Conversion to No-Till Improves Maize Nitrogen Use Efficiency in a Continuous Cover Cropping System.

Autor: Hazzar Habbib, Julien Verzeaux, Elodie Nivelle, David Roger, Jérôme Lacoux, Manuella Catterou, Bertrand Hirel, Frédéric Dubois, Thierry Tétu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 10, p e0164234 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164234
Popis: A two-year experiment was conducted in the field to measure the combined impact of tilling and N fertilization on various agronomic traits related to nitrogen (N) use efficiency and to grain yield in maize cultivated in the presence of a cover crop. Four years after conversion to no-till, a significant increase in N use efficiency N harvest index, N remobilization and N remobilization efficiency was observed both under no and high N fertilization conditions. Moreover, we observed that grain yield and grain N content were higher under no-till conditions only when N fertilizers were applied. Thus, agronomic practices based on continuous no-till appear to be a promising for increasing N use efficiency in maize.
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