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GLOBAL WARMING
Intro Page ATMOSPHERE
PLANT AMINO
LOSS ACIDS
NH3 AMMONIA
VOLATILIZATION
AMINIZATION
HETEROTROPHIC
ORGANIC R-NH2 + ENERGY + CO2
MATTER BACTERIA (pH>6.0)
pH>7.0
FUNGI (pH<6.0) R-NH2 + H2O
NH2OH AMMONIFICATION
IMMOBILIZATION
R-OH + ENERGY + 2NH3
NO3- NITRIFICATION
POOL 2NO2- + H2O + 4H+
OXIDATION STATES DENITRIFICATION LEACHING Nitrobacter + O2
LEACHING VOLATILIZATION
NH3 AMMONIA -3 NITRIFICATION Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen ADDITIONS
NH4+ AMMONIUM -3 TEMP 50°F Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
N2 DIATOMIC N 0 LEACHING LEACHING LOSSES
N2O NITROUS OXIDE 1
Shannon Taylor
NO NITRIC OXIDE 2 Heather Lees
NO2- NITRITE 3 LEACHING OXIDATION REACTIONS
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NO3 NITRATE 5 pH 7.0 Department of Plant and Soil Sciences REDUCTION REACTIONS
Oklahoma State University
Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss R-NH2 + Energy + CO2
Organic Matter
R-NH2 + H2O
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial R-OH + Energy + 2NH3
Sink
NO3- Pool
2NH4+ + 2OH-
Soil exchange
sites
Plant
Loss
Organic Matter
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
NO3- Pool
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss
Organic Matter
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
NO3- Pool
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss
Small
Percentage
Organic Matter
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
NO3- Pool
Soil Exchange Sites
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Oxidation of N
N2 + 3O2 2NO3-
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss
Organic Matter
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
NO3- Pool
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss
Organic Matter
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
NO3- Pool
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Intro Page
Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
NO3- Pool
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Heterotrophic
Aminization
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Temperature 2NO2- + H2O + 4H+
Cycle
Choice
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant Amino
Loss Acids
Organic Matter
NH3
N2, N2O, NO NH2OH
NO2- Plant/Microbial
Immobilization Sink
N2O2-
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss
Organic Matter
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
NO3- Pool
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Temperature
Cycle
Choice
Leaching Back to
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss
Organic Matter
Immobilization
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
NO3- Pool
2NH4+ + 2OH-
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss
Organic Matter
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
Thiobacillus, T. Thioparus,
Pseudomonas, Bacillus, and NO3- Pool
Dentrificans Denitrification
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss
Organic Matter
NH3
N2, N2O, NO NH2OH
NO2- Plant/Microbial
Sink
N2O2-
NO3- Pool
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Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Plant
Loss
Organic Matter
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
NO3- Pool
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Intro Page
Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Heterotrophic
Aminization
NO3- Pool
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Intro Page
Joanne LaRuffa Robert Mullen
Interactive Nitrogen Atmosphere
Wade Thomason Susan Mullins
Shannon Taylor
Heather Lees
Cycle Department of Plant and Soil Sciences
Oklahoma State University
Fertilizer Volatilization
Heterotrophic
Aminization
Organic Matter
N2, N2O, NO
Plant/Microbial
Sink
NO3- Pool
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Nitrogen Information
Form taken up plant Enzymes that require N
• NO3-
• Component of chlorophyll
• Vegetative growth
• Nitrite reductase
• Nitrogenase
• High pH
– None at pH > 8
– At pH > 7 NO2- accumulates