Whole-tree dormant season nitrogen pools for different species receiving combinations of fertilization and irrigation after one short rotation

Ferreira, Gabriel W. D.; Coleman, Mark D.; Coyle, David R.; Aubrey, Doug P.

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120730

Whole-tree dormant season nitrogen pools for different species receiving combinations of fertilization and irrigation after one short rotation

Journal Article · Fri Dec 23 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Forest Ecology and Management

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120730· OSTI ID:2228453

Ferreira, Gabriel W. D. ^[1]; Coleman, Mark D. ^[2]; Coyle, David R. ^[3]; Aubrey, Doug P. ^[4]

Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC (United States); University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States)
Clemson University, SC (United States)
Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC (United States); University of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States)

Our understanding of the accretion and distribution of tree tissue nitrogen (N) pools across a variety of species and genotypes suitable for short-rotation woody crop (SRWC) production in response to water and N availability remains limited. We measured dormant-season, rotation-length, whole-tree N pools for five tree genotypes from four species (two eastern cottonwood, Populus deltoides Bartr., genotypes; American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis L.; American sweetgum, Liquidambar styraciflua L.; and loblolly pine, Pinus taeda L.) receiving irrigation (I), fertilization (F), their combination (IF), or no resources manipulation (C). Our results demonstrate that foliar nitrogen concentration [N] responded to fertilization but was constrained within genotype-specific ranges and varied temporally. Tree genotypes differed in their composite and component tissue N content (N_C), and these differences mostly reflected tissue mass (i.e., larger components and trees resulted in higher N_C). Resource amendments (I, F, IF) resulted in up to 3.8-fold increases in N_C compared with C, which were most pronounced for sycamore and sweetgum with F and IF treatments, respectively. By the end of the rotation, forest stands accumulated 73 to 452 kg N ha^–1 in tree tissues with 40 – 78 % distributed aboveground and 22 – 60 % distributed belowground. A critical difference between genotypes was that all hardwoods exhibited larger belowground N distributions than the evergreen conifer. Our results stress the importance of belowground N pools and highlight differences among genotypes. Furthermore, our study underscores valuable information about N pools across genotypes suitable for SRWC production, which can be leveraged to inform fertilization plans and devise sustainable nutrient management as production expands across marginal lands.

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Research Organization:: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Agriculture and Food Research Initiative; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: EM0005228

OSTI ID:: 2228453

Journal Information:: Forest Ecology and Management, Journal Name: Forest Ecology and Management Vol. 529; ISSN 0378-1127

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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