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1. Respiration as a Measure of Soil Health: Challenges and OpportunitiesIn recent years, respiration has become a commonly-used soil health metric. It has been used as a standalone predictor of soil N supplying capacity and in conjunction with other metrics to assess overall soil health. However, the sources of variation underlying respiration itself have not been thoroughly assessed. We show that across growing regions in California, respiration was unable to accurately predict soil N supply. The R2 values were much higher in fields that had received a recently-incorporated... J. Wade, S. Culman, T. Hurriso, W. Horwath, R. Miller |
2. Phosphorus Sorption Behavior of Kentucky Soils with Varying Indigenous Phosphorus ContentThe risk of phosphorus (P) losses from agricultural lands through surface transport to waterways increases with increasing levels of soil P. Agricultural soils in the Inner and Outer Bluegrass of Kentucky have high indigenous P content. This study investistigates the phsophorus sorption characteristics that influence the soils potential for P loss to water bodies. Four soils from the Inner Bluegrass and four soils from the Outer Bluegrass were identified as eing agriculturally significant soils not... |
3. Spatial Response of Corn to Banded Zinc Sulfate Fertilizer in IowaThe solubility of zinc (Zn) decreases as pH increases. There are soil associations that contain high pH spots within fields where the surrounding soils' pHs are slightly acid. It is reasonable to expect that Zn availability, due to a difference in solubility, is different in the two areas. The objectives of this study were to find corn (Zea nlnys L.) grain yield responses to Zn fertilizers within fields and to define the soil characteristics in responsive areas. The study was conducted at twelve... |
4. Zone Delineation for Nitrogen ManagementManaging nitrogen through zone soil sampling has been shown effective in revealing residual soil nitrate patterns in North Dakota. Zone delineation has been constructed using several types of data, including yield maps, remote imagery, topography and soil EC sensor data. A study was conducted in North Dakota, Montana and Minnesota to evaluate zone delineation methods. Across the region, yield frequency maps, topography, remote inlagery and soil EC data were effective in helping to construct zones.... |
5. Soil Organic Matter as it Relates to Soil Health and Plant NutritionTotal organic matter via loss on ignition is a standardized soil measurement in the North Central region. There is wide spread consensus that total organic matter is a very important indicator of the fertility of a soil, but how many farmers actually use total organic matter values from a soil test in an actionable way? An alternative approach would be to focus on the active fraction of organic matter. This is a small, but important pool that reflects the biologically available and rapidly... S. Culman |
6. Crop and Soil Response to Different Phosphorus Management ApproachesPhosphorus (P) management has implications for crop production and water quality issues in Ohio. Recent data from 457 field P trials conducted in Ohio reported less than 25% positive yield response to P fertilization. It warrants further evaluation of crop P uptake, soil P levels and environmental factors to improve the predictability of crop yield response. Therefore, we collected soil and plant data from three P fertilizer trials (Wooster, South Charleston, and Custar) established in 2006. These... M. Rakkar, L. Fleuridor, S. Culman, G. Labarge |