Have repeated applications of nitrogen and phosphorus to a loblolly pine plantation changed stand productivity and soil nutrient supply?

2008 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer (Bennett) Phelan ◽  
H. Lee Allen
Keyword(s):  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Nutrient Supply ◽  
Biologically Active ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Total System ◽  
P Fertilization ◽  
Stand Growth ◽  
Stand Productivity

To develop a nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) fertilization regime that produces long-term increases in stand productivity and soil nutrient supply in loblolly pine plantations, a series of N + P fertilizer studies were established in the Southeastern United States. One of these installations was examined partway through the study to determine if changes to stand productivity and soil nutrient supply had already been achieved. Stand growth and foliar nutrient concentrations were measured for 6 years, and during the third year, a seedling bioassay was conducted with soil collected from the highest fertilization and nonfertilized treatments. Annual stand growth was increased by 14%–27% in the fertilized plots suggesting that the fertilizer regime improved stand productivity. However, results from the seedling bioassay showed that only P fertilization had caused changes in soil nutrient supply. Seedling P contents in the fertilized treatments were 3.6 times larger than those in the nonfertilized treatments. In contrast, total system N contents were equivalent in the fertilized and nonfertilized systems, and extractable nitrate (NO3–), ammonium (NH4+), and biologically active N were higher in the nonfertilized soils. Future measurements and seedlings bioassay assessments should be conducted to determine when and if long-term changes in soil quality and stand productivity are achieved.

Effects of ontogeny and soil nutrient supply on production, allocation, and leaf area efficiency in loblolly and slash pine stands

2000 ◽  
Vol 30 (10) ◽  
pp. 1511-1524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric J Jokela ◽  
Timothy A Martin
Keyword(s):  
Leaf Area ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Growth Efficiency ◽  
Pinus Elliottii ◽  
Nutrient Supply ◽  
Slash Pine ◽  
Growth Responses

The effects of ontogeny and soil nutrient supply on aboveground biomass accumulation, allocation, and stemwood growth efficiency of loblolly (Pinus taeda L.) and slash pine (Pinus elliottii Engelm. var. elliottii) were investigated in north-central Florida over 16 years using a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial experiment (species, fertilization, weed control). Aboveground biomass growth responses to the combined fertilizer and weed control treatments (FW) averaged ~2- and 2.8-fold for slash and loblolly pine, respectively. In the same treatment, annual needlefall (NF) production for slash pine approached a "steady state" of 6 Mg·ha-1 at ages 8-14 years, while loblolly pine NF production peaked at 7 Mg·ha-1 at age 10 years, and then declined 17% following curtailment of the fertilizer treatment. Periodic stemwood biomass increment (PAI) for the FW treatment for both species culminated at about 15 Mg·ha-1·year-1 at age 8 years and then declined rapidly (~275%) to <4 Mg·ha-1·year-1 at 15 years; reductions for the untreated control were considerably slower. The progressive decline in PAI following peak leaf area development was closely associated with a decrease in stemwood production per unit leaf area (growth efficiency). A unit increase in leaf area index in the 7- to 9-year-old stands produced about 3.0 and 3.1 times more stemwood biomass per year than in the 14- to 16-year-old stands for loblolly and slash pine, respectively.

Relative effectiveness of nutrient concentrations in living foliage and needle fall at predicting response of loblolly pine to N and P fertilization

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 713-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Lea ◽  
R. Ballard
Keyword(s):  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
N Fertilization ◽  
Tissue Type ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
P Fertilization ◽  
Fertilizer Response ◽  
Predictors Of Response ◽  
Site Variation

Concentrations of N, P, Ca, and Mg but not K in loblolly pine (Pinustaeda L.) needle fall were significantly correlated with their respective levels in both young and older living foliage; correlations were generally highest with levels in the older foliage. Tissue P concentrations were significantly correlated with 5-year response to P fertilization, while tissue N concentrations were poor predictors of response to N fertilization. No single tissue type exhibited any superiority at predicting fertilizer response. Needle fall was easier to collect than living foliage but showed greater within-site variation.

scholarly journals Simple Soil Tests for On-Site Evaluation of Soil Health in Orchards

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (21) ◽  
pp. 6009
Author(s):  
Esther O. Thomsen ◽  
Jennifer R. Reeve ◽  
Catherine M. Culumber ◽  
Diane G. Alston ◽  
Robert Newhall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Biomass ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Soil Tests ◽  
Site Evaluation ◽  
Positive Correlations

Standard commercial soil tests typically quantify nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, pH, and salinity. These factors alone are not sufficient to predict the long-term effects of management on soil health. The goal of this study was to assess the effectiveness and use of simple physical, biological, and chemical soil health indicator tests that can be completed on-site. Analyses were conducted on soil samples collected from three experimental peach orchards located on the Utah State Horticultural Research Farm in Kaysville, Utah. All simple tests were correlated to comparable lab analyses using Pearson’s correlation. The highest positive correlations were found between Solvita® respiration, and microbial biomass (R = 0.88), followed by our modified slake test and microbial biomass (R = 0.83). Both Berlese funnel and pit count methods of estimating soil macro-organism diversity were fairly predictive of soil health. Overall, simple commercially available chemical tests were weak indicators of soil nutrient concentrations compared to laboratory tests. Modified slake tests, Solvita® respiration and soil organism biodiversity counts may be efficient and cost-effective tools for monitoring soil health on-site.

Nutrient Removals by Pinestraw Harvesting in Slash Pine Plantations in Florida

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 314-325
Author(s):  
Anna Osiecka ◽  
Patrick J Minogue ◽  
Masato Miwa ◽  
Dwight K Lauer
Keyword(s):  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Slash Pine ◽  
Pine Plantations ◽  
Diammonium Phosphate ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
Nitrogen Concentrations ◽  
Kjeldahl Nitrogen

Abstract Pinestraw harvesting is an important industry in the southeastern United States. There is a need to understand how fertilization can be used efficiently to sustain or increase long-term pinestraw yields and avoid adverse environmental consequences. The effects of fertilization on needlefall nutrient concentrations, pinestraw yields, and nutrient removals on soils with contrasting soil nutrient sorption potential (Entisol vs. Ultisol) were compared using two midrotation slash pine plantations in North Florida. Diammonium phosphate was applied at 0, 144, 430, or 718 kg ha–1 in the spring of 2009 and 2010. Pinestraw was harvested annually in 2009–12. Needlefall mass, pinestraw yields, total Kjeldahl nitrogen concentrations in needlefall and pinestraw, and total Kjeldahl nitrogen, P, K, Ca, and Mg removals increased with fertilization. Diammonium phosphate at 718 kg ha–1 year–1 increased pinestraw yield over the control by 37 and 35 percent 2 years after the second fertilization, and by 11 percent (from 21.5 to 23.8 Mg ha–1) and 12 percent (from 25.0 to 28.1 Mg ha–1) over the 4-year control totals, at Entisol and Ultisol sites, respectively. Differences between sites were larger than fertilization response for most variables. Yields, nutrient concentrations, and removals were higher at the more fertile Ultisol than Entisol and, at both sites, higher than most reported in the literature.

An Economic Evaluation of the Use of Oust for Herbaceous Weed Control in Loblolly Pine Plantations

1992 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodney L. Busby
Keyword(s):  
Pinus Taeda ◽  
Weed Control ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Economic Returns ◽  
Stand Growth ◽  
Growth Increments ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
Herbaceous Weed Control ◽  
Pinus Taeda L

Abstract Herbaceous weed control using Oust (sulfometuron methyl²) is economically efficient in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantations given reasonable expectations about the long-term effect of the treatment on stand growth. Increases in the sizes of the growth increments following treatment that have been reported in the literature, and the economic returns this analysis shows are possible, indicate that investment in herbaceous weed control can be a prudent silvicultural option. South. J. Appl. For. 16(1):40-47.

Soil and pine foliage nutrient responses 15 years after competing-vegetation control and their correlation with growth for 13 loblolly pine plantations in the southern United States

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 2412-2425 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H Miller ◽  
H Lee Allen ◽  
Bruce R Zutter ◽  
Shepard M Zedaker ◽  
Ray A Newbold
Keyword(s):  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Nutrient Concentrations ◽  
Foliar Nutrition ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Nutrient Contents ◽  
Vegetation Control ◽  
Foliar Nutrient ◽  
Plantation Development ◽  
Pinus Taeda L

Influences of competition-control treatments on long-term soil and foliar nutrition were examined using a regional data set (the Competition Omission Monitoring Project) that documents loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) plantation development for 15 years after early intensive woody and (or) herbaceous control. Examined were trends for macro nutrients in soils sampled at years 0 and 15 and in pine foliage at years 2, 6, and 15 and their correlations with one another and with pine growth. Early control treatments resulted in distinct plantation successional patterns with contrasting herbaceous and woody components, all under pine-dominated canopies. There was an overall decrease in soil nutrient concentrations after 15 years of pine-plantation management, while C, N, and Ca decreased most after vegetation control. Early herbaceous treatments resulted in significantly less foliar N and K at year 15 as well. Foliar nutrient contents and fascicle mass at year 2 tended to be better correlated with year-15 pine volume than values at year 6 or year 15. Year-15 P concentrations had the strongest correlations between soil and foliar nutrient levels (r = 0.71–0.77). By year 15, intensive pine culture and vegetation control had placed demands on soil nutrient supplies to support enhanced growth that have not yet been replaced.

On the importance of including soil nutrient feedback effects for predicting ecosystem carbon exchange

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miko U. F. Kirschbaum ◽  
Guillaume Simioni ◽  
Belinda E. Medlyn ◽  
Ross E. McMurtrie
Keyword(s):  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Nutrient Supply ◽  
Carbon Stocks ◽  
Carbon Gain ◽  
Feedback Effects ◽  
Ecosystem Carbon ◽  
Foliar Nutrient ◽  
And Storage ◽  
Ecosystem Carbon Exchange

To grow, plants need both carbon, which is fixed in photosynthesis, and inorganic nutrients, which are generally obtained from the soil. Much interest currently exists in trying to understand the uptake and storage of carbon by terrestrial ecosystems. This paper investigates to what extent carbon gain and storage are modified by soil nutrient availability. This issue is investigated in relation to both short-term carbon fluxes on the time scale of interannual variability and long-term ecosystem carbon stocks on time scales of several thousand years.We conclude from simulations with an ecosystem model (CenW) that interannual variations in carbon gain can be significantly affected by feedback effects through the nutrient cycle. This feedback effect operates principally through an imbalance between carbon and nutrient dynamics. In years that allow high carbon gain, nutrient supply typically does not match the increased carbon supply so that foliar nutrient concentrations are reduced. This lowers productivity below that which could be expected if foliar nutrient concentration remained the same. The importance of these feedback effects is shown to be greatest at intermediate levels of water availability and nutrient supply, and is relatively more important for net ecosystem carbon exchange than for net primary production.We conclude that the long-term build-up of carbon stocks in ecosystems is often controlled by the rate at which nutrients can be gained. This conclusion is based on data from published studies showing that the slow build-up of carbon matches the gain in nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur, and on our simulations of system carbon stocks in response to fertiliser addition.The paper concludes with a discussion of the importance and feasibility of including these processes into models at different scales, including the broad continental scale. For modelling net ecosystem exchange for Australia, it is regarded as feasible and desirable to use models that are constrained by these system-internal feedback effects. Such models have already been used for large-scale simulations in Australia and other countries.

scholarly journals Effect of N, P and K fertilisers and their interactions in a long-term experiment on winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)

2016 ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
Szilvia Surányi ◽  
Zoltán Izsáki
Keyword(s):  
Grain Yield ◽  
Soil Nutrient ◽  
Nutrient Supply ◽  
Winter Barley ◽  
Hordeum Vulgare L ◽  
Term Experiment ◽  
Long Term Experiment ◽  
Set Up ◽  
N Rates

The aim of this work was to analyse the effect of K, P and N supplies on the yield of winter barley in a long-term mineral fertilisation experiment with clearly distinct soil nutrient supply levels in order to develop fertilisation guidelines for winter barley growers. The experiment was set up in 1989 on a chernozem meadow soil calcareous in the deeper layers, applying all possible combinations of 4 levels each of N, P and K fertiliser, giving a total of 64 treatments. The results of analyses performed in 2011 and 2012 can be summarised as follows: In 2011, when rainfall supplies were deficient in the shooting phase, improved K supplies (324 mg kg-1 AL-K2O) increased the grain yield, but in 2012, when rainfall supplies were more evenly distributed, K supply levels in the range 210–335 mg kg-1 AL-K2O had no significant influence on the yield of winter barley. An analysis of the P treatments revealed that, compared to the 119–133 mg kg-1 AL-P2O5 level (P0), better P supplies (186–251 mg kg-1) led to a significant increase in the grain yield. In both years rising N rates significantly increased the yield up to an annual N rate of 160 kg ha-1.       4. A K×N interaction could only be detected in the nutrient supplies of winter barley in 2011. The yield-increasing effect of N fertiliser was more    pronounced at better K supply levels, while K fertiliser led to higher yields in the case of better N supplies.

Soil phosphorous accumulation in long-term P fertilization paddy field and its environmental effects

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 393
Author(s):  
Xiao YAN ◽  
De-Jian WANG ◽  
Gang ZHANG ◽  
Lu-Ji BO ◽  
Xiao-Lan PENG
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Effects ◽  
Paddy Field ◽  
P Fertilization ◽  
Soil Phosphorous
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