creators_name: Palmer, M.
creators_name: Cooper, J.M
creators_name: Fließbach, A.
creators_name: Melville, J.
creators_name: Turnbull, C.
creators_name: Shotton, P.
creators_name: Leifert, C.
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2007-03-10
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:35:39
metadata_visibility: show
title: N released from organic amendments is affected by soil management history
ispublished: pub
subjects: 4nutrient
full_text_status: public
keywords: organic farming, N mineralisation, plant bioassay, Anbautechnik einjährige Kulturen, Bodenfruchtbarkeit, QLIF, 
abstract: A ryegrass bioassay was conducted to investigate the effect of soil management history on nitrogen mineralisation from composted manure and pelleted poultry manure. Soils were used from 2 field experiments comparing conventional and organic/low input management systems.  When composted manure was added, soils  which had received high rates of composted FYM under biodynamic management released a greater amount of nitrogen for plant uptake than those with a history of mineral or fresh manure fertilisation, suggesting that biological preconditioning may result in greater efficiency of composted FYM as a nitrogen source for plants.  “Native” N mineralisation was found to be related to total soil N content.
date: 2007
date_type: published
refereed: never
citation: Palmer, M.; Cooper, J.M; Fließbach, A.; Melville, J.; Turnbull, C.; Shotton, P. and Leifert, C. (2007) N released from organic amendments is affected by soil management history. 3rd QLIF Congress: Improving Sustainability in Organic and Low Input Food Production Systems, University of Hohenheim, Germany, March 20-23, 2007.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/10398/1/palmer-etal-2007-soils_management_history.pdf