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Changes in quantity of soil mineral nitrogen down to a depth of 1 m in cloverfree grassland were monitored within one growing season and over successive growing seasons. Accumulation of mineral nitrogen in the soil occurred on permanent grassland with split application of nitrogen totalling more than 400 kg N ha−1 yr−1 and on young grassland, sown after arable crops, with applications of more than 480 kg N ha−1 yr−1. The relationship between the rate of nitrogen application minus nitrogen uptake, and accumulation of mineral nitrogen in the upper 50 cm of soil during each growing season is described.
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Prins, W.H. Changes in quantity of mineral nitrogen in three grassland soils as affected by intensity of nitrogen fertilization. Fertilizer Research 1, 51–63 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01073564
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