Winter Annual Rye Seeding Date Influence on Nitrogen Recovery and Ammonia Volatilization from Late Fall Surface-Applied Manure
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Experimental Site
2.2. Experimental Design and Cultural Practices
2.3. Manure and Ammonia Volatility
2.4. Cover Crop and Soil Nitrate Measurements
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Ammonia Volatilization
3.2. Cover Crop Biomass and Nitrogen Accumulation
3.3. Soil Nitrate
3.4. Forage Rape Yield
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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DM (kg ha−1) | NH4-N (kg ha−1) | TN (kg ha−1) | pH | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 94 | 61 | 163 | 7.1 |
2015 | 71 | 54 | 137 | 6.8 |
Rye − M | Rye + M | Mean | |
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Date of planting | Cover crop biomass, kg ha−1 | ||
16 September | 3367 | 4280 | 3823a |
30 September | 2613 | 3792 | 3202b |
14 October | 2020 | 2995 | 2507c |
Mean | 2667b | 3689a | |
Trend | Q ** | Q ** | Q ** |
N content, kg ha−1 | |||
16 September | 102 | 132 | 117a |
30 September | 75 | 107 | 91b |
14 October | 57 | 87 | 72c |
Mean | 78b | 109a | |
Trend | L ** | L ** | L ** |
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Akbari, P.; Herbert, S.; Hashemi, M.; Barker, A.; Zandvakili, O.R.; Emami Bistgani, Z. Winter Annual Rye Seeding Date Influence on Nitrogen Recovery and Ammonia Volatilization from Late Fall Surface-Applied Manure. Agronomy 2020, 10, 931. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10070931
Akbari P, Herbert S, Hashemi M, Barker A, Zandvakili OR, Emami Bistgani Z. Winter Annual Rye Seeding Date Influence on Nitrogen Recovery and Ammonia Volatilization from Late Fall Surface-Applied Manure. Agronomy. 2020; 10(7):931. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10070931
Chicago/Turabian StyleAkbari, Parisa, Stephen Herbert, Masoud Hashemi, Allen Barker, Omid Reza Zandvakili, and Zohreh Emami Bistgani. 2020. "Winter Annual Rye Seeding Date Influence on Nitrogen Recovery and Ammonia Volatilization from Late Fall Surface-Applied Manure" Agronomy 10, no. 7: 931. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10070931