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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Implementierung und bodenökologische Charakterisierung von Kurzumtriebsplantagen und Agroforstsystemen am Beispiel der Bioenergie-Regionen "Göttinger Land" & "Thüringer Ackerebene" / Implementation and soil ecological characterization of short rotation coppices and agroforestry systems in the bioenergy regions "district of Göttingen" and "Thuringian cropping Area"

Hartmann, Linda 27 October 2014 (has links)
No description available.
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名古屋市近郊の二次林の生態 - リター量とそれによる養分の還元について –

平泉, 智子, HIRAIZUMI, Satoko, 河口, 順子, KAWAGUCHI, Junko, 只木, 良也, TADAKI, Yoshiya 12 1900 (has links) (PDF)
農林水産研究情報センターで作成したPDFファイルを使用している。
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Cultivo do girassol irrigado sob diferentes lâminas de água e doses de nitrogênio / Sunflower cultivation irrigated under different water blades and nitrogen doses

Freire, Jonas de Oliveira 29 August 2016 (has links)
Submitted by Lara Oliveira (lara@ufersa.edu.br) on 2017-02-14T19:11:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 JonasOF_TESE.pdf: 3319263 bytes, checksum: 51b79bea8bd5a5a042d4db215bfe1a86 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Socorro Pontes (socorrop@ufersa.edu.br) on 2017-02-15T14:50:14Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 JonasOF_TESE.pdf: 3319263 bytes, checksum: 51b79bea8bd5a5a042d4db215bfe1a86 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Vanessa Christiane (referencia@ufersa.edu.br) on 2017-02-15T14:52:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 JonasOF_TESE.pdf: 3319263 bytes, checksum: 51b79bea8bd5a5a042d4db215bfe1a86 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-21T14:53:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JonasOF_TESE.pdf: 3319263 bytes, checksum: 51b79bea8bd5a5a042d4db215bfe1a86 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-29 / Sunflower adapts to different conditions of climate and soil, including the prevailing climate in the Northeast, but the water needs, as well as nitrogen fertilizer recommendations are not yet fully defined. The objective of this study was to evaluate sunflower productivity and efficiency of water and nitrogen use. The experiment was conducted between October 2013 to January 2014 in Unidade Agrícola Industrial Escola do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN/Campus Apodi), Apodi, in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Statistical design used was in blocks in the 4 x 4 factorial scheme with four replications. The treatments consisted of four water slides 58, 80, 100 and 120% of crop evapotranspiration (ETc) associated with four doses of nitrogen 40, 100, 200 and 370% of the dose recommended for the cultivation of 70 kg ha-1. The depth water of 517 mm (108% ETc) associated with nitrogen dose of 77 kg ha-1 provided 91.3% of the maximum productivity, these being the doses recommended in the studied conditions. The oil productivity depending on depths water and nitrogen levels followed the trend surface function in oil yield of water depths and doses of nitrogen. The water factor was most limiting characteristics evaluated the nitrogen fertilization / O girassol se adapta a diferentes condições de clima e solo, inclusive ao clima predominante na Região Nordeste, porém, as necessidades hídricas, assim como as recomendações de adubação nitrogenada, ainda não estão perfeitamente definidas. Objetivouse com o presente estudo, avaliar a produtividade do girassol e a eficiência do uso da água e nitrogênio. O experimento foi conduzido no período de 29 outubro de 2013 a janeiro de 2014 na Unidade Agrícola Industrial Escola do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Norte (IFRN/Campus Apodi), Apodi, RN. O delineamento estatístico adotado foi em blocos no esquema fatorial 4 x 4 com quatro repetições. Os tratamentos consistiram em quatro lâminas de irrigação 58, 80, 100 e 120% da evapotranspiração da cultura (ETc) associadas a quatro doses de nitrogênio 40, 100, 200 e 370% da dose padrão de 70 kg ha- 1. A lâmina de água de 517 mm (108% da ETc) associada a dose nitrogenada de 77 kg ha-1 proporcionou 91,3% da produtividade máxima de grãos, sendo estas as doses recomendadas nas condições estudadas. A produtividade de óleo em função das doses de água e nitrogênio acompanhou a tendência da superfície do rendimento de óleo em função das lâminas de água e doses de nitrogênio. As lâminas de água foram mais limitantes às características avaliadas que a adubação nitrogenada / 2017-02-14
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Adubação nitrogenada em milho em semeadura direta e cultivo convencional na região Meio-Norte do Piauí /

Rocha, Raimundo José de Sousa. January 2010 (has links)
Resumo: O nitrogênio é nutriente absorvido em maiores quantidades na cultura do milho e o que proporciona maiores produtividades de grãos, sendo seu uso no sistema solo-planta alterado pelo sistema de cultivo utilizado. Com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito de sistemas de cultivo e doses de nitrogênio na produção de matéria seca, nitrogênio na planta, nitrogênio foliar, produtividade de grãos e eficiência do nitrogênio no milho, foi implantado experimento de campo nos anos de 2008 e 2009, em um Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo, distrófico, sob irrigação. Utilizou-se o delineamento experimental em parcelas subdivididas, com oito repetições. As parcelas foram constituídas pela semeadura direta (SD) e plantio convencional (PC). Nas subparcelas, foram aplicadas seis doses de N (0; 40; 80; 120; 160 e 200 kg ha-1) na forma de uréia. Em 2009 a fim de avaliar a velocidade de decomposição e liberação do nitrogênio do feijão utilizado como cobertura morta, esses resíduos foram acondicionados em sacolas de náilon, as quais foram dispostas sobre o solo nas parcelas correspondente a SD e o seu conteúdo analisado em intervalos de 25 dias, até 100 dias após sua instalação. A adubação nitrogenada aumentou significativamente as variáveis relacionadas com a produtividade, sendo que a SD proporcionou a maior produção de matéria seca da parte aérea, matéria seca do grão, nitrogênio na parte aérea, nitrogênio do grão, produtividade de grãos, eficiência de absorção e uso do nitrogênio. A faixa de suficiência de nitrogênio na folha variou de 25,7 a 28,4 g kg-1. As doses máximas econômicas em 2008 e 2009 foram respectivamente de 125 e 160 kg ha-1 N / Abstract: Nitrogen is the nutrient absorbed in largest quantities in maize which provides more grain yields, and its use in soil-plant system is modified by the tillage system utilized. Aiming to evaluate the effect of cropping systems and nitrogen rates on dry matter production, nitrogen in the plant, leaf nitrogen, grain yield and nitrogen efficiency in maize, field experiment was established in 2008 and 2009 in a dystrophic red-yellow Argisoil under irrigation. The split-plot experimental design were used with eight replications. The plots were established by no-tillage (NT) and conventional tillage (CT). Subplots were set in six levels of N(0, 40, 80, 120, 160 and 200 kg ha-1) as urea. In 2009, in order to assess the speed of decomposition and nitrogen release from the bean plant used as cover crop, plant residues were packaged in nylon bags, which were arranged on the ground in the plots corresponding to NT and its contents examined at intervals of 25 days until 100 days after its installation. The nitrogen fertilization increased significantly the variables related to productivity, being that no-tillage provided the highest dry matter yield on shoot, dry matter of grain, nitrogen on shoot, grain nitrogen, grain yield, nitrogen uptake efficiency and nitrogen use efficiency. The sufficiency range of leaf nitrogen ranged from 25.7 to 28.4 g kg-1. The maximum economic rates in 2008 and 2009 season were respectively 125 and 160 kg ha-1N / Orientador: Edson Luiz Mendes Coutinho / Coorientador: Adeodato Ari Cavalcante Salviano / Banca: Luiz Evaldo de Moura Pádua / Banca: Takashi Muraoka / Banca: José Carlos Barbosa / Banca: José Eduardo Corá / Doutor
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Atributos químicos do solo de várzea tropical cultivado com arroz irrigado em razão do manejo do nitrogênio / Chemical attributes of tropical varzea soil cultivated with rice irrigated for nitrogen management

Gonçalves, Gustavo de Melo Oliveira 29 July 2016 (has links)
Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-02-08T10:12:21Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Gustavo de Melo Oliveira Gonçalves - 2016.pdf: 1630959 bytes, checksum: 90d5f7c22407381803a1e520c265c080 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-02-08T10:12:49Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Gustavo de Melo Oliveira Gonçalves - 2016.pdf: 1630959 bytes, checksum: 90d5f7c22407381803a1e520c265c080 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-02-08T10:12:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Gustavo de Melo Oliveira Gonçalves - 2016.pdf: 1630959 bytes, checksum: 90d5f7c22407381803a1e520c265c080 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-07-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / In the last years, due to the government effort, especially in the Tocantins State, there have been significante increase on flooded rice production areas. However, there are few studies about nitrogen sources and doses in that region, which could improve the nitrogen efficiency use and provide higher incomes for farmers. This study aimed to determine the effects of different sources and doses of nitrogen in flooded lowland soils in the pH, redox potential and the concentration of ions in the soil solution in order to obtain the economicallyand environmentally best mineral nitrogen source and dose. The samples were collected in the 2014/2015 season at the Embrapa Rice and Beans Experimental Field - Palmital Farm-, in a Dystric Gleysol. The design was a complete randomized blocks, with four replications, two sources of nitrogen (common urea and slow release urea), three nitrogen rates (30, 70, 150 kg ha-1), and a control, without any N application.Soil solution samples were collected weekly, during the flooded period in rice cultivation, BRS Catiana genotype. The pH analysis and Eh (redoxpotential) were immediately read, just after the soil solution sampling, in the field, and thenHCl (2M) acidified,, and immediately frozen for later analysis of the following ions: Ca, Mg, K, Fe, Zn, Mn, MOS, NO3- and NH4+. The sources used did not affect the release of nutrients dynamics to the soil solution. The anaerobic condition caused changes in the Eh and ions solubility in the soil solution. The doses applied changed Ca and MOS concentrations in solution, and the dose of 150 kg ha-1 N showed the highest values for both. / Nos últimos anos, devido incentivos do governo, especialmente no Estado do Tocantins, houve significante aumento em áreas de produção de arroz irrigado. No entanto, existem poucos estudos sobre fontes de nitrogênio e doses naquela região, o que poderia melhorar a eficiência de uso de nitrogênio e proporcionar maiores rendimentos para os produtores rurais. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo determinar os efeitos de diferentes fontes e doses de nitrogênio em solos de várzea inundados no pH, potencial redox e na concentração de íons da solução do solo, visando a obtenção da fonte e dose de fertilizante economicamente viável e ambientalmente sustentável. As amostras foram coletadas na safra 2014/2015 no Campo Experimental da Fazenda Palmital, da Embrapa Arroz e Feijão, em Gleissolo Háplico. O delineamento utilizado foi o de blocos casualizados com quatro repetições, sendo duas fontes de nitrogênio (ureia comum e ureia de liberação lenta), três doses de N aplicadas em cobertura (30, 70, 150 kg ha-1), e a testemunha absoluta, sem aplicação alguma de N. Foram coletadas amostras de solução do solo, semanalmente, durante o período de inundação no cultivo do arroz, cultivar BRS Catiana. As análises de pH e Eh (potencial de oxirredução) foram feitas logo após a coleta da solução do solo no campo, e então, acidificadas com HCl (2M), e imediatamente congeladas para posterior análise dos seguintes elementos: Ca, Mg, K, Fe, Zn, Mn, MOS, NO3- e NH4+. As fontes utilizadas não interferiram na dinâmica de liberação dos nutrientes para solução do solo. A condição de anaerobiose causou modificações no estado de oxirredução e alterou a solubilidade dos nutrientes na solução do solo. As doses aplicadas alteraram as concentrações de Ca e MOS na solução, sendo a dose de 150 kg ha-1 de N a dose que apresentou os maiores valores para ambos.
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Influência dos fatores edafoclimáticos na produtividade e na eficiência do uso dos recursos naturais do Pinus taeda L. sob distintos manejos no Sul do Brasil / Edaphoclimatic factors influence on productivity and efficiency use of natural resources of loblolly pine under different managements in southern Brazil

Juliana Soares Biruel Munhoz 16 October 2015 (has links)
Devido ao aprimoramento das práticas silviculturais e do melhoramento genético para seleção de genótipos mais produtivos, a produtividade do Pinus taeda no Brasil é reconhecida entre as maiores do mundo. Mesmo com alta produtividade em determinados sítios, sua variação é consideravelmente grande. Sabe-se que a disponibilidade de água, luz e nutrientes são fatores essenciais para a produção de madeira, onde a eficiência de uso desses recursos influenciam nesta variação do produtividade. Contudo, a ausência de fertilização em plantios de Pinus é majoritária nas áreas comerciais no Brasil, devido ao bom crescimento em solos de baixa fertilidade e por dificilmente apresentarem deficiência visual de nutrientes. Para compreender quais fatores influenciam na produção e partição de biomassa, se faz necessário o estudo da ecologia da produção. Diante disso, o presente trabalho tem como principais objetivos: i) estudar a influência de diferentes classes de solo no crescimento do Pinus taeda; ii) estudar a resposta da produtividade da espécie submetida à fertilização e ao desbaste; iii) avaliar a interceptação de luz; e iv) estimar a eficiência do crescimento (EC), uso da luz (EUL) e do nitrogênio (EUN) em povoamentos de Pinus taeda no sul do Brasil. Utilizou-se para este estudo parcelas quadrigêmeas da rede experimental do programa de Produtividade Potencial do Pinus no Brasil, as quais compõem um gradiente edafoclimático nos estados do Paraná e de Santa Catarina. As parcelas foram submetidas aos seguintes tratamentos: controle (C), fertilizado (F), desbastado (D), desbastado e fertilizado (DF). Foi calculado o índice de sítio, o incremento corrente anual, o incremento médio anual, índice de uniformidade do povoamento, a produtividade primária líquida de madeira e o índice de área foliar (IAF). Realizou-se análises de solo (0-20 cm) e foliar. Os dados das variáveis climáticas calculadas foram obtidos das estações meteorológicas mais próximas aos sítios avaliados. A produtividade mínima e máxima das parcelas controle foi de, respectivamente, 20,3 e 56,9 m³ ha-1 ano-1 com idade média de 13 anos. Houve efeito significativo dos tratamentos F e DF, com ganho máximo no estoque de volume por parcela de 33 e 63%, respectivamente. A resposta da fertilização e da fertilização com desbaste ocorreram em áreas menos férteis e com menor teor de matéria orgânica do solo. A uniformidade dos povoamentos correlacionou-se positivamente com as parcelas de maior área basal em 2014 e com a EC, EUL e EUN calculadas em 2013. Os valores médios da EC, EUL e EUN aos 12,4 anos de idade foram de 2,1 Mg ha-1 IAF-1, 0,55 g MJ-1 e 93 kg lenho kg-1 N ano-1, respectivamente. Houve relação linear positiva da EC, EUL e EUN com a produção de biomassa total acima do solo. Ocorreu maior influência das variáveis edáficas na eficiência do uso dos recursos naturais comparado com as variáveis climáticas. / Due to the improvement of silviculture practices and breeding for the selection of more productive genotypes, the loblolly pine productivity in Brazil is recognized as one of the biggest in the world. Even with the high productivity at certain sites, its variation is large. It is known that the availability of water, light and nutrients are essential for the wood production, and that the use efficiency of these resources influences the productivity variation. However, the absence of fertilization in pine plantations is majority in the commercial areas in Brazil due to good growth in low fertility soils and it hardly presents visual nutrient deficiency. To understand which factors influence the production and biomass partitioning, it is necessary to study the production ecology. Thus, the present work has as main objectives: i) to study the influence of different soil classes in loblolly pine growth; ii) to study the productivity response submitted to fertilization and thinning; iii) to evaluate the light interception; and iv) to estimate the growth efficiency (GE), use of light (LUE) and nitrogen (NUE) in loblolly pine stands in southern Brazil. For this study, it was used quadriplots from the experimental network of Pinus Potential Productivity in Brazil program, which composes an edaphoclimatic gradient in Parana and Santa Catarina states. The plots were submitted to the following treatments: control (C), fertilized (F), thinning (T), thinning and fertilized (TF). It was calculated the site index, the annual increment, the mean annual increment, the stand uniformity index, wood net primary productivity and the leaf area index (LAI). The soil (0-20 cm) and foliar analyzes were held. Data from the calculated climate variables was obtained from the closest weather stations to the evaluated sites. The minimum and maximum productivity of control plots were, respectively, 20.3 and 56.9 m³ ha-1 yr-1 with an average age of 13 years. There was a significant effect of F and TF treatments, with maximum gain in volume stock of 33 and 63%, respectively. The response of fertilization and fertilization with thinning occurred in less fertile areas and with lower soil organic matter content. The stands uniformity correlated positively with the basal area in 2014 and the GE, LUE and NUE calculated in 2013. The mean values of GE, LUE and NUE at the average age of 12,4 years were 2.1 Mg ha-1 LAI-1, 0.55 g MJ-1 and 93 kg wood kg-1 N year-1, respectively. There was a positive linear relationship of GE, LUE and NUE with the production of total biomass above ground. The soil variables influenced more on the use efficiency of natural resources than climatic variables.
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Trait Identification to Improve Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Wheat

Blake A Russell (8797199) 04 May 2020 (has links)
<p>Wheat is a major source of calories and protein for humans worldwide. Wheat is the most widely grown crop, with cultivation areas and production systems on every continent. The cultivated land area is vast because of its importance and adaptability to various environmental conditions. Global wheat production has not kept up with the growing population, provoking the need to develop new methods and techniques to increase genetic gains. The first research chapter of this Ph.D. dissertation involves performing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify and examine transferability of marker-trait associations (MTAs) across environments. I evaluated yield and yield components traits among 270 soft red winter (SRW) wheat varieties. The population consists of experimental breeding lines adapted to the Midwestern and eastern United States and developed by public university breeding programs. Phenotypic data from a two-year field study and a 45K-SNP marker dataset were analyzed by FarmCPU model to identify MTAs for yield related traits. Grain yield was positively correlated with thousand kernel weight, biomass, and grain weight per spike while negatively correlated with days to heading and maturity. Sixty-one independent loci were identified for agronomic traits, including a region that with <i>–logP</i> of 16.35, which explained 18% of the variation in grain yield. Using 12 existing datasets from other states and seasons, in addition to my own data, I examined the transferability of significant MTAs for grain yield and days to heading across homogenous environments. For grain yield and days to heading, I only observed 6 out of 28 MTAs to hold up across homogenous environments. I concluded that not all marker-trait associations can be detected in other environments.</p><p>In the second research chapter of this Ph.D. dissertation, I dissected yield component traits under contrasting nitrogen environments by using field-based low-throughput phenotyping. I characterized grain yield formation and quality attributes in soft red winter wheat. Using a split-block design, I studied responses of 30 experimental lines, as sub-plot, to high nitrogen and low nitrogen environment, as main-plot, for two years. Differential N environments were imposed by the application, or lack thereof, of spring nitrogen application in a field, following a previous corn harvest. In this study, I measured agronomic traits, in-tissue nitrogen concentrations, nitrogen use efficiency, nitrogen harvest index and end-use quality traits on either all or subset of the germplasm. My data showed that biomass, number of spikes and total grain numbers per unit area were most sensitive to low nitrogen while kernel weight remained stable across environments. Significant genotype x N-environment interaction allowed me to select N-efficient germplasm, that can be used as founding parents for a potential breeding population specifically for low-N environments. I did this selection on the basis of superior agronomic traits and the presence of the desirable gluten quality alleles such as <i>Glu-A1b </i>(<i>2*</i>) and <i>Glu-D1d </i>(<i>5+10</i>).</p>
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Conception innovante d’une méthode de fertilisation azotée : Articulation entre diagnostic des usages, ateliers participatifs et modélisation / Innovative design of a method for managing nitrogen fertilization : combining diagnosis of uses with participatory workshops and modeling

Ravier, Clémence 10 February 2017 (has links)
Le raisonnement de la fertilisation azotée du blé a, depuis 40 ans, été largement orienté par le consensus autour de la méthode du bilan, avec comme principes fondamentaux : une nutrition azotée non limitante tout au long du cycle et l’estimation, de manière indépendante, des différents termes de l’équation du bilan pour caractériser la fourniture du sol et les besoins en azote de la plante. Au regard des enjeux de réduction des pollutions environnementales, de l’évolution des exigences qualitative du marché, ainsi que des difficultés de mise en oeuvre de la méthode, on s’interroge sur l’opportunité de renouveler ce paradigme. Pour proposer une nouvelle méthode qui réponde aux divers enjeux concernant l’azote, qui valorise au mieux les connaissances disponibles et dont la mise en oeuvre est cohérente avec les moyens des acteurs, nous avons mis en oeuvre une démarche de conception innovante, structurée en 3 étapes : un diagnostic des usages des outils actuels, une phase de conception, incluant des ateliers de conception et la mise au point de règle de décision à l’aide d’un modèle, et un test d’usage du prototype conçu.Le diagnostic des usages a mis en évidence plusieurs obstacles à la mise en oeuvre de la méthode du bilan, dont la fixation de l’objectif de rendement, ce qui a orienté la phase de conception vers l’exploration d’un concept de méthode de fertilisation azotée permettant de s’en affranchir. La méthode mise au point est basée sur le suivi régulier de l’état de nutrition azotée de la plante, l’acceptation de carences en azote non préjudiciables et des règles de décision tenant compte des conditions météorologiques au moment de l’apport. Nous montrons que la conception a rendu nécessaire la production de nouvelles connaissances, mais aussi la diversification des ressources et des compétences habituellement mobilisées. Ce travail enrichit les méthodes de conception d’outils d’aide à la décision en montrant comment l’articulation des 3 étapes permet de sortir du paradigme qui domine la fertilisation azotée depuis des décennies et d’élaborer un outil palliant les défauts des outils actuels. / Decisions about nitrogen fertilizer application on wheat have, for the last 40 years, been based on the balance sheet method, with the following underlying principles: non-limiting nitrogen nutrition throughout the crop cycle, and independent estimation of the various terms of the equation, to characterize soil nitrogen supply and plant nitrogen needs. Environmental pollution, changes in the qualitative requirements of the market and difficulties implementing this method have raised questions about whether it might be appropriate to switch to new ways of managing nitrogen fertilizer. We developed a new method meeting the diverse constraints relating to nitrogen use, making the best use of available knowledge and easily applicable by users, through a 3-steps innovative design approach: a diagnosis of the use of current tools, a design phase including design workshops, production of new knowledge, a modelbased prototyping, and the testing of a prototype method.The diagnosis of uses identified several barriers to the implementation of the balance sheet method, including the need to set a target yield. This directed the design phase towards the exploration of new ways of managing nitrogen fertilizer that did not require the fixing of a target yield. The method developed is based on the regular monitoring of plant nitrogen nutrition, the toleration of periods of nitrogen deficiency that are not prejudicial and the use of decision rules taking weather conditions at the time of nitrogen application into account.This design required the generation of new knowledge and a diversification of the resources and skills usually mobilized. This work enriches the methods for designing decision support tools and shows how a combination of 3 steps can be used to develop a tool for managing nitrogen fertilizer applications completely different from the dominant paradigm of the last 40 years, and compensating the defects of current methods.
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The Influence of Cover Crop Termination Strategies and Supplemental Nitrogen on Sweet Corn Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency

Sunuwar, Sachina 13 May 2022 (has links) (PDF)
Cover crops are instrumental in nutrient management and soil health. A field experiment was conducted from fall 2020 to summer 2021 to evaluate the efficiency of different cover crop termination techniques and supplemental nitrogen on sweet corn yield, ear quality and nitrogen use efficiency. The four termination types are herbicide and disk tillage (HDT), herbicide no-till (HNT), cultivation disk till (CDT), and roller crimped no-till (RCNT). These termination types were each divided into four different nitrogen treatment: 0%, 33%, 67% and 100% of the recommended doses (145 kg haˉ¹). Sweet corn yield was highest and % unfilled tip was lowest when cover crops terminated by CDT, followed by RCNT, HNT and HDT. The highest ear weight obtained when 100% of the recommended nitrogen rate was applied to the sweet corn. However, the highest nitrogen use efficiency was obtained when 67% of the recommended nitrogen application rate was used.
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MEASURING SOIL NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS BY USING A NOVEL OPEN PATH SCANNING TECHNIQUE

Cheng-Hsien Lin (5929973) 02 August 2019 (has links)
A better way to improve understanding and quantification of nitrous oxide (N<sub>2</sub>O) emitted from intensive maize cropping systems is to develop an advanced emissions measurement method This study developed an open path (OP) method to measure N<sub>2</sub>O emissions from four adjacent maize plots managed by tillage practices of no-till (NT) and chisel plow (ChP), and different nitrogen (N) treatments from 2014 to 2016. Anhydrous ammonia (220 kg NH<sub>3</sub>-N ha<sup>-1</sup>) was applied in once or equally split (full vs. split rate) and applied in different timing (Fall vs. Spring). The spring N application occurred either before planting (pre-plant) or in season (side-dress). Emissions measurements were conducted by using the OP method (the scanning OP Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (OP-FTIR) + the gas point-sampling system + a backward Lagrangian stochastic (bLS) dispersion model) and static closed chamber methods. The performance and feasibility of the OP measurements were assessed by a sensitivity analysis, starting with errors associated with the OP-FTIR for calculating N<sub>2</sub>O concentrations, and then errors associated with the bLS model for estimating N<sub>2</sub>O emissions. The quantification of N<sub>2</sub>O concentrations using the OP-FTIR spectrum was influenced by ambient humidity, temperature, and the path length between a spectrometer and a retro-reflector. The optimal quantitative method mitigated these ambient interference effects on N<sub>2</sub>O quantification. The averaged bias of the calculated N<sub>2</sub>O concentrations from the spectra acquired from wide ranges of humidity (0.5 – 2.0 % water vapor content), temperature (10 – 35 °C), and path length (100 – 135 meters) was 1.4 %. The precision of the OP-FTIR N<sub>2</sub>O concentrations was 5.4 part per billion<sup> </sup>(3σ) in a stationary flow condition for a 30-minute averaging period. The emissions measurement from multiple sources showed that the field of interest was likely interfered by adjacent fields. Fields with low emission rates were more sensitive to the adjacent fields with high emissions, resulting in substantial biases and uncertainties. The minimum detection limit of the N<sub>2</sub>O emission rates was 1.2 µg m<sup>-2</sup> s<sup>-1</sup> (MDL; 3σ). The OP measurements showed that the NT practice potentially reduced N<sub>2</sub>O emission compared with ChP. Under the long-term NT treatments, the split-N rate application (110 kg NH<sub>3</sub>-N ha<sup>-1</sup> in the fall and spring) resulted in lower N<sub>2</sub>O emissions than the full application (220 kg NH<sub>3</sub>-N ha<sup>-1</sup> in the fall). The management of NT coupled with split-N rate application minimized N<sub>2</sub>O emissions among treatments in this study, resulting in N<sub>2</sub>O-N losses of 3.8, 13.2, and 6.6 N kg ha<sup>-1</sup> over 9-, 35-, and 20-days after the spring NH<sub>3</sub> application in 2014, 2015, and 2016, respectively. The spring pre-plant N application in 2015 also resulted in higher N<sub>2</sub>O emissions than the spring side-dress application in 2016, and the increased N<sub>2</sub>O-N loss was corresponding to lower N recovery efficiency in 2015 measurements. A comparison of chamber and OP measurements showed that soil N<sub>2</sub>O emissions were likely underestimated by 10x without considering the wind-induced effect on gas transport at the ground-atmospheric interface. This study showed that the OP method provides a great opportunity to study agricultural N<sub>2</sub>O emissions as well as management optimization for the sustainability of the agroecosystems.

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