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Title:   Author  item
                                            Sainju, Upendraitem
                                            SINGH, BHARAT - FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVitem
                                            WHITEHEAD, WAYNE - FORT VALLEY STATE UNIVitem
                                            WANG, SHIRLEY - FORT VALLEY STATE UNIV
  Submitted to: American Society of Agronomy Meetings
                                    Publication Type: Abstract Only
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 8/11/2005
                                    Publication  Date: 11/6/2005
                                    Citation: Sainju, U.M., Singh, B.P., Whitehead, W., Wang, S. 2005. Carbon supply and storage in tilled and non-tilled soils as influenced by cover crops and nitrogen fertilization. In: American Society of Agronomy Meetings. November 6-10, 2005. Salt Lake City, UT. Paper no. 191-16. Page 200.  Interpretive Summary:
                                Technical Abstract: The influence of four cover crops (hairy vetch, rye, biculture of vetch and rye, and winter weeds)and three N fertilization rates (0, 60 to 65, and 120 to 130 kg N ha-1) was examined on plant C input from cover crops, cotton, and sorghum and soi organic C (SOC) in tilled and non-tilled soils in central GA. As plant C input varied by treatments and years, total input from 2000 to 2002 increased in cover crops compared to weeds and ranged from 6.8 to 22.8 Mg ha-1. The SOC at 0- to 10-cm fluctuated with C input from Oct. 1999 to Nov. 2002 and was greater in cover crops than in weeds in no-tilled soil. In contrast, SOC at 10- to 30-cm in no-tilled soil and at 0- to 60-cm in chisel-tilled soil declined gradually and was greater in biculture than in weeds. As a result, the biculture sequestered 267 compared with 33, -133, and -967 kg C ha-1 yr-1 at 0- to 30-cm in rye, vetch, and weeds, respectively, in no-tilled soil. In strip-tilled and chisel-tilled soils, SOC lost from 233 to 1233 kg C ha-1 yr-1. The SOC at 0- to 10- and 10- to 30-cm also increased in cover crops with 120 to 130 kg N ha-1 (9.1 to 11.8 and 14.0 to 17.1 kg C ha-1) than in weeds with 0 kg N ha-1 (8.0 to 10.6 and 12.4 to 14.0 kg C ha-1), regardless of tillage. In the subhumid region, cover crops and N fertilization can increase plant input C and C storage in tilled and non-tilled soils compared with no cover crop and N fertilization. Because of greater residue C, hairy vetch/rye biculture was more effective in sequestering C in no-tilled soil or reducing its decline in tilled soil than monocultures or weeds.


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