Location: Plant Science Research
Title: Greetings,spring green up!Author
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Franzluebbers, Alan |
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Submitted to: Hay and Forage Grower
Publication Type: Popular Publication Publication Acceptance Date: 12/19/2024 Publication Date: 2/2/2025 Citation: Franzluebbers, A.J. 2025. Greetings,spring green up!. Hay and Forage Grower. P. 9. Interpretive Summary: Soil organic matter supplies the energy needed by soil microorganisms to mineralize nitrogen and release it to growing plants. An ARS scientist in Raleigh North Carolina described how nitrogen mineralization can be dependent on weather conditions during the spring green-up period. Soils with high biological activity can supply forage stands with large quantities of nitrogen, such that external nitrogen in the form of fertilizer may not be needed. This summary of spring green-up conditions on the availability of nitrogen mineralized from soil organic matter continues a series of popular press articles aimed at farmers managing forage and grazing lands in the US. Technical Abstract: Soil organic matter supplies the energy needed by soil microorganisms to mineralize nitrogen and release it to growing plants. An ARS scientist in Raleigh North Carolina described how nitrogen mineralization can be dependent on weather conditions during the spring green-up period. Soils with high biological activity can supply forage stands with large quantities of nitrogen, such that external nitrogen in the form of fertilizer may not be needed. This summary of spring green-up conditions on the availability of nitrogen mineralized from soil organic matter continues a series of popular press articles aimed at farmers managing forage and grazing lands in the US |