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A model dealing with transport and transformations of nitrogen in soil is briefly described. The model has a one-dimensional layered structure and considers processes such as plant uptake, mineralization/immobilization, leaching and denitrification. A soil water and heat model provides daily values for abiotic conditions, which are used as driving variables in the nitrogen simulation. In this study, the model was run with data from a polder-soil area in the Netherlands, with winter wheat as the crop. The simulation results showed that if a measured time course of crop nitrogen uptake throughout the growing season is available, mineral-N dynamics in soil can be satisfactorily described with this model. The main problems identified in the simulations were related to the partitioning between above- and below-ground plant-N, and supplying the crop with sufficient N, as given by the measurements.
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Bergström, L., Johnsson, H. & Torstensson, G. Simulation of soil nitrogen dynamics using the SOILN model. Fertilizer Research 27, 181–188 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01051126
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