Nitrogen mineralisation from amended and unamended intensively managed tropical andisols and inceptisols

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Nitrogen mineralisation from amended and unamended intensively managed tropical andisols and inceptisols

Ladiyani R. Widowati ^A ^B, Steven Sleutel ^A, Diah Setyorini ^B, Sukristiyonubowo ^B and Stefaan De Neve ^A ^C

^A Department of Soil Management, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
^B Soil Research Institute, Jln. Juanda No. 98, Bogor, West Java 16123, Indonesia.
^C Corresponding author. Email: Stefaan.DeNeve@UGent.be

Soil Research 50(2) 136-144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR11225
Submitted: 2 September 2011 Accepted: 4 March 2012 Published: 3 April 2012





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Abstract

Intensive vegetable production systems throughout South East Asia are characterised by large nutrient inputs and low nitrogen (N) use efficiencies. In Indonesia, intensive vegetable production is concentrated on volcanic highland soils starting from an altitude of around 700 m above sea level. We measured potential N mineralisation from soil organic matter and from several representative organic materials in Andisols and Inceptisols with andic properties from Central Java, Indonesia. Unamended soils and soils amended with crop residues, animal manures, and compost were incubated during 3–4 months at 25°C in the laboratory, then we monitored N mineralisation. Relative N mineralisation was significantly smaller in the Andisols (average 3.6 ± 1.0%) than the Inceptisols (7.4 ± 2.9%), and was negatively related to oxalate-extractable aluminium (Al_ox) (r = –0.749) and soil organic carbon (r = –0.705). This is probably due to the strong protection of organic matter (and organic N) by binding to active Al compounds. Net N mineralisation from the added organic materials was highly variable (ranging from 68.1% for the broccoli residues to 2.6% for tithonia compost), and was best related to the organic N content (r = 0.476). There were no significant correlations between net N mineralisation and biochemical fractions, which we attribute to the large variety of materials used in this study compared with previous studies. The data generated here on N mineralisation potential from soil organic matter, and from a variety of plant materials and animal manures that are commonly used in these intensive vegetable rotations, will allow for the rapid and efficient introduction of N fertiliser advice systems based on balance sheets.

Additional keywords: (bio)chemical fractionation, mineralisation rate, organic material, soil organic matter, vegetable rotations.

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