Campus Units
Agronomy
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2020
Journal or Book Title
Agronomy Journal
DOI
10.1002/agj2.20335
Abstract
Anaerobic potentially mineralizable nitrogen (PMN) combined with preplant nitrate test (PPNT) or pre‐sidedress nitrate test (PSNT) may improve corn (Zea mays L.) N management. Forty‐nine corn N response studies were conducted across the U.S. Midwest to evaluate the capacity of PPNT and PSNT to predict grain yield, N uptake, and economic optimal N rate (EONR) when adjusted by soil sampling depth, soil texture, temperature, PMN, and initial NH4–N from PMN analysis. Pre‐plant soil samples were obtained for PPNT (0‐ to 30‐, 30‐ to 60‐, 60‐ to 90‐cm depths) and PMN (0‐ to 30‐cm depth) before corn planting and N fertilization. In‐season soil samples were obtained at the V5 corn development stage for PSNT (0‐ to 30‐, 30‐ to 60‐cm depths) at 0 kg N ha−1 at‐planting rate and for PMN when 0 and 180 kg N ha−1 was applied at planting. Grain yield, N uptake, and EONR were best predicted when separating soils by texture or sites by annual growing degree‐days and including PMN and initial NH4–N with either NO3–N test. Using PSNT (mean R2 = .30)‐instead of PPNT (mean R2 = .19)‐based models normally increased predictability of corn agronomic variables by a mean of 11%. Including PMN and initial NH4–N with PPNT or PSNT only marginally improved predictability of grain yield, N uptake, and EONR (R2 increase ≤ .33; mean R2 = .35). Therefore, including PMN with PPNT or PSNT is not suggested as a tool to improve N fertilizer management in the U.S. Midwest.
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Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Clark, Jason D.; Fernández, Fabián G.; Veum, Kristen S.; Camberato, James J.; Carter, Paul R.; Ferguson, Richard B.; Franzen, David W.; Kaiser, Daniel E.; Kitchen, Newell R.; Laboski, Carrie A. M.; Nafziger, Emerson D.; Rosen, Carl J.; Sawyer, John E.; and Shanahan, John F., "Soil‐nitrogen, potentially mineralizable‐nitrogen, and field condition information marginally improves corn nitrogen management" (2020). Agronomy Publications. 670.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/agron_pubs/670
Comments
This article is published as Clark, Jason D., Fabián G. Fernández, Kristen S. Veum, James J. Camberato, Paul R. Carter, Richard B. Ferguson, David W. Franzen et al. "Soil‐nitrogen, potentially mineralizable‐nitrogen, and field condition information marginally improves corn nitrogen management." Agronomy Journal (2020). doi: 10.1002/agj2.20335.