EFFECT OF THE STOCKING RATE AND LAND SLOPE ON NITROGEN LOSSES TO WATER ON A GRAZED PASTURE OF SOUTHERN CHILE
EFFECT OF THE STOCKING RATE AND LAND SLOPE ON NITROGEN LOSSES TO WATER ON A GRAZED PASTURE OF SOUTHERN CHILE
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智利南部放牧草地放养率和土地坡度对水氮流失的影响
DOI:
10.4067/s0718-95162011000200009
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发表时间:
2011
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
L. Ramírez
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作者:
F. Salazar;M. Alfaro;S. Ledgard;S. Iraira;N. Teuber;L. Ramírez
Most of the studies on nitrogen (N) leaching have been carried out on cut grass, and there is a lack of information on beef grazed grasslands. The objective of this study was to quantify N runoff and leaching losses in beef production systems with two different immediate stocking rates (63 and 191 Holstein Friesian steers ha -1 day -1 ) and two land slopes (4 and 12%). Runoff and leachate samples were analyzed from 2004 to 2006 for total N, nitrate and ammonium. No significant differences for the total N losses were found between treatments (p > 0.05), which were low ranging from 0.9 to 26.8 kg N ha -1 yr -1 . The main pathway for the losses was leaching, which contributed >99% of the total N lost. The main form of N leaching was nitrate-N (>84%). Nitrate-N concentration in runoff samples was high, averaging 14 to 31 mg L -1 . We suggest that these low N losses could be related the low N fertiliser inputs in the pasture and to the N adsorption properties of volcanic soils and, so that further research is required on this subject.