Effect of decarbonation and land use on humus content and its nitrogen enrichment in rendzina soils
2006
Cupac, S.(Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia)) | Djordjevic, A.(Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade - Zemun (Serbia)) | Jovanovic, Lj.(University of Belgrade, Belgrade (Serbia). Center for Multidisciplinary Studies)
Rendzina is a widespread soil type in Serbia that can be found in several stages of evolutionary development and put to different land uses. Our objective was to investigate the effect of decarbonation of rendzina soils in Serbia and several land use variants on humus content and its enrichment in nitrogen. Humus content is mostly high, and rarely medium, in the A horizon of calcaric forest rendzinas; medium or high under grassland, and very low under arable land. In non-calcaric forest rendzinas, humus content in horizon A is medium or low; under grassland it is low and very low, and under arable land again low and very low. Rendzinas are predominantly rich and very rich in total nitrogen in the uppermost layer of horizon A, and medium or well supplied in the layer below it. Enrichment of humus in nitrogen, shown as the C:N ratio, is mostly medium, and rarely low. Decarbonation was caused by decreasing humus content and total nitrogen in soil, while the enrichment of humus in nitrogen (C:N ratio) showed no significant change. Different land uses were found to have significant effect on decreasing humus and total nitrogen contents in rendzinas under grassland, and especially arable land, compared to forest rendzinas, while humus enrichment in nitrogen was significantly higher in rendzinas underlying grassland than forest.
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