Comparative analysis of three next-generation sequencing techniques to measure nosZ gene abundance in Missouri claypan soils.

Quantitative next-generation sequencing techniques have been critical in gaining a better understanding of microbial ecosystems. In soils, denitrifying microorganisms are responsible for dinitrogen (N) production. The nosZ gene codes for nitrous oxide reductase, the enzyme facilitating the reduction of nitrous oxide (NO) to N.

Urea Nitrapyrin Placement Effects on Soil Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Claypan Soil.

Corn ( L.) production in poorly drained claypan soils in the US Midwest is a challenge due to low soil permeability, which may result in wetter soil conditions and relatively large amounts of soil NO emissions early in the growing season. The objectives of this study were to determine the effects of urea fertilizer placement with and without nitrapyrin (NI) on daily and cumulative soil NO emissions, and yield-scaled NO emissions in 2016 and 2017.

Reducing phosphorus loss in tile water with managed drainage in a claypan soil.

Installing subsurface tile drain systems in poorly drained claypan soils to improve corn ( L.) yields could potentially increase environmental phosphorus (P) loss through the tile drainage system. The objectives of the study were to quantify the average concentration and loss of ortho-P in tile drain water from a claypan soil and to determine whether managed subsurface drainage (MD) could reduce ortho-P loss in tile water compared with free subsurface drainage (FD).

Reducing nitrogen loss with managed drainage and polymer-coated urea.

Continuous corn ( L.) production during dry years combined with high N fertilizer rates can have a high potential for NO-N loss through tile drainage water. Claypan soils can further increase the potential for NO-N loss through tile drainage water due to the claypan layer that restricts N leaching below the tile drains.

Phosphorus and nitrogen sorption to soils in the presence of poultry litter-derived dissolved organic matter.

Two environmental aspects associated with land application of poultry litter that have not been comprehensively evaluated are (i) the competition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) and P for soil sorption sites, and (ii) the sorption of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) relative to inorganic nitrogen species (e.g., NO(3)(-) and NH(4)(+)) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC).