Initial nitrous oxide fluxes from a maize-legume cropping system in a soil of the derived savanna zone of Nigeria-effect of fertilizer and incorporated organic matter

Legume—maize crop rotations are used as a mechanism to reverse declining soil fertility in West Africa. However, such crop rotations exhibit a relatively low recovery of legume N. Temperate region studies partly attribute low N recovery to gaseous N losses, but this has not been established for most...

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Main Authors: Roing, K, Goossens, A, Diels, J., Sanginga, Nteranya, Andren, O., Vanlauwe, Bernard
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: African Journals Online 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43591
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author Roing, K
Goossens, A
Diels, J.
Sanginga, Nteranya
Andren, O.
Vanlauwe, Bernard
author_browse Andren, O.
Diels, J.
Goossens, A
Roing, K
Sanginga, Nteranya
Vanlauwe, Bernard
author_facet Roing, K
Goossens, A
Diels, J.
Sanginga, Nteranya
Andren, O.
Vanlauwe, Bernard
author_sort Roing, K
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description Legume—maize crop rotations are used as a mechanism to reverse declining soil fertility in West Africa. However, such crop rotations exhibit a relatively low recovery of legume N. Temperate region studies partly attribute low N recovery to gaseous N losses, but this has not been established for most cropping systems in the moist tropical savannas. The effect of incorporating added organic residues and fertilizer application on gaseous N20 ?uxes was studied in a ?eld trial at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan (7, °30'N, 3 °S4'E) in the derived savanna zone of Nigeria. Gaseous N2O ?uxes were obtained 1, 3, 5, 8, and 15 days after incorporation of organic residues using a vented closed chamber system. Fluxes were examined in relation to soil mineral N status and rainfall patterns. Fertilizer application and incorporation of Pueraria phaseoloides organic residue increased soil mineral N contents as well as gaseous NZO ?uxes. Over the 15-day period, the total NZO fluxes were in the range of 21-30 mg N m2 for P. phaseoloides and 12-15 mg N m2 for natural fallow. Fertilizer-derived NZO ?uxes were less than 1% of applied fertilizer N.
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spelling CGSpace435912024-05-01T08:15:25Z Initial nitrous oxide fluxes from a maize-legume cropping system in a soil of the derived savanna zone of Nigeria-effect of fertilizer and incorporated organic matter Roing, K Goossens, A Diels, J. Sanginga, Nteranya Andren, O. Vanlauwe, Bernard feed crops ecology Legume—maize crop rotations are used as a mechanism to reverse declining soil fertility in West Africa. However, such crop rotations exhibit a relatively low recovery of legume N. Temperate region studies partly attribute low N recovery to gaseous N losses, but this has not been established for most cropping systems in the moist tropical savannas. The effect of incorporating added organic residues and fertilizer application on gaseous N20 ?uxes was studied in a ?eld trial at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan (7, °30'N, 3 °S4'E) in the derived savanna zone of Nigeria. Gaseous N2O ?uxes were obtained 1, 3, 5, 8, and 15 days after incorporation of organic residues using a vented closed chamber system. Fluxes were examined in relation to soil mineral N status and rainfall patterns. Fertilizer application and incorporation of Pueraria phaseoloides organic residue increased soil mineral N contents as well as gaseous NZO ?uxes. Over the 15-day period, the total NZO fluxes were in the range of 21-30 mg N m2 for P. phaseoloides and 12-15 mg N m2 for natural fallow. Fertilizer-derived NZO ?uxes were less than 1% of applied fertilizer N. 2004 2014-09-24T08:42:22Z 2014-09-24T08:42:22Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43591 en Open Access African Journals Online
spellingShingle feed crops
ecology
Roing, K
Goossens, A
Diels, J.
Sanginga, Nteranya
Andren, O.
Vanlauwe, Bernard
Initial nitrous oxide fluxes from a maize-legume cropping system in a soil of the derived savanna zone of Nigeria-effect of fertilizer and incorporated organic matter
title Initial nitrous oxide fluxes from a maize-legume cropping system in a soil of the derived savanna zone of Nigeria-effect of fertilizer and incorporated organic matter
title_full Initial nitrous oxide fluxes from a maize-legume cropping system in a soil of the derived savanna zone of Nigeria-effect of fertilizer and incorporated organic matter
title_fullStr Initial nitrous oxide fluxes from a maize-legume cropping system in a soil of the derived savanna zone of Nigeria-effect of fertilizer and incorporated organic matter
title_full_unstemmed Initial nitrous oxide fluxes from a maize-legume cropping system in a soil of the derived savanna zone of Nigeria-effect of fertilizer and incorporated organic matter
title_short Initial nitrous oxide fluxes from a maize-legume cropping system in a soil of the derived savanna zone of Nigeria-effect of fertilizer and incorporated organic matter
title_sort initial nitrous oxide fluxes from a maize legume cropping system in a soil of the derived savanna zone of nigeria effect of fertilizer and incorporated organic matter
topic feed crops
ecology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/43591
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