Effect of white clover cultivar on apparent transfer of nitrogen from clover to grass and estimation of relative turnover rates of nitrogen in roots |
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Authors: | A. S. Laidlaw P. Christie H. W. Lee |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Applied Plant Science, Plant Testing Station, Queen's University of Belfast, 50 Houston Road, Crossnacreevy, BT6 9SH Belfast, UK;(2) Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, The Queen's University of Belfast, Newforge Lane, BT9 5PX Belfast, UK;(3) Department of Agriculture, Korea Air and Correspondence University, #169 Dongsung-Dong, Chongro-Ku, 110 791 Seoul, Korea |
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Abstract: | The apparent transfer of N from clover to associated grass was evaluated over a four year period both on the basis of harvested herbage and by taking account of changes in N in stubble and root (to 10 cm depth) in swards with perennial ryegrass and three different white clover cultivars differing in leaf size. The large leaved Aran transferred 15% of its nitrogen while Huia transferred 24% and the small leaved Kent Wild White transferred 34%. When changes in stubble and root N were taken into account the percentage of N transferred was calculated to be 5% less than in harvested herbage only, as the small leaved types had proportionately more N in the roots and stolons, but the large leaved type was probably more competitive towards the grass.Loss of N from clover roots from July to October was compared to that from grass roots in a grass/white clover sward continuously stocked with steers using a method which incorporated tissue turnover and 15N dilution techniques. Less than 1 mg N m-2 d-1 was lost from the grass roots. In contrast 8 mg m-2 d-1 were estimated to be lost from clover roots while 12 mg N m-2 d-1 were assimilated.It is concluded that clover cultivar and competitive ability on grass have to be taken into account together with the relationship between N turnover in roots and N available for grass growth when modelling N transfer in grass/clover associations. |
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Keywords: | Lolium perenne L 15N dilution nitrogen transfer roots Trifolium repens L. |
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