Compost and Manure Effects on Sugarbeet Nitrogen Uptake, Nitrogen Recovery, and Nitrogen Use Efficiency

Abstract

To maximize recoverable sucrose from sugarbeet (Beta vulgaris L.), producers must e ectively manage added N, be it from urea or organic sources such as manure or composted manure. Our study's objective was to determine the e ects of a one-time application of stockpiled and composted dairy cattle (Bos taurus) manure on sugarbeet N uptake, nitrogen recovery (NR) and nitrogen use e ciency (NUE). First-year Site A treatments included a control (no N), urea (202 kg N ha -1 ), compost (218 and 435 kg estimated available N ha -1 ), and manure (140 and 280 kg available N ha -1 ). Site B treatments were a control, urea (82 kg N ha -1 ), compost (81 and 183 kg available N ha -1 ), and manure (173 and 340 kg available N ha -1 ). Compost and manure were incorporated into two silt loams, a Greenleaf ( ne-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Xeric Calciargid) near Parma, ID, in fall 2002 and 2003 and a Portneuf (coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Durinodic Xeric Haplocalcid) near Kimberly, ID, in fall 2002 with sugarbeet planted the following spring. At each site, N uptake of sugarbeet tops, but not roots, was similar whether fertilized with urea or organic N, regardless of rate. Incorporating equal organic amendment rates to 0.05 rather than 0.10 m increased whole-plant N uptake 1.13-fold, to 163.3 kg N ha -1 . In general, NR varied among fertilizer sources such that urea >> manure > compost. Where similar available N rates were supplied, NUE ranged from 44.1 to 83.5 kg sucrose kg -1 available N, not di ering among inorganic and organic N sources within site-years.

Influence of Interaction Use of Organic Manuring and Mineral Nitrogen on Sugar Beet Production in a Salt Affected Soil

“…The increase organic manuring rates led to an increasing in the concentration of nitrogen in sugar beet plant, The highest values of nitrogen concentration % of sugar beet (4.65%) was resulted from the higher application rate of cattle manure treatments 10 ton/ fed. These results are agreement with Madejon et al (1996), Taalab et al (2008) and Lehrsch et al (2015) that's found that N uptake in Sugar beet increased by increasing the manure rate.…”

Winter Wheat Yield, Quality, and Nitrogen Removal Following Compost- or Manure-Fertilized Sugarbeet

“…The sugarbeet was harvested after being mechanically topped. Sugarbeet yield, quality, N uptake, and N use efficiency were reported earlier (Lehrsch et al 2015a(Lehrsch et al , 2015b.…”

“…The available N was calculated using each treatment's total N application rate (Table 3) assuming a first-year mineralization of 200 g N (kg total N) −1 from compost and 400 g N (kg total N) −1 from manure (Eghball and Power 1999;Richard 2005). The sugarbeet root N uptake data in Table 6 were reported by Lehrsch et al (2015b), though as two-year averages, but are given here to facilitate comparison with the N taken up Table 6. Nitrogen uptake in the two cropping seasons after amendment application relative to the inorganic N available in each field.…”

“…b Calculated using each treatment's total N application rate (Table 3) from compost and 400 g N (kg total N) −1 from manure (Eghball and Power 1999;Richard 2005). c Adapted from Lehrsch et al (2015b). d Within a column, means followed by a common letter were not significantly different at P ≤ 0.05.…”

Sugar beet response to rotation and conservation management in a 12-year irrigated study in southern Alberta

“…In fact, recent research indicated that compost application at an entry point much closer to sugar beet (i.e., 6 mo, or the fall before), and at much higher rates than our study, had no deleterious effects on sugar beet yield and quality. In Idaho, Lehrsch et al (2015aLehrsch et al ( , 2015b applied bulk application rates of up to 128 Mg ha −1 (dry wt.) of dairy manure compost, which supplied up to 2175 kg ha −1 total N in the fall before sugar beet.…”