ISSN:
1435-0661
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Geosciences
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Notes:
15 N-labeled inputs. We incubated intact soil cores with or without earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris) and with 15N-labeled KNO3, rye litter (Secale cereale L.), or cow manure, added to the soil surface at a rate of 150 kg N ha-1. The cores were destructively sampled after 2, 6, and 10 wk and assayed for total soil N, KCl-extractable N, microbial-biomass N (MBN), two size fractions (53-2000 μm and 〉 2000 μm) of particulate organic matter (POM), and 15N enrichment of all N pools. Earthworms increased the incorporation of 15N into the soil in organically treated cores but had little effect on the distribution of 15N in the inorganically fertilized cores. The percentage of initial 15N that was incorporated into the soil after 10 wk was 71 and 45% in cores with earthworms and 34 and 25% in cores without earthworms, in the manure and rye treatments, respectively. Earthworms incorporated the manure more rapidly than the rye, as shown by temporal patterns of incorporation of total N and POM. Earthworms increased MBN in the manure treatment by about 20 to 30%, but slightly decreased MBN on one sample date (2 wk) in the rye treatment. Interactions between earthworms and organic materials of different quality influence both the rate at which the materials are incorporated into the soil and the subsequent mineralization of N from those materials.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
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