Effect of temperature on nitrogen transformation in Hawaiian soils |
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Authors: | K Thiagalingam Y Kanehiro |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Agronomy and Soil Science, College of Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii;(2) Present address: University of Penang, Penang, Malaysia |
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Abstract: | Summary In a field experiment soil samples buried at the warmer temperature regime nitrified added ammonium faster than soils buried at the cooler temperature regime. Nitrification occurred more rapidly under both regimes in a soil which had developed in a warm climatic zone than in two other soils developed under cooler conditions.The rate of nitrification of added ammonium in soils incubated at 5, 15, 25 and 40°C in the laboratory increased with increase in the temperature up to 25°C in three out of four soils. In the fourth soil nitrification was as active at 40°C as at 25°C. The temperature range for appreciable nitrification to occur in a soil was related to the environmental conditions where the soil was formed.Mineralization of organic nitrogen occurred to a greater extent at 40°C than at three lower incubating temperatures of 5, 15, and 25°C. Rapid and active mineralization was associated with high organic matter and C/N ratio in soils |
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