{"title":"Chemical fixation of ammonia to soil organic matter after application of urea","authors":"G. Johansson","doi":"10.1080/09064719809362482","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Chemical fixation of NH3 to soil organic matter was studied in two Swedish soils with different contents of organic matter: a clay soil with 2.3% C and an organic soil with 36.6% C. 15N‐labelled urea was applied at different rates to both sterilized and non‐sterilized soils. After 10 days, the soils were extracted and washed with K2SO4 and determined for total N and atom% 15N excess. Urea N was recovered as non‐extractable N in sterilized soil corresponding to 9.7% of supplied l5N‐labelled urea in the organic soil and 2.2% in the clay soil. Since no biological immobilization is thought to occur in the sterile soil, this non‐extractable N is suggested to be chemically fixed to soil organic matter. Owing to urea hydrolysis in the clay soil, pH increased from 6.3 to 9.3 and in the organic soil from 5.7 to 6.9 and 8.8, respectively, at the low and high urea supply.","PeriodicalId":40817,"journal":{"name":"Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B-Soil and Plant Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"1998-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"5","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B-Soil and Plant Science","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09064719809362482","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"AGRONOMY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Chemical fixation of NH3 to soil organic matter was studied in two Swedish soils with different contents of organic matter: a clay soil with 2.3% C and an organic soil with 36.6% C. 15N‐labelled urea was applied at different rates to both sterilized and non‐sterilized soils. After 10 days, the soils were extracted and washed with K2SO4 and determined for total N and atom% 15N excess. Urea N was recovered as non‐extractable N in sterilized soil corresponding to 9.7% of supplied l5N‐labelled urea in the organic soil and 2.2% in the clay soil. Since no biological immobilization is thought to occur in the sterile soil, this non‐extractable N is suggested to be chemically fixed to soil organic matter. Owing to urea hydrolysis in the clay soil, pH increased from 6.3 to 9.3 and in the organic soil from 5.7 to 6.9 and 8.8, respectively, at the low and high urea supply.
期刊介绍:
Acta Agriculturæ Scandinavica Section B publishes original research in applied soil and plant science with special attention given to to crop production in agri- and horticultural systems. We welcome manuscripts dealing with:
Climate smart and sustainable crop production systems
Water and nutrient efficiency
Soil conservation and productivity
Precise agriculture systems
Applications of bio- and nanotechnology
Digitalisation and robotics
Soil-plant interactions
Acta Agriculturæ Scandinavica, Section B – Soil & Plant Science forms part of a series of titles published on behalf of the Nordic Association of Agricultural Science (NJF). The series also includes Section A - Animal Science .