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Amino Sugar-N Soil Test Jacob Bushong SOIL 5813 Feb. 14, 2014

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Amino Sugar-N Soil Test. Jacob Bushong SOIL 5813 Feb. 14, 2014. Nitrogen Soil Test History. “Holy Grail” of soil test methods Several researchers have attempted Bremner , Stanford, Keeney Biological or Chemical Methods Incubation Acidic or alkaline oxidation or hydrolysis - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Amino Sugar-N Soil Test

Jacob BushongSOIL 5813

Feb. 14, 2014

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Nitrogen Soil Test History

• “Holy Grail” of soil test methods• Several researchers have attempted– Bremner, Stanford, Keeney

• Biological or Chemical Methods– Incubation– Acidic or alkaline oxidation or hydrolysis– Analysis of salt extractions

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Beginning of the ISNT• Dr. Mulvaney had noticed different responses to

sidedress fertilizer applications in corn • Investigated the different organic N forms in soil– Total N– Acid hydrolyzable• NH4

• Amino Sugar• Amino Acid

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Hydrolyzable Amino Sugar N

• Mulvaney et al. (2001)

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Development of ISNT• Time needed to conduct the hydrolyzable soil

test was greater than 12 hours.• Quicker/simpler methods were evaluated• Accelerated Diffusion

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ISNT Results

• Khan et al. (2001)

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Nitrogen Soil Test for Rice

• Bushong et al. (2007)

Arkansas Delta Soils (n = 16)United States Soils (n = 50)

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Evaluation of Hydrolyzable Amino Sugar-N

• Bushong et al. (2008)

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Evaluation of Hydrolyzable Amino Sugar-N

• Bushong et al. (2008)

6 Hours

10 Minutes

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Evaluation of Hydrolyzable Amino Sugar-N

• Bushong et al. (2008)

N-ST*R

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Field Evaluation of N-ST*R

0 50 100 150 200DSD 0-45 cm (mg N kg soil-1)

0

40

80

120

160

NRatetoAchieve

95%RGY(kgNha

-1) y = 337 - 2.10x

n = 23 r2 = 0.89***

• Roberts et al. (2011)

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Other’s Results for Corn

• Laboski et al. (2008)