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A soil incubation experiment was carried out over 70 days (aerobic, 15°C) using a clay and a sandy soil produced by amendment with bentonite and quartz sand respectively. Fresh endive leaves were added as green manure (109 ng N kg−1 soil). Controls without green manure were also included. Samples were taken periodically in order to determine CaCl2 extractable N fractions and N in microbial biomass by a fumigation-extraction method.
With the green manured soils CaCl2 extractable organic N was maximal at day 2 of incubation followed by an exponential decrease until constant levels were reached. At day 2 of incubation the apparent recovery rate of applied green manure as CaCl2 extractable organic N was 44% (clay) and 46% (sandy soil). Without green manure the organic N extracted was only 0.3% (clay) and 0.5% (sandy soil) related to the total soil organic N. NH4 + showed an intermediate increase (maximum at day 14) with green manured soils and was always negligible with controls. From day 14 onwards the NO −inf3 accumulation was more pronounced with green manured soils compared with controls. The apparent extent of green manure mineralization at the end of incubation was 47.2 and 43.3% of the applied N in the clay and the sandy soil respectively.
To summarize, bentonite amendment had no substantial effect on the rate and extent of N mineralization nor on the amount of CaCl2 extractable organic N.
The extractability of N released on fumigation appears to be restricted by bentonite. Green manure increased the amount of extractable N released on fumigation with both soils.
It is concluded that CaCl2 extractable organic N largely consists of organic substances which, in contrast to some constituents released on fumigation are only weakly adsorbed to clay surfaces and therefore are highly accessible to mineralization.
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Appel, T., Sisak, I. & Hermanns-Sellen, M. CaCl2 extractable N fractions and K2SO4 extractable N released on fumigation as affected by green manure mineralization and soil texture. Plant Soil 176, 197–203 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011783
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