Recoveries of 15N-labelled fertilizers (chicken manure, mushroom compost and potassium nitrate) in arable topsoil after autumn application to winter cover crops

• Published in: Soil & tillage research Vol. 130; pp. 120 - 127
• Main Authors: Holbeck, Britta, Amelung, Wulf, Wolf, Andreas, Südekum, Karl-Heinz, Schloter, Michael, Welp, Gerhard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.06.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: 15N recovery; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; autumn; Biological and medical sciences; Chicken manure; chickens; corn; cover crops; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agronomy. Plant production; Intercropping; Mushroom compost; mushrooms; N use efficiency; nitrogen fertilizers; Other nutrients. Amendments. Solid and liquid wastes. Sludges and slurries; pellets; potassium nitrate; poultry manure; soil fertility; Soil science; soil texture; Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments; sugar beet; summer; topsoil; winter; Zea mays; Mushroom compost; Chicken manure; N use efficiency; 15N recovery; Intercropping; Compost; Top soil; Isotope labelling; Poultry manure; Nutrient recovery; Cover crop; Nitrates; N recovery; Fertilizers; Soils; Winter crops; Nitrogen-15; Soil science; Cultivated mushroom; Potassium

•Soil texture and soil organic carbon content do not affect 15N dynamic.•15N release depends on fertilizer (chicken manure, mushroom compost, mineral N).•Mustard intercropping is a tool to enhance N efficiency. Frequently, organic fertilizers are applied to maintain or to increase soil fertility and...