Nitrogen fertilization effects on dinitrogen fixation as influenced by legume species and proportion in legume-grass mixtures in Uruguay |
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Authors: | A P Mallarino W F Wedin |
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Institution: | (1) Agronomy Department, Iowa State University, 50011 Ames, IA, USA |
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Abstract: | Grasses grown in mixture with nodulated legumes often are N-limited, but N fertilization may result in reductions of N2 fixation and legume stands. We studied N-fertilizer effects on N2 fixation for three binary legume-grass mixtures in Uruguay. Replicated swards of white clover (Trifolium repens L.) (WC), red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) (RC), or birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) (BT), each in combination with tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb) (TF) at two legume proportions were sown in 1983 (Exp. 1) and 1984 (Exp. 2). In the fall of 1984, N treatments at
100 kg ha−1 and controls were randomly assigned to subplots in Exp. 1 (established swards) and in Exp. 2 (at seeding). The soil for both
experiments was a fine, montmorillonitic, mesic, Typic Argiudolls. Herbage fixed-N was estimated by 15N isotope-dilution with pure stands of TF as reference. In both experiments, N fertilization reduced the proportion of legume
N derived from air (% Ndfa) and increased herbage yield only during the first 18 to 20 weeks after application. Fertilizer-N
reduced annual fixed-N yield from 178 to 148 kg ha−1 in Exp. 1 and from 65 to 29 kg ha−1 in Exp. 2 Fixed-N yield for BT was markedly reduced by N in both experiments (33 to 53%), whereas for the clovers reduction
was lesser in Exp. 1 (9 to 13%) than in Exp. 2 (46 to 64%). Negative effects of N on % Ndfa were more evident for the high
legume proportion. We conclude that fertilization with 100 kg N ha−1 reduced % Ndfa only for the immediate 18 to 20 weeks after application. Fertilizer-induced reduction of fixed-N yields lasted
longer because of a more prolonged depression of legume proportion, especially for BT and for newly seeded swards.
Journal Paper no. J.-13327 of the Iowa Agric. and Home Econ. Exp. Stn., Ames, U.S.A. (Project 2281). Supported in part by
the Facultad de Agronomía, Montevideo, Uruguay; and the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria (Project URU/5/012).
Journal Paper no. J.-13327 of the Iowa Agric. and Home Econ. Exp. Stn., Ames, U.S.A. (Project 2281). Supported in part by
the Facultad de Agronomía, Montevideo, Uruguay; and the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria (Project URU/5/012). |
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Keywords: | clover dinitrogen fixation Festuca arundinacea isotope dilution legume-grass mixtures Lotus corniculatus nitrogen fertilizer Trifolium pratense Trifolium repens |
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