NDLI: N$_{2}$ fixation, N transfer, and yield in grassland communities including a deep-rooted legume or non-legume species

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Author	Frankow Lindberg, B. E. Dahlin, A. S.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Legumes are important components of grassland mixtures due to their ability to sustain high yields with moderate nitrogen inputs. This study investigates nitrogen relationships in mixtures of Trifolium pratense and grasses into which a deep-rooted forb was included, and particularly whether these realtionships differ when the forb is a legume or a non-legume species.A field experiment in which mixtures of T. pratense, Phleum pratense, Lolium perenne, and Medicago sativa or Cichorium intybus, and monocropped stands of all species was established in 2007 and harvested in 2008 and 2009. The experiment received a total input of 100 kg ha$^{−1}$ N yearly. Yield and botanical composition were determined in seven harvests. Species were analysed for $^{15}$N abundance, and N$_{2}$ fixation and N transfer were calculated. Soil samples were analysed twice for inorganic N.Non-legumes benefitted from the presence of legumes in terms of N concentration, and the yield of mixtures exceeded that of monocropped non-legumes but not monocropped legumes. The mixture containing M. sativa did not yield more DM or N than did the mixture containing C. intybus. A total of 17.08 kg N ha$^{−1}$ was transferred from T. pratense to the non-legumes in the mixture in which it was the sole legume species.It is concluded that there was a synergy effect in species mixtures, but the effect did not differ between the two deep-rooted species.
Starting Page	567
Ending Page	581
Page Count	15
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0032079X
Journal	Plant and Soil
Volume Number	370
Issue Number	1-2
e-ISSN	15735036
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2013-03-02
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Grass–legume mixtures Complementarity Facilitation Plant Sciences Soil Science & Conservation Plant Physiology Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Soil Science Plant Science

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