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Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics as affected by inputs of dairy manure and poultry litter
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accumulation in surface and groundwater. A rapid soil test
agricultural inputs. The soil microbial biomass is largely
averaged 40 % from dairy manure in the field across all
based on biological systems which are sensitive to changing
basis, 5) correlate results of the above procedures with crop
biomass C and N on a monthly basis and correlate with weather
cleaner drinking water, improved sustainable agricultural
correlated significantly (P<0.05) with SNMC and N
correlated very strongly with forage N uptake in dairy
correlation with SMBC and N mineralization in soil receiving
dairy cattle manure-amended plots on 4 of the 8 sample dates.
dairy manure- mineralization in soils receiving animal
Due to increased environmental awareness and concern for
fertilizer recommendations can potentially lead to nitrate
for the arginine ammonification procedure to estimate soil
from samples taken prior to the growing season also
initial inorganic N and soil organic carbon on a monthly
inorganic nutrients available for plant uptake and the
interference, and therefore, arginine ammonification was not
manure-treated plots (r 2=0. 93). Nitrogen mineralization
microbe's pivotal role in agriculture is not completely
microbial biomass C (SMBC) and N mineralization in soils
mineralization in all eight sampling months. One-day C02
mineralization in longer term, 24-day incubations as well as
mineralization in manured soils, 3) determine soil microbial
of this study were to: 1) evaluate and optimize parameters
on C and N mineralization would be valuable. The objectives
practices are becoming more important. Overestimating
procedure as a possible routine test for estimating N
receiving animal manure, 2) evaluate the one-day C02
recommendations and prevent potential contamination from
recommended for estimation of SMBC or N mineralization in
responsible for the transformation of organic matter into
seasonal variation in soil microbial biomass and its effects
should be analyzed to better predict N mineralization
soil conditions could help improve fertilizer N
soils receiving animal waste. One-day C02 evolution from
Substrate interference from manure appeared to be a source of
treatments. The C:N ratio of soil-applied manure or litter
trends and animal manure inputs, 4) monitor C and N
understood. The need for a better understanding of the
waste. One-day C02 evolution from dairy manure-amended soils
yield and N uptake. Arginine ammonification showed strong
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