Corn Root Effects on the Nitrogen-Supplying Capacity of a Conditioned Soil
Jose E. Sanchez*,a,
Eldor A. Paulb,
Thomas C. Willsonc,
Jeffrey Smeenka and
Richard R. Harwooda
a Dep. of Crop and Soil Sci., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI 48824
b Nat. Resour. Ecol. Lab., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO 80523
c Southwest Kansas Res. and Ext. Cent., Kansas State Univ., Garden City, KS 67846

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Fig. 1. Net mineralized N at 70 d of laboratory incubations for soils from a corncornsoybeanwheat rotation and continuous corn at the Living Field Laboratory. Sampling was done in May 1999. Units are based on a 10-cm sample depth. Letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) in mineralized N after 70 d of incubation.
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Fig. 2. Net mineralized N at 70 d of laboratory incubation for at-planting soils and 70-d-after-planting soils in 1999. Units are based on a 10-cm sample depth. Letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05) in mineralized N after 70 d of incubation.
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Fig. 3. Net mineralized C based on CO2C released during laboratory incubations for at-planting and 70-d-after-planting (70 DAP) soils in 1999. Units are based on a 10-cm sample depth. Error bars represent the standard errors of the least square means.
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