NDLI: Competition between Subterranean Clover and Rygrass for uptake of 15N-labeled fertilizer

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Author	Muz, A.E. Weaver, R.W.
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	Grasses and legumes are often grown together for improving quality of forage and for better yield when soil N availability is limiting. One compatible mixture is Trifolium subterranium L., subterranean clover and Lolium multiflorum Lam, ryegrass.Experiments were conducted with plants grown in a glasshouse and plant growth chambers to determine the competitive ability of these plants for fertilizer N. Fertilizer N was enriched with $^{15}$N to measure the contribution of dinitrogen fixation and fertilizer N to the growth of clover. In pure stands, with increased fertilizer N, the legume took up similar quantities of mineral N as the grass to make up for the deficit due to less dinitrogen fixation but in mixed stands the grass by far outcompeted the legume. The growth of clover suffered due to lack of N both from less dinitrogen fixation and the inability to compete with the grass for mineral N. Increasing levels of fertilizer N reduced dinitrogen fixation by the clover. When growing with the clover the grass did not receive N from the clover. A laboratory experiment using $^{15}$N label on pure stands of the two species indicated that the grass had an inherent capability of absorbing almost twice the amount of mineral N as the legume under the same conditions even when root weight and volume was not larger for the grass. The results of this research provide insight into the often observed phenomenon that growth of clover is reduced when grown with grass in proportion to the amount of mineral N provided.
Starting Page	173
Ending Page	178
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0032079X
Journal	Plant and Soil
Volume Number	211
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15735036
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	1999-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Ecology Plant Sciences Plant Physiology Soil Science & Conservation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Soil Science Plant Science

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