Publication Date
1989
Description
Grassland is intensively used in the Netherlands. According to the fertilizer recommendation, the optimum N supply for such grassland is 250 kg ha-1 yr-1 for well-drained peat soils and 400 kg ha-1 yr-1 for all other soils. Environmental problems, associated with N losses from intensively used grassland, necessitate a refinement of the general recommendations. This, in turn, requires understanding of the dynamics of soil mineral nitrogen. This paper reports on (1) seasonal dynamics of soil mineral N and (2) seasonal variations in the response of cut swards to N. Results of grazed swards will be dealt with elsewhere (Oenema et al., in prep.).
Citation
Oenema, O; Postmus, J; Prins, W H.; and Neeteson, J J., "Seasonal Variations in Soil Mineral Nitrogen and in the Response of Grassland to Nitrogen Fertilization" (2025). IGC Proceedings (1989-2023). 26.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1989/session2/26
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Seasonal Variations in Soil Mineral Nitrogen and in the Response of Grassland to Nitrogen Fertilization
Grassland is intensively used in the Netherlands. According to the fertilizer recommendation, the optimum N supply for such grassland is 250 kg ha-1 yr-1 for well-drained peat soils and 400 kg ha-1 yr-1 for all other soils. Environmental problems, associated with N losses from intensively used grassland, necessitate a refinement of the general recommendations. This, in turn, requires understanding of the dynamics of soil mineral nitrogen. This paper reports on (1) seasonal dynamics of soil mineral N and (2) seasonal variations in the response of cut swards to N. Results of grazed swards will be dealt with elsewhere (Oenema et al., in prep.).
