É . 2014. Nitrogen budget for fertilized carrot cropping systems in a Quebec organic soil. Can. J. Soil Sci. 94: 139Á148. After reclamation, organic soils tend to shift from net N immobilization to net N mineralization. The N amounts mineralized annually can be sufficient to cover the N needs of the crop, reducing the need for supplemental N fertilization. The objective of this study was to assess N budgets and to infer the apparent N mineralization in fertilized and unfertilized carrot (Daucus carota L.) crops in an organic soil in southwestern Quebec. Five pre-plant N fertilization treatments (0, 25, 50, 75, and a split 25'25 kg N ha (1 ) were applied over a 3-yr period to non-irrigated carrots. Crop yield and plant and soil N contents were measured. Apparent net N mineralization was an important source of N, averaging 117 kg N ha (1 yr (1 . Crop yield was not affected by the N fertilization rate, by splitting of the fertilizer application or by the previous year's crop. Increasing the N fertilizer rate increased the soil nitrate content below the root zone (Â40 cm below the surface), enhancing the risk of nitrate leaching. Thus, because soil N mineralization was sufficient for the carrots' requirements in this organic soil, supplemental N fertilization was found to be unnecessary and could exacerbate the environmental risk of nitrate leaching.Caron, J., Rancourt, G. T., Be´lec, C., Tremblay, N. et Parent, L.-É . 2014. Bilan de l'azote pour des syste`mes de culture de la carotte dans un sol organique du Que´bec. Can. J. Soil Sci. 94: 139Á148. Apre`s avoir e´te´mis en cultures pour de nombreuses anne´es, les sols organiques ont tendance a`migrer de l'immobilisation a`la mine´ralisation de l'azote. Cette quantite´d'azote mine´ralise´peut eˆtre assez importante pour remplir les besoins en N d'une culture, ce qui permettrait de re´duire la fertilisation en N. Cette e´tude a ainsi e´value´le bilan en N de cultures de carottes non irrigue´es (Daucus carota L.) seme´es tardivement (fin mai) dans un sol organique du Sud-Ouest du Que´bec. Cinq doses de fertilisation azote´e (0, 25, 50, 75 et une application scinde´e de 25'25 kg N ha (1 ) ont e´te´compare´es sur une pe´riode de trois ans en e´valuant le rendement en carottes, ainsi que le contenu en N du sol et des plantes. La mine´ralisation apparente nette de l'azote repre´sentait un apport azote´important, en moyenne de 117 kg N ha (1 an (1 . Le rendement en carottes n'a pas e´te´affecte´par l'augmentation de la dose de fertilisation azote´e, par une application divise´e ou par la culture pre´ce´dente. L'augmentation de la dose de N a toutefois augmente´le contenu en nitrate du sol sous la zone racinaire (Â40 cm sous la surface), augmentant le risque de lessivage. Ainsi, l'ajout de fertilisation azote´e dans une culture de carottes dans un sol organique de´grade´n'e´tait pas ne´cessaire puisque la mine´ralisation permettait de combler tous les besoins en N de la culture.
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