Potential of meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba) seed meal as an organic source of nitrogen

dc.contributor.authorTurkmen, Cafer
dc.contributor.authorMyrold, David D.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T20:16:35Z
dc.date.available2025-01-27T20:16:35Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentÇanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractMeadowfoam (Limnanthes alba Hartw. Ex Genth.), a member of the Brassicales order, is grown for its oil, which generates seed meal as a by-product. The potential of meadowfoam seed meal (MSM) for agronomic purposes is relatively unexplored, although MSM has shown promise for weed and pest control. Because of its high protein content, MSM may also be useful as an organic N fertilizer. The objective of this research was to characterize the dynamics of C and N released from MSM during its decomposition. The potential of MSM to produce plant-available N was evaluated in a laboratory incubation using rates similar to those applied in field studies of its weed control potential. Respiration (CO2 production rate), the activities of two enzymes involved in the degradation of MSM (beta(1,4)-glucosidase and leucine aminopeptidase), and inorganic N (NH4+ and NO3-) were measured during a 56-d period. Respiration peaked during the first week, indicating rapid MSM decomposition, which was coincident with maximum potential activity of leucine aminopeptidase. Inorganic N (dominantly NH4+) peaked later, at two weeks, when about half of the N in the added MSM had been mineralized. Nitrification was delayed until six weeks, presumably because of inhibitory effects of the MSM, a phenomenon observed with seed meals of other brassicaceous plants. These results demonstrate the potential use of MSM as a slow-release, organic N amendment in crop production systems.
dc.description.sponsorshipCouncil of Higher Education of Turkey
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Council of Higher Education of Turkey provided the scholarship to CT to conduct this research at Oregon State University. We would like to thank Suphannika Intanon for providing the meadowfoam seed meal, others in the Department of Crop and Soil Science at Oregon State University for their support, Shannon Andrews for reviewing a draft of this manuscript, and reviewers for their comments.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.02.009
dc.identifier.endpage277
dc.identifier.issn0929-1393
dc.identifier.issn1873-0272
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85041959980
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage273
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.02.009
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12428/21302
dc.identifier.volume125
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000430170700031
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier Science Bv
dc.relation.ispartofApplied Soil Ecology
dc.relation.publicationcategoryinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20250125
dc.subjectNitrogen mineralization
dc.subjectNitrification
dc.subjectNitrification inhibition
dc.subjectBrassicales
dc.subjectRespiration
dc.subjectExtracellular enzymes
dc.titlePotential of meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba) seed meal as an organic source of nitrogen
dc.typeArticle

Dosyalar