Factors affecting the C:N ratio in post-harvest residues and their practical impact

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RIV/62156489:43310/19:43916707

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2019/3.2/S13.028" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2019/3.2/S13.028</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5593/sgem2019/3.2/S13.028" target="_blank" >10.5593/sgem2019/3.2/S13.028</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Factors affecting the C:N ratio in post-harvest residues and their practical impact

Original language description

C:N ratio in after-harvest residues (including straw) decides on speed and intensity of decomposition. In one-year field small-plot experiment, there were included these variants: (1) monoculture of winter wheat fertilized with 140 kg N/ha; (2) monoculture of winter pea not fertilized with nitrogen; (3) mixed culture of both these crops in 1:1 ratio fertilized with 112 kg N/ha; (4) mixed culture of the crops in 1:1 ratio fertilized with 70 kg N/ha; (5) mixed culture of both crops in 1:1 ratio not fertilized with nitrogen. After harvest, C:N ratio in straw ranged in the variants as following: (1) 49:1; (2) 25:1; (3) 39:1; (4) 51:1; (5) 41:1. Thus, decisive factors of C:N ratio are botanical composition of the stand, the level of nitrogen fertilization, and also influence of the year (especially precipitation). Sufficiency of water is necessary either for nutrients uptake (nitrogen) from soil, and either for their transport from roots to stems, leaves and grain. Within wide C:N level in cereal straws (80-100:1), the recommended application dose is 10 kg N/1 t of straw in order to decrease it to optimum C:N of 20-30:1 (from the point of successful decomposition). With knowledge of the C: N ratio, a farmer can avoid both, nitrogen overdosing or its deficiency which has economic and environmental impacts. In particular, the N over-fertilization leads to rapid decomposition (mineralization) of the primary organic matter (straw) and subsequently to releasing ammonium N, after nitrification, and easily leachable nitrate N. Therefore, it is advisable to carry out an analysis of the post-harvest residues (straw) to determine total C and N content prior to their application into the soil in order to adjust the dose of the applied N.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40101 - Agriculture

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

SGEM2019. Water Resources. Forest, Marine and Ocean Ecosystems: Conference Proceedings

ISBN

978-619-7408-82-9

ISSN

1314-2704

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

209-215

Publisher name

STEF92 Technology Ltd.

Place of publication

Sofie

Event location

Albena

Event date

Jun 30, 2019

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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