Rooting Characteristics and Nitrogen Utilisation of Brussels Sprouts and Leeks
作者:
A.L. Smit,
R. Booij,
C.T. Enserink,
A. van der Werf,
期刊:
Biological Agriculture & Horticulture
(Taylor Available online 1995)
卷期:
Volume 11,
issue 1-4
页码: 247-256
ISSN:0144-8765
年代: 1995
DOI:10.1080/01448765.1995.9754709
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
Under field conditions a crop of Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea, var.gemmifera) usually utilises the plant-available nitrogen better than leeks (AlliumporrumL.). To investigate the role of the root system in nitrogen utilisation, the two crops were grown in the Wageningen Rhizolab, a new rhizotron facility. Large differences in rooting pattern were observed. Leeks had a relatively shallow rooting system with maximum root growth at a depth of 15 to 20 cm and a low rooting intensity. The rooting pattern of Brussels sprouts could explore the soil profile to a depth of one metre in a very short period. Large differences in nitrogen uptake pattern also showed up between the crops. Brussels sprouts depleted the entire rooted profile of nitrogen in a relatively short period (June to mid-August) whereas in leeks the nitrogen uptake was greatest in the second part of the season. The implications of these rooting and nitrogen uptake patterns for fertilisation management strategies to minimise N losses in ecological farming are discussed.
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