably because of better synchronization of the N release with crop N requirements. The residual N effect on the N offtake in crop in the year after manure application was on average 3% of the total N applied, equivalent to a fertilizer replacement value of about 6%.     

不同栽培模式和施肥方法对旱地冬小麦氮素吸收运转的影响

通过田间试验研究了旱地不同栽培模式和施肥方法下冬小麦氮素吸收运转的特点。结果表明,与平作相比,垄沟栽培明显降低了开花期地上部分的氮素累积量,但显著增加了成熟期地上部分和子粒的氮素累积量;垄上覆膜有增加开花和成熟期地上部及子粒氮素累积的作用。从花后氮素转运与吸收情况看,垄沟栽培花后累积氮量及其对子粒的贡献率显著高于平作,但其转运氮贡献率显著低于平作;垄上覆膜有较高的氮素转运量和花后累积量。垄下施肥地上部和子粒的氮素累积量比常规施肥分别高1.47和1.75.mg/stem,差异达显著水平。     

稻麦轮作周年氮磷运筹对作物产量和土壤养分含量的影响

通过稻麦轮作两周年四季作物的田间小区试验,研究了氮磷减量及磷肥运筹对水稻、小麦产量和第二周年稻麦收获后土壤养分含量的影响。结果表明:在习惯施肥的基础上减少氮肥用量10.8%和磷肥25.0%,对第一周年小麦、水稻产量和第二周年小麦产量没有显著影响,却显著降低了第二周年水稻产量;氮磷减量处理显著降低了第二周年水稻收获后土壤有效磷的含量,而对土壤pH值、有机质、碱解氮和速效钾含量没有显著影响;在氮磷减量条件下,小麦、水稻两季均施用磷肥与小麦一季集中施用磷肥进行比较,二者之间两周年四季作物产量没有显著差异。据此,建议稻麦轮作区实施"氮肥适当减量、磷肥隔年集中施用在小麦季"的氮磷施肥原则,可以达到降低肥料用量和劳动力投入,同时保证产量的目的。     

氮肥用量对旱地冬小麦产量及夏闲期土壤硝态氮变化的影响

在陕西渭北旱塬,利用长期定位试验研究了长期不同氮肥用量（0、80、160、240、320 kg hm-2）对旱地冬小麦产量形成,氮素利用,土壤硝态氮残留、夏闲期淋溶和矿化的影响。结果表明：随用量增加,施氮提高旱地小麦产量的效应下降,而土壤硝态氮残留迅速增加。作物生长当季的硝态氮残留主要分布在0～60 cm土层,施氮超过160 kg hm-2时,达56.8～211.7 kg hm-2,来源于当季施用氮肥的残留占64%～90%。夏闲期土壤硝态氮发生淋失的土层深度和硝态氮淋失量均与施氮量呈显著的抛物线关系（r = 0.988 9和0.994 0）,施氮量超过160 kg hm-2时,每增加100 kg hm-2的氮肥投入,硝态氮淋失深度和淋失量增加量分别高于27 cm和80.4 kg hm-2。平均每10 mm的夏闲期降水可使离开原土层发生淋溶的硝态氮向下移动2～4 mm。施氮量对硝态氮淋失的深度没有显著影响。夏闲期土壤氮素矿化量、来源于当季施入土壤肥料氮被生物固定后的再矿化量分别为51.8～160.9 kg hm-2和31.6～109.2 kg hm-2。基于本研究,建议渭北旱塬冬小麦施氮量控制在146～163 kg hm-2,以保证旱地小麦高产,防止过量肥料氮残留,减少淋溶风险。     

氮肥追施时期及包膜控释氮肥对冬小麦产量和氮素吸收的影响

采用盆栽试验,研究了氮肥追施时期和包膜控释尿素对冬小麦产量、产量构成、氮肥利用率和土壤氮素表观损失等方面的影响。结果显示:冬小麦氮肥最佳追肥时期为拔节期;与40%普通尿素底施+60%普通尿素拔节期追施(F2)相比,30%普通尿素+35%控释期90d包膜尿素+35%控释期120d包膜尿素配合(F4、F6)一次性底施的氮素释放与冬小麦对氮素需求吻合较好,F4小麦植株总氮吸收量增加6.11%,减氮25%条件下(F6)增加8.48%;与F2相比,F4使冬小麦增产5.02%,经济系数提高6.43%,氮肥利用率提高10.22%,同时土壤氮素表观损失降低。F4通过提高千粒重和单穗重来提高产量,而F6通过维持穗粒数保证产量。     

Analysis of yield variability in winter wheat due to temporal variability,and nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization

Abstract

Field average based recommendations have been a common practice for recommending the major crop nutrients nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P). The problem is yield will not be the same from year to year with application of the same amount of recommended rate of fertilizer. The objectives of this study were to demonstrate how recommendations generated using nutrient response experiments were dynamic; and to assess the relative contribution of temporal variability, N and P fertilizers on winter wheat grain yield and N concentration. Twelve factorial combinations of four N (0, 56, 112, and 168 kg ha^?1) and three P (0, 14.5, and 29 kg P ha^?1) rates were evaluated in a randomized complete block design with three replications at Perkins, Oklahoma. To address the first objective, ANOVA and orthogonal polynomial contrasts were used. To address the second objective, a ten predictor variable multiple linear regression model with two quantitative variables and their interaction (N, P and N×P) and seven-year variables was evaluated and a reduced model containing seven variables was generated. Wheat grain yield showed three distinct responses to N rates: Linear, quadratic and no response. These individual year data show that it is not always appropriate to use results of nutrient response experiments to estimate next year's N fertilizer requirement due to apparent temporal variability in the results. Wheat only responded to P during the first two years of the study. The reduced model from the regression analysis revealed that most of the variability in grain yield was accounted for by five individual indicator years and N only. High variability across years in grain yield and fertilizer (N and P) response, even between years of similar grain yield, is an indication of a given season's production dependence on factors other than N and P.     

Nitrogen Fertilizer Replacement Value of the Liquid Fraction of Separated Livestock Slurries Applied to Potatoes and Silage Maize

Separation of livestock slurries followed by reverse osmosis yields mineral concentrates (MCs) in which almost all nitrogen (N) is ammonium (NH₄)-N. The ability of MCs to substitute calcium ammonium nitrate (CAN), a common conventional mineral N fertilizer, was tested in two trials on a silty loam soil (ware potatoes, 2009 and 2010) and four trials on sandy soils (starch potatoes, 2009 and 2010; silage maize in 2010 and 2011). The N fertilizer replacement value (NFRV) of spring-injected MCs ranged from 72 to 84%, slightly less than their share of ammonium-N (90–100%). The fate of N that was apparently unavailable to crops was not fully disclosed, but there were indications that ammonia loss may have played a role.     

施氮与基因型对半湿润区冬小麦灌浆期籽粒氮、磷累积的影响

在年均降水量632mm的黄土高原南部半湿润区红油土上以“9430”、“小偃6号”和“商188”为供试材料,研究了不施N和施N(90kg/hm2)条件下不同基因型冬小麦灌浆期间籽粒中N、P累积特性。结果表明,不同基因型冬小麦灌浆期间籽粒含N量呈现出“高-低-高”的时间变化趋势,而籽粒含P量基本呈直线下降趋势。不同基因型小麦籽粒最终含N量的高低与灌浆进程中籽粒含N量的高低一致,“小偃6号”籽粒含N量始终高于“商188”和“9430”。在整个灌浆期间,籽粒中N累积速率显著高于P累积速率,灌浆末期表现更为明显。籽粒N的活跃累积期与千粒重呈显著正相关,提高籽粒中N累积速率有利于增加籽粒蛋白质含量。基因型是控制籽粒中N活跃累积期和N活跃平均累积速率的主要因子,而基因型对籽粒P活跃累积期和平均累积P速率无显著影响。施N虽然对灌浆期间籽粒N、P累积参数无显著影响,但在一定程度上可以提高灌浆进程中籽粒含N量,对最终籽粒N累积具有一定的促进作用。     

灌溉施用氮肥后氮素在土壤中的转化及淋失状况: 土柱模拟研究

A soil column method was used to compare the effect of drip fertigation (the application of fertilizer through drip irrigation systems, DFI) on the leaching loss and transformation of urea-N in soil with that of surface fertilization combined with flood irrigation (SFI), and to study the leaching loss and transformation of three kinds of nitrogen fertilizers (nitrate fertilizer, ammonium fertilizer, and urea fertilizer) in two contrasting soils after the fertigation. In comparison to SFI, DFI decreased leaching loss of urea-N from the soil and increased the mineral N (NH₄⁺-N + NO₃^--N) in the soil. The N leached from a clay loam soil ranged from 5.7% to 9.6% of the total N added as fertilizer, whereas for a sandy loam soil they ranged between 16.2% and 30.4%. Leaching losses of mineral N were higher when nitrate fertilizer was used compared to urea or ammonium fertilizer. Compared to the control (without urea addition), on the first day when soils were fertigated with urea, there were increases in NH₄⁺-N in the soils. This confirmed the rapid hydrolysis of urea in soil during fertigation. NH₄⁺-N in soils reached a peak about 5 days after fertigation, and due to nitrification it began to decrease at day 10. After applying NH₄⁺-N fertilizer and urea and during the incubation period, the mineral nitrogen in the soil decreased. This may be related to the occurrence of NH₄⁺-N fixation or volatilization in the soil during the fertigation process.     

有机无机配施比例对华北褐土冬小麦产量与氮肥利用率的影响

以保麦9号为试材,在氮磷钾用量一致的基础上,研究了有机无机氮配施比例对土壤有机质和养分含量、冬小麦产量和氮素利用率的影响。结果表明:施用无机氮和有机氮均能提高土壤有机质和养分含量,与对照相比,单施无机氮耕层土壤有机质增加1.7%,有机无机氮配施增加7.8%~11.2%,单施有机氮增加23.6%;土壤有效磷和速效钾变化趋势与有机质基本一致。施用无机氮和有机氮均可提高冬小麦的产量、蛋白质含量和氮肥利用率,以35%M和50%M处理最佳,小麦产量比对照增加2 292和2 419 kg/hm2,比单施无机氮增加656和783kg/hm2。相对于单施无机氮处理较高的小麦氮肥利用率(38.6%),35%M和50%M处理的氮素损失少,氮肥利用率高达47.9%和53.0%,高于单施化肥处理。说明在等氮量水平下,以35%和50%有机氮替代无机氮不但提高土壤有机质、养分含量、作物产量和氮肥利用率,还可减少氮素损失,可获得较高的经济和环境效益。