Einfluß der N-Düngung von Apfelkulturen auf Nitratgehalte im Boden,stickstoffhaltige Reservestoffe im Baum und Ertrag

Effect of N-fertilization in apple orchards on soil nitrate contents, nitrogenous reserves in the tree, and crop yield It should be investigated how nitrate supply affects crop yields and incorporation and mobilization of nitrogenous reserves with Golden Delicious' apple trees on M 7 and M 9, and whether N fertilizer needs are influenced by N reserves in the trees. Two trials were carried out in 1981–1983. In the first one on al loess soil increasing N levels (0, 40, 80, 120 kg N/ha) were applied. In the second one, on a podsolic sandy soil, N was applied either in spring and/or in August (0/0, 80/0, 40/40, 0/80 kg N/ha). N fertilizers were applied to the herbicide strips only. Both orchards were in their best cropping age. Soil nitrate contents were mainly influenced by N-fertilization. Precipitation and drip irrigation caused translocation of nitrate and leaching from the soil layer investigated (0–90 cm). Thus, on the sandy soil almost no nitrate was left in spring, whereas on the loess soil various amounts of nitrate were still available in the subsoil depending on N fertilization in the preciding year. In plots where N fertilization was at optimum, the soil nitrate contents varied between 65 and 130 kg N per hectare herbicide strip over the main growing season (May–August). In the bark N reserves were mainly proteins, but almost equal amounts of protein and soluble N were found in the wood. N reserves were incorporated into the bark mainly between October and December, but even earlier than September in the wood. They were mobilized from April through July. Arginine was stored in the wood in considerably higher amounts than in the bark. Asparagine contents showed a sharp increase immediately after blossom time, particularly in the bark. There was almost no significant influence of the different fertilizer patterns on incorporation and mobilization of nitrogenous compounds. The N-reserves had no effect on crop weight. Highest crop yields were obtained whenever at least 40 kg N/ha were applied in spring. Additional N supply in August did neither increase incorporation of N-reserves nor crop yields. The nitrogenous reserves in the trees can be ignored in estimating N-fertilizer needs. On the other hand, the soil nitrate contents at bud break in April should be taken into account.     

Einfluß unterschiedlicher Gehalte an organischer Bodensubstanz auf das Konsistenzverhalten verschiedener Mineralbodensubstrate

Effect of organic matter content on the consistency of several mineral substrates The effect of organic matter content on the consistency of soils different in texture was investigated. The shifts of the values of the consistency limits towards higher moisture contents are explained by different organic matter contents. The consistency limits of plasticity and liquidity. were significantly dependent on the content of organic matter.     

Einfluß von Stickstoffdüngung auf die Umwandlung von Monolinuron-[Phenyl-14C] im Boden und seine Aufnahme durch höhere Pflanzen unter Freilandbedingungen

Effects of nitrogen fertilizer on the fate of monolinuron in the soil-plant-system Quantitative changes in the fate of monolinuron in soil and crops (potatoes, barley) produced by nitrogen fertilization were investigated in a lysimeter-type set-up. Since crop yields were increased by the fertilizer, lower concentrations of residues were found as expected compared to the blank experiment. The total quantity of residues, however, in plants and soil was increased during the first vegetation period by the fertilizer. The major portion of residues was found at the site of application (upper soil layer). Following TLC analysis of soil extracts, no difference in the chemical structures of the residues was found between fertilized and non fertilized lysimeters.     

Einfluß langjähriger Düngung mit verschiedenen N-Formen auf die Phosphat-Dynamik einer Ackerbraunerde

Influence of long-term application of different nitrogen sources on the dynamics of phosphate in an arable brown earth In a long-term field experiment parameters of the soil phosphate status were determined after 53 years. Soil characteristics of the arable brown earth are: sandy silt loam; pH 5,9–6,6; total carbon 0,9%; CEC 13–15 meq/100 g soil; effective field capacity 160 mm unto 150 cm. The following results were obtained: Total P content was slightly higher in the plots without mineral N and with farm manure (90 and 93 mg P/100 g soil resp.) than in the plots with mineral N supply (Ø 85 mg P/100 g soil). Application of farm yard manure and ammonium sulfate caused higher proportions of ?Fe and Al phosphates”? (56–57% of inorganic phosphate) whereas calcium cyanamide, calcium nitrate and ammonium sulfate with annual liming led to higher a content of Ca-phosphate (52–56% of inorganic phosphate). When pH was brought to 6,5 by liming, P uptake of rye grass and green oats/green rape-seed in a pot experiment depended on the soil content of ?Fe- and Al-phosphates”?. Without liming, P uptake was lower in the plot with ammonium sulfate, however, in the calcium cyanamide plot P uptake was higher than expected from the content of ?Fe- and Al-phosphate”?.     

Einfluß der Kalkung und Düngung auf den Ionenaustausch und die chemische Zusammensetzung der Bodenlösung am Beispiel von vier Waldstandorten im Hessischen Bergland

Impact of liming and fertilization on ionic exchange and chemical composition of soil solutions from four forest sites in the colline region of Hesse Between February 1985 and July 1987 soil seepage experiments were carried out on fertilizer trial plots in mature beech stands of four forest districts of Hesse. Encompassed by this study are in addition the most important results from soil-chemical analyses of the subsequent years 1988 to 1991. Aim of the investigations was to study the influence of liming and K/Mg-fertilization on the chemical composition of soil and soil solution under different site conditions. In the percolated soil solution liming did not led to a significant pH increase in subsequent years. In contrast, in some cases the pH level dropped by 0.1 to 0.2 units on average and Al-concentration increased correspondingly. In most cases, fertilization led to a significant increase in soil solution concentrations of the metal cations potassium, calcium and magnesium, especially at a depth of 50 cm. On those trial plots where a pH decrease was observed, the concentrations of K, Ca and Mg exhibited either a slight or no increase at all. Furthermore on some trial sites with freely drained soils, liming led to a faster mineralisation of the humus layer and thus to an increase of nitrate contents in the percolated soil solution from about 1–2 mg/l to 10–20 mg/l on average. Increased concentrations of sulfate and in most cases also of heavy metals (Mn, Zn, Cu. Cd) were observed in the soil solution which was attributed to the mobilizing effect of Ca-fertlization. In general, the mobility of most chemical parameters showed a slight increase following liming and soil tillage. Even after 5 to 8 years considerably higher pH-values and base saturation were evident in limed and fertilized soils, especially in the top 15 cm of soil profiles.     

Der Einfluß agrochemischer Substanzen auf den Stroh- und Zelluloseabbau im Boden

The influence of agrochemical compounds on the decomposition of straw and cellulose in soil Supplementary to earlier investigations the decay of large amounts of straw-material with normal quantities of pesticides and normal amounts of straw-material with large quantities of pesticides was proved in a gasanalytical instrument and in pot-experiments. At the same time the straw-decay was tested in pot-experiments. The soil used in these pots has been untreated or treated for several years with different kinds of plant-Protecting-solutions. Finally there was made a test about the decay cellulose (KOZOVA 1963) with the same and different investigation materials. The results are as follows: 1. The use of plant-protection in wheat does not diminish the decay of straw even if the double quantity of straw treated with a medium-quantity of pesticides is added and normal quantities of straw treated with high quantities of pesticides are added to the soil. 2. Agricultural soils, which are cultivated for many years by using pesticides, do not show less straw-decay. 3. The decay of pure cellulose in the laboratory tested by the method of Kozova (1963) was diminished in soils, which had been treated for many years with herbicides and herbicides added with other plant-protection-means. This restriction seems to depend on unfavorable food-conditions for microorganisms eating cellulose in a soil without weed, since the direct dipping of cellulose in herbicid-liquid is not causing any decay-restriction. 4. On the other hand the direct sprinkling of the cellulose-filter-discs with fungicid-solutions of normal concentration diminished the decay strongly. However the decay was not restricted under field-conditions. This seems to be due to the fact that in the growing plants the fungicides have been transformed to a large extend and only small amounts could reach the soil.     

Lysimeterstudie zum Einfluss von Düngung und Bewirtschaftung auf die Ertragsbildung,den Wasserhaushalt und die Nährstoffauswaschung im Trockengebiet der Uckermark

Lysimeter study about the effect of fertilization and management on yield, water balance, and solute leaching in the dry region of the Uckermark Results are presented of a lysimeter study on the effects of fertilization and management on yield, seepage rate, and solute leaching in the dry region of the Uckermark (Northeast Germany) from 1992 to 1999. The crop rotation included sugar beet, summer barley, pea, and winter wheat with fertilization of 280 and 400 kg N ha^—1 within the crop rotation. Additionally to the mineral fertilization, sugar beet was fertilized with the sugar beet leaf or slurry. The average annual seepage rate was 13.7 mm, the nitrogen leaching was 4.3 kg N ha^—1, and the phosphorus leaching was 0.008 kg P ha^—1. Differences between the treatments were negligible and insignificant. The amount of the precipitation from April to September had a significant influence on yields. Furthermore, results of water use efficiency and the effect of different nitrogen rates on yields are presented.     

Umsatz im Boden und Ertragswirkung rohphosphathaltiger Düngemittel

Turnover in soil and yield response of phosphate rock containing fertilizers Solubility of phosphate rocks is the better the higher the carbonate substitution in the given phosphate rock type. From the soil factors, pH is of importance. At soil pH < 5 phosphate rocks are fairly soluble and their yield effect equals that of fully processed fertilizers. In a soil pH range from 5 to 7, pH does not play such a decisive role as has been assumed. Other soil factors such as H⁺ buffer power of soil, Ca²⁺ and particularly the phosphate concentration in the soil solution are equally relevant for phosphate rock dissolution. The evaluation of numerous field experiments provided evidence that in the above cited pH range fully processed fertilizer phosphates are superior to phosphate rock containing fertilizers with regard to phosphate uptake, yield formation, and phosphate recovery. Also the residual effect of rock phosphate is poorer than that of fully processed phosphate fertilizers. There is some evidence that phosphate rocks show a relatively good response on deep rooting soils which allow a vigorous root growth and on soils with a sufficiently high level of soil moisture. In a soil pH range > 5 rock phosphate containing fertilizer are not suitable for maintenance fertilization, since under such conditions the phosphate concentration in the soil solution is relatively high thus suppressing the dissolution of phosphate rock.     

Einfluß 85jähriger differenzierter organischer und mineralischer Düngung auf Bodeneigenschaften im Statischen Versuch Bad Lauchstädt

Influence from a 85-year differentiated organic manuring and mineral fertilization on soil fertility in the static experiment at Bad Lauchstädt The results of the static experiment started on chernozem from loess at Bad Lauchstädt in 1902 are used to demonstrate the influence of differentiated organic manuring (no manuring, 20 t and 30 t ha^?1 of farmyard manure) and mineral fertilization (NPK, NP, NK, N, PK, no fertilization) on the organic matter and nutrient contents in soil. After 85 years the content of organic C (C) in the topsoil was higher by 0, 5% after organic and mineral fertilization than after mineral fertilization. Exclusive mineral fertilization (NPK) increased the C-contents in soil by 0, 2% than without fertilization. Farmyard manure considerably reduced nutrient deficiency, which is due to plots without mineral fertilization. This holds especially true for potassium and phosphorus deficiencies. With rising pH value the Mn content in the soil diminished.     

Einfluß der Bodenentwicklung auf den Zusammenhang zwischen Lagerungszustand und vertikaler Spannung im Boden

Effect of soil formation on packing and on vertical stresses in soils The relationship between void ratio and vertical stress was investigated for 34 profiles (loess, glacial till, sands) mostly under forest and some under meadows. Development in terrestric forest soils obviously results in ?non overconsolidated”? structure. The stress distributions as a function of depth partly point to constant shear parameters, partly to differences in the profile, especially clear in the case of Podsol and Sandbraunerde. Whereas the absolute value of the void ratio can be explained by the soil-own shear parameters, the decrease of void ratio as a result of equal load increments will be explained by the extent of translation, which is necessary to increase the mean number of grain contacts.     

Einfluß einer Düngung auf den Diffusionsfluß nicht gedüngter Kationen

Effect of Mineral Fertilizer Application on the Diffusion of Cations that have not been Added with the Fertilizer . Mineral fertilizer application increases the concentration of all cations in the soil solution, because the cations added displace partly those cations occupying exchange positions into the soil solution. In pot experiments, therefore, the K concentration could be raised by Mg-fertilization and vice versa. In the first experiment the response of alfalfa to Mg fertilization was to be studied. 1.2 g Mg/pot (12 kg soil/pot) was applied before sowing and 0.5 g/pot after each cut. 1.0 g P/pot as CaHPO₄ was added, but no K was added in the first year (except soil No. 6 K). In the 2^nd year 1 g K/pot was added after each cut. At 3 sampling dates soil samples were taken for diffusion measurements. In a second experiment K availability was tested at different K and soil water contents. 4 K treatments were included (0, 9, 29 and 49 mg K/100 g). K and Mg diffusion were measured. In the first experiment an increase of K concentration in the soil solution was recorded (Tab. 1) and in the second one an increase of Mg concentration (Fig. 1). This increase of concentration took place without altering the amounts present in the soil, but it led to an increase of the diffusive flux of the cations in question (Tab. 1 Fig. 2). This is taken as further evidence that cation diffusion takes place in the soil solution and depends mainly on the cation concentration in the soil solution. In those cases in which the cation availability depends mainly on cation diffusion to the roots mineral fertilizer application may affect the supply of cations that have not been added to the soil. This effect will be important in pot experiments to which large amounts of fertilizer are applied and which are not subject to leaching. It cannot be detected by most of the conventional soil testing methods because the amounts of cations - except, of course, those that have been added - have not changed. Only an analysis of the soil solution will reveal whether this ?salt effect”? is significant or not in a specific case.     

Der Einfluß von Klärschlamm auf die mikrobielle Tätigkeit im Boden

The influence of sewage sludge on microbial activity in soil The effect of untreated, pasteurized and irradiated sewage sludge on soil biology was studied in model and field experiments. Sewage sludge from the sewage plant Geiselbullach in the west of Munich city was used for these experiments. The investigations were performed with 4 soil types according to the different locations. All the results demonstrate that there is an increase in biomass after application of sewage sludge while there were definite influences from the location. No significant relation could be observed according to sewage sludge treatment. Under favourable lab conditions the mineralization of the organic matter applied to the soil with higher amounts of sewage sludge induces in short time a definite decrease in pH. In accordance with these changes in pH there is a corresponding decrease in microbial biomass. Early results on the influence of microbial N-cycle demonstrated that amounts of sewage sludge applied under practical conditions brought an increase in denitrification capacity of the soil. In the experiment with soils nitrification rate was doubled after sewage sludge application.     

Der Einfluß des Wassergehaltes auf den Atrazin-Abbau im Boden

The influence of water-content on atrazine degradation in soil In samples of the standard soil 2.2 (loamy sand, 3 % C, pH 7,0) and of a Luvisol (Ap-horizon, loam 1,4 % C, pH 5,2), the degradation of [ethyl-1-¹⁴C]atrazine was investigated in dependence of the soil water content. The experimental conditions were choosen in accordance with the methods proposed by the Biologische Bundesanstalt to study the degradation of pesticides in the soil. The soil water content was varied to simulate the moisture conditions observed in a soil during plant growth. Therefore, besides a steady water content of 20, 40, 60, and 80 % of the maximum water holding capacity of the soils, the soil water contents were fluctuated by 20 to 60 % of the maximum water holding capacity by passing dry air through the soil. At a concentration of 10mg atrazin/kg of soil between 4 and 6 % of the ethyl-1-carbonatom of the atrazine molecule was mineralized to CO₂ within 71 days at a constant soil temperature of 22°C. In the standard soil 2.2 the mineralization in total was reduced to 2/3 compared to the degradation in the Luvisol. With decreasing water content increasing hydroxilated metabolites were formed. About 30–40 % of the applied radioactivity was determined as non-extractable residue in the soil. In general the degradation processes were more enhanced and more intense in the Luvisol as compared to the Standard soil 2.2 which again unterlines that for this type of experiments a fresh soil should be used. In conclusion, the variation of the soil water content did not have a pronounced influence on the mineralization rates of atrazine, but did influence the metabolism and the formation of certain metabolite fractions.     

Einfluß variierter Temperatur und Feuchte auf mikrobielle Aktivitäten im Boden unter Laborbedingungen

Influence of varied soil temperature and moisture on microbial activities under laboratory conditions Under laboratory conditions the influence of temperature (10°C, 20°C, fluctuation from 5° to 30°C within 12 h with additional freezing for 3 days) and soil moisture (30%, 60% w.h.c., remoistening to 60% for 1 week) on several microbial activities was investigated. The biomass-related, glucose-induced short-term respiration and the dehydrogenase activity (TTC reduction) were higher at 10°C in most cases as compared to 20°C. Independent of freezing fluctuating temperature caused the lowest activities. The nitrogen mineralization (including nitrification), however, was affected in the opposite way. No marked influences were observed with β-glucosidase, arylsulfatase, and alkaline phosphatase. In the sandy loam nearly no effects of the soil moisture occurred and in the loamy sand especially the dehydrogenase activity was higher at 30% w.h.c., whereas the nitrogen mineralization was lower. From the results it can be concluded, that ecological conditions favouring mineralization without substrate addition may even reduce microbial biomass by decomposition.     

Höhe der Erhaltungsdüngung und Ausnutzung von Düngerphosphat vor dem Hintergrund der P-Alterung im Boden

Phosphorus fertilizer rate to maintain the soil P status and the utilization of fertilizer P Once a soil has a P status adequate for optimum plant growth the aim of the farmer is to maintain it. Fertilizer phosphate, even water soluble, is utilized by crop plants generally by less than 20% only in the year of application. Furthermore, the solubility of residual P in soil decreases with time, a process known as “aging” of P. These observations have led to the widespread assumption, that fertilizer P is partly converted into a status unavailable to plants. This would mean that the amount of P necessary to maintain the soil P status has to be permanently higher than P removal of plants. The objective of this work was to test the validity of this conclusion. For this purpose long-term P fertilizer field and pot experiments were carried out on different soils. The results show that the soil test values, lactate (DL or CAL) and water extractable P, remained almost at the same level if fertilizer P was applied in amounts equal to those removed by the crop harvest products. A tendency of decreasing the soluble soil P level was only observed if the soluble soil P content was much higher than necessary for plants. However, the easily extractable P decreased or increased if P applications were less or higher than the amount of P removed by crops, respectively. Desorption studies have revealed that the amount of P desorbed within one week also remained constant if P application was equal to P removal. However, if P was applied in excess of plant removal this proportion was not fully desorbed within one week, whereas the plants were able to utilize it on the long run. We conclude that the “aging” of fertilizer P in soil does not result in a loss of P for crop plants. On the contrary, fertilizer P applied to the soil in a soluble form is fully utilized by the plants in extended periods of time. The rate of P application to maintain the P status of the soil is therefore equal to the quantity of P removed by the plant material.     

Der Einfluß von Cadmium im Boden auf den Ertrag verschiedener Pflanzenarten und deren Cadmiumgehalt

Influence of Cadmium in Soil on the Yield of Various Plant Species and their Cadmium Content In pot experiments the influence of increasing quantities of cadmium in the soil (< 250 mg Cd/kg) on the growth of carrot, bushbean, tomato, ray grass and the cadmium content of various plant parts were studied. Considerable differences of the various plant species are observed. Sensitivity increases in the order: tomato (low) < broccoli < oat < lettuce < ray grass = carrot root < radish < bushbean = pea < spinach (very sensitive). Symptoms of toxicity are found in bush beans only. Fruit, seeds and roots accumulate less cadmium then leaves and straw.     

Düngung,N-Umsatz und Pflanzenwachstum in ihrer Wirkung auf die langfristige Protonenbilanz von Böden

Influence of fertilization, nitrogen transformation and plant growth on the long-term proton balance in soils In view of results of recent publications the influence of fertilization, nitrogen transformation and plant growth on proton balance in soil is discussed. One reason, why acidity in the soil increases after plant growth can be traced back to the fact, that plants take up more N-free cations than N-free Anions from the soil. Thus the more nitrogen fertilization as well other fertilization practices will increase plant yield the more the process of soil acidification will be enhanced. There ist no influence on soil pH by forms of applied fertilizer nitrogen like NH₄NO₃, HNO₃, NH₄OH, urea or biologically fixed N. However, accompanying ions of nitrogen fertilizers depending whether they are metal cations or sulfate or chlorid anions will decrease or increase proton production. For the calculation of the amount of produced acid in the soil during the uptake of nutrients by plants the yield of the plants and the alcalinity of plant ash will be needed. The calculation of the amount of produced acid both from the fertilization and the plant growth will be falsified by the unknown amount of nitrate which is leached beneath the rooting zone.