Predicting nitrogen fertilizer needs for sugarcane and reactions of dissolved organic and mineral nitrogen in straw and soil from sugarcane fields

• Grant number: 11/07955-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: October 01, 2011
• End date: December 31, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Soil Science
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Cesar Ocheuze Trivelin
• Grantee: Eduardo Mariano
• Host Institution: Centro de Energia Nuclear na Agricultura (CENA). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/18366-1 - Dissolved organic nitrogen dynamics in sugarcane cropping soils, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Recommendation of nitrogen (N) rates for sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) based upon soil testing is essential for increasing the sustainability of this agroecosystem. In addition, little is known about the dynamics of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in the straw-soil transition zone in sugarcane fields. The influence of mineral N forms (ammonium-N and nitrate-N) in the carbon (C) mineralization in this transitional region is also unknown. Thus, the objectives of this study will be: i) correlate several methods to predict the soil mineralizable N with sugarcane N response parameters; ii) quantifying the C mineralization and sorption processes of DON compounds applied to straw and soil (both sampled in the transition zone); and iii) determine the C mineralization and mineral N content in straw and soil (from the transition zone) by addition of 14C-glucose with or without mineral sources of N. Twenty one sugarcane ratoons N response trials will be setup in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, to correlate biological, chemical, microbiological and isotopic (15N) methods with stalks yield and total N uptake in the control treatment, relative stalks yield and the N rate required to achieve 90% of the RSY. Soil sampling will be performed at 0-20 and 20-40 cm depths. To study the reactions of DON and mineral N, straw and soil samples will be collected in the transition region between the two materials, in two experimental sites located in the State of São Paulo. The C mineralization and sorption of 14C-labelled amino acids mix, peptides, urea and protein will be performed by addition of the compounds in straw and soil. The C mineralization and mineral N content by the addition of 14C-glucose with or without mineral N forms (ammonium-N and nitrate-N) will be also checked.

Scientific publications

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MARIANO, EDUARDO; OTTO, RAFAEL; MONTEZANO, ZAQUEU F.; CANTARELLA, HEITOR; TRIVELIN, PAULO C. O.. Soil nitrogen availability indices as predictors of sugarcane nitrogen requirements. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY, v. 89, p. 25-37, SEP 2017. (11/14372-1, 11/07955-0, 08/56147-1, 02/10534-8)

Academic Publications

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MARIANO, Eduardo. Predicting nitrogen fertilizer needs for sugarcane and reactions of dissolved organic and mineral nitrogen in straw and soil from sugarcane fields. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) Piracicaba.