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Influence of two agroforestry systems on the nitrification potential in temperate pastures in Brittany, France

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PLANT AND SOIL
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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-023-06309-8

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Nitrogen cycle; Soil microorganisms; Hedgerow; Alley cropping agroforestry; Silvopastoral agroforestry; Temporary grassland

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This study aimed to investigate the effect of different silvopastoral agroforestry systems on soil nitrification potential. The results showed that nitrification potential differed between the two agroforestry systems and among the positions in relation to the trees. Nitrification potential was strongly correlated with soil pH, whereas no correlation was observed between nitrification potential and community size of soil nitrifiers.
Background and aims Agroforestry, whereby trees are associated with crops and/or livestock, is expected to mitigate nitrogen (N) losses from agriculture. How-ever, little is known about how nitrification potential, an important process that drives N losses, is affected by agroforestry systems. This study aimed to investigate the effect of different silvopastoral agroforestry systems on soil nitrification potential.Methods Nitrification potential was evaluated in two agroforestry systems (hedgerow and alley crop-ping) associated with temporary grasslands in Brittany, France. In each system, soil was sampled along a transect spanning from the center of the tree row into the grass alley. Soil nitrification potential was determined ex situ and was explained by univariate and multivariate analysis of variables describing vegetation, physicochemical soil properties, and soil organisms.Results Nitrification potential differed between the two agroforestry systems and among the positions in relation to the trees. In the alley cropping system, nitrification potential was on average 1.5 times higher in the tree row than at 1.5 and 10 m into the grass alley, while in the hedgerow system, nitrification potential at 1.5 m into the grass alley was on average 40% lower than at 10 m into the grass alley. Nitrification potential was strongly correlated with soil pH, whereas no correlation was observed between nitrification potential and community size of soil nitrifiers.Conclusion Our results point out the diverse effects of agroforestry systems on nitrification, a key soil process that is involved in the regulation of N losses

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