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The effect of nitrogen availability on dry matter production, nitrogen uptake and marketable yield of Brussels sprouts (high crop residue) and leek (low fertilizer recovery) was analysed in a field experiment. All available soil mineral nitrogen (from fertilizer and mineralisation) was taken up by Brussels sprouts up to 430 kg ha-1 and by leek up to 250 kg ha-1, when 300 and 125 kg ha-1 nitrogen fertilizer was applied respectively. Maximum dry matter production was almost reached when those amounts of nitrogen were taken up. Optimum marketable yield was achieved at still higher nitrogen rates; with leek the optimum application rate was associated with nitrogen losses, and with Brussels sprouts it led to high amounts of nitrogen in the crop residue.
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Booij, R., Enserink, C.T., Smit, A.L., Van Der Werf, A. (1994). Nitrogen Fluxes in the Crop-Soil System of Brussels Sprouts and Leek. In: Struik, P.C., Vredenberg, W.J., Renkema, J.A., Parlevliet, J.E. (eds) Plant Production on the Threshold of a New Century. Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, vol 61. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1158-4_18
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