A student is installing a field trial that we expect to largely impact soil moisture and temperature, and we simultaneously want to measure the secondary impacts on N-mineralization in the field. What are the best methods for doing this. I've seen methods of installing closed bags of soil, but that will only react to temperature, not the soil moisture. We could measure total and inorganic N at the start and after the experiment, but there could potentially be differences in leaching losses that are not accounted for. Suggestions would be most welcome!
Dear sir
Noa Lincoln
Go through the following web site and articles. you will get some details
1. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42938492
A comparison of in situ methods for measuring net nitrogen mineralization rates of organic soil amendments.
European Journal of Agronomy
Volume 3, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 301-309
Thanks Ravichandran but they do sealed containers which eliminates the role of soil moisture differences, which is a key part of what we are trying to measure.
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