Question

A cleared plot was converted to a soybean field (soybeans are nitrogen fixers) that is flooded for two months a year during the rainy season. Compare the nitrogen cycle of this field to a nearby remnant forest patch that never floods in 1-2 sentences for each of the following prompts:

A: In what ways is nitrogen added to each area? What are the main differences between the two?

B: What are the differences in the ways nitrogen leaves each area?

Answer 1

A.) Test your soil before add any nitrogen to the soil to avoid having excess nitrogen in your soil.When compared to flooded soil and non-flooded soil, the oxygen content is absent in flooded soil. The flood causes rapidly changing conditions for microorganism living in the soils which affect the cycling of nitrogen in the ecosystem.Microorganisms play an important role in nitrification process.Soybeans are nitrogen fixers but the flood can affect the amount of nitrogen in the soil.The forest ecosystem on marginal soil show relatively high productivity and nitrogen uptake comparable to agricultural systems.

B.) Test your soil before add any nitrogen to the soil to avoid having excess nitrogen in your soil. In flooded soil adding composted manure, planting a green manure crop, such as borage. planting nitrogen fixing plants like soybean or peas,adding coffee grounds to the soil. these are some of the ways nitrogen leaves in flooded soil.

in forest area animal manure that has not been fully composted.Usually, it is tha application of some sort of well intented soil amendment that produces the problem of excess nitrogen.Cheap, dyed mulch is generally used to remove excess nitrogen from soil. Cheap, dyed mulch is made from scrap soft woods and these will use higher amount of nitrogn in the soil as they break down.