Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2017, 65(5), 1483-1492 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun201765051483

Available Nitrogen in the Surface Mineral Layer of Natural Meadows

Željko S. Dželetović, Nevena Lj. Mihailović
INEP - Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy, University of Belgrade, Banatska 31-b, 11080 Zemun, Serbia

Based on a greenhouse experiment, we evaluated nitrogen availability in the surface mineral layer of soil under various natural meadow stands by analyzing the following soil characteristics: total organic C, total N, initial content of easily available N inorganic forms, mineralized N content obtained by aerobic and anaerobic incubations and A-value. The experiment was performed on a test plant and through the application of urea enriched with 5.4 % 15N. The investigated soils under natural meadows are characterized with comparatively high mineralization intensity and high N availability indices. Contents of mineral N produced by aerobic incubation and the intensity of the mineralization correlate with the total organic C in the soil and the total N in the soil. Correlation of the availability index of the soil N produced by aerobic incubation with the total organic C and the total N in the soil under natural meadows is almost linear (r = 0.9981 and r = 0.9997, respectively). Contents of mineral N produced by anaerobic incubation, as well as the corresponding N availability and mineralization intensity indices correlate poorly with the mentioned parameters. Efficiency of nitrogen utilization from the applied N-fertilizer by the test crop varies within a wide range of values and correlates with the biomass yields of the test crop.

Keywords: nitrogen, incubation, mineralization, nutrient availability, C to N ratio, total organic C, A-value
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This work was supported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection, Republic of Serbia, Grant No. 401-00-01423/3/2016-14.

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Dželetović, Ž.S., & Mihailović, N.L. (2017). Available Nitrogen in the Surface Mineral Layer of Natural Meadows. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 65(5), 1483-1492. doi: 10.11118/actaun201765051483
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