creators_name: Hatch, David
creators_name: Shepherd, Mark
creators_name: Hatley, Damian
editors_name: Powell, Jane
editors_name: et al., 
type: conference_item
datestamp: 2006-10-23
lastmod: 2009-08-20 14:32:07
metadata_visibility: show
title: Understanding soil nitrogen supply: organic matter quality and quantity

ispublished: pub
subjects: 4nutrient
subjects: 2farming
subjects: 1soilqual
full_text_status: public
keywords: Colloquium of organic researchers, COR, soil organic matter, nitrogen, farm systems
abstract: This report was presented at the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference. The soil organic matter (SOM) contents of organic and conventionally farmed soils were compared. Whilst the quantity of SOM was found to be similar with both systems, the quality of SOM differed in respect of higher amounts of N released by the organic soils under anaerobic incubation. This indicated a greater potential rate of mineralization and suggested that the inherent fertility of the organic soils had been improved
date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference
publisher: Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth
pagerange: 145-146
refereed: never
referencetext: Shepherd MA, Hatley D, Gosling P, Rayns F, Cuttle SP, Hatch D (2000) Soil fertility in organic farming
systems – are there fundamental differences between organic and conventional farms? Aspects of Applied Biology 62, Farming Systems for the New Millennium.
citation: Hatch, David; Shepherd, Mark and Hatley, Damian (2002) Understanding soil nitrogen supply: organic matter quality and quantity. UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Aberystwyth, 26-28 March 2002. In: Powell, Jane and et al., (Eds.) Proceedings of the UK Organic Research 2002 Conference, Organic Centre Wales, Institute of Rural Studies, University of Wales Aberystwyth, pp. 145-146.
document_url: http://orgprints.org/8262/1/Hatch_soil_nitrogen_supply.pdf