N2O emission and nitrogen and carbon leaching from the soil in relation to long-term and current mineral and organic fertilization – a laboratory study

Tomasz Sosulski; Ewa Szara; Magdalena Szymańska; Wojciech Stępień

doi:10.17221/205/2016-PSE

N₂O emission and nitrogen and carbon leaching from the soil in relation to long-term and current mineral and organic fertilization – a laboratory study

Tomasz Sosulski, Ewa Szara, Magdalena Szymańska, Wojciech Stępień

https://doi.org/10.17221/205/2016-PSECitation:Sosulski T., Szara E., Szymańska M., Stępień W. (2017): N₂O emission and nitrogen and carbon leaching from the soil in relation to long-term and current mineral and organic fertilization – a laboratory study . Plant Soil Environ., 63: 97-104.

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The paper presents the results of a laboratory experiment aimed at the assessment of N₂O emissions, NO₃^–, NH₄⁺ and carbon (C) leaching from agricultural soils subjected to long-term mineral and organic fertilization. Our results show that long-term treatment impacts the N₂O emissions from loamy-sand Luvisols to a greater extent than the recent single application of mineral or organic fertilizers. The N₂O fluxes from soils with higher C_org content that results from long-term organic fertilization exceed those from soils with lower C_org content subsequent to long-term mineral fertilization. Our research confirms previous reports that the intensity of N₂O emission is related to soil moisture. The NO₃^– leaching depended on the recent application of fertilizers with a stronger influence of single application of NH₄NO₃ than farmyard manure. Long-term fertilization did not impact the NO₃^– leaching.

Keywords:

short-term fertilization; gas emission; macronutrient, denitrification, nitrification, nitrate

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