EFFECT OF SOIL WATER AND NUTRIENTS ON PRODUCTIVITY OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS SYSTEM IN ACIDIC SOILSстатья из журнала
Аннотация: Abstract The grasslands of the Appalachian region spread over undulating terrain with high annual precipitation rate which causes a large variation in soil and nutrient factors like water potential (WP), pH, nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) levels. There is a need to understand these factors and their interactive effects to design precise agronomic practices for acidic grasslands to maximize production. A pot experiment was conducted with an objective to quantify the effects of WP, pH, N and P rates on herbage accumulation and nutrient recovery of Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.) cropping system. Centrally rotatable composite design was applied to study the effects of two levels of WP and five levels each of pH, N, and P fertilizer additions in order to optimize bluegrass herbage mass (yield). WP, pH, and N were significant main effects, as were the interactions WP × pH, WP × N, and pH × N. The yield response function was derived from these four factors. The order of importance for these model parameters based on their effect on herbage accumulation was WP > N > WP × pH > pH >WP × N > pH × N. The optimum levels of WP, soil pH, N, and P rates were predicted for Kentucky bluegrass by using the response surface yield model of this pot study i.e., WP of −422 kPa to −166 kPa, 5.5–6.1 soil pH, 50–68 N mg kg−1, 36–40 P mg kg−1. Concentration (%) of nutrients like N, P, potassium (K), calcium (Ca), and magnesium (Mg) were determined to study the impact of WP, pH, N, and P factors and their interactions on plant nutrient recovery. Main effects like WP, pH, and N levels had significant influence on N and P concentration in plant tissue. K, Ca, and Mg concentrations in plant tissue were significantly affected by WP, pH and their interaction. The results of this greenhouse study imply the necessity to incorporate the information about the variation of soil and nutrient factors in designing precise agronomic practices to low productive acid reclaimed grasslands with undulating topography and high annual precipitation rate. Keywords: Kentucky bluegrasssoil aciditywater potentialAppalachian grasslandoptimization of yieldsyield modelresponse surface designnutrient uptakeWest Virginia acidic soils ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Scientific contribution number 3048 from the West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Morgantown, WV. Funding for this research was provided from the Pasture-Based Beef Production for Appalachia project, a multi-institutional collaboration among West Virginia University, USDA-ARS, Virginia Tech, and University of Georgia and from funds appropriated under the Hatch Act.
Год издания: 2012
Авторы: Rajesh Chintala, Louis M. McDonald, W. B. Bryan
Издательство: Taylor & Francis
Источник: Journal of Plant Nutrition
Ключевые слова: Turfgrass Adaptation and Management, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Seedling growth and survival studies
Открытый доступ: closed
Том: 35
Выпуск: 2
Страницы: 288–303