Estimates of n(2) fixation based on differences in the natural abundance of N in nodulating and nonnodulating isolines of soybeans.
Estimates of n(2) fixation based on differences in the natural abundance of N in nodulating and nonnodulating isolines of soybeans.
复制标题
基于大豆结瘤和非结瘤等系中氮自然丰度差异的 n(2) 固定估计。
作者:
D. Kohl;G. Shearer;J. E. Harper
Estimates of the contribution of biologically fixed N to the total N of nodulating soybeans (Glycine max (L) Merrill, variety Harosoy) grown under a variety of conditions were made from: (a) differences in N yield between nodulating and nonnodulating isolines; and (b) differences in (15)N abundance between the two isolines. For plants grown in a greenhouse in nutrient-poor soil, both estimates showed a high level of N(2) fixation; from 58 to 89% N fixed by differences in N yield and from 51 to 95% by differences in (15)N abundance. Decreasing contributions of fixed N were estimated by both methods with increasing levels of added NO(3) (-). Results of field experiments carried out over two years on an unamended highly fertile midwestern soil showed a modest level of N(2) fixation by both methods (7.3 to 51% by differences in N yield, and 5.4 to 46% by differences in (15)N abundance). When the soil was amended with ground corn cobs, both methods showed higher contributions of fixed N. The two methods of estimating N(2) fixation gave similar results. Both appear to be semiquantitative and the standard errors of the estimates were about the same (6% on the average).