저온하에서 질소시비가 근류균을 접종한 Alfalfa의 생육부위에 미치는 영향에 관하여

Effect of Nitrogen and Age of Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L. ) Seeding on Growth and Nodulation When Growth under a Cool Environment

저온하(低溫下)의 Growth chamber에서 근유균(根瘤菌)(R-12)를 접종(接種)한 Alfalfa의 수확시기별(收穫時期別) 작물(作物) 각부위(各部位)의 질소시비(窒素施肥)의 효과에 관하여 미국(美國) University of Nevada에서 실험(實驗)한 결과(結果)들을 요약(要略)하면 다음과 같다. 초장(草長), 근장(根長) 및 전장(全長)에 있어서는 질소시비(窒素施肥)의 효과가 나타나지 아니하였으며 작물(作物)의 용적(容積)과 건물수량(乾物收量)은 질소시비(窒素施肥)의 효과를 가져왔다. 질소시비구(窒素施肥區)의 근유균(根瘤菌)의 착생수(着生數)는 무질소구(無窒素區)에서 보다 많았으나 질소고정량(窒素固定量)이 작물(作物)의 원활한 생육(生育)을 위하여서는 미흡(未洽)한 것으로 생각(生覺)된다. 이상의 결과(結果)들은 Alfalfa를 재배시(栽培時) 소량(小量)의 질소시비(窒素施肥)의 필요성(必要性)을 암시하는 것 같다.

There are differences in recommendations in the USA as to whether nitrogen fertilizer should be applied when establishing alfalfa (Medicago sativa L). The reason for not applying nitrogen is because some researchers found the addition of nitrogen reduced nodulation of alfalfa plants. A replicated experiment was conducted under controlled environmental conditions at the University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, Nevada, USA, to determine the effects of nitrogen application on seedling growth and nodulation of alfalfa when grown in a cool environment. A sterile sand was used in the growing media to which a complete nutrient solution minus nitrogen was applied volumetrically to each pot daily. Half of the pots received $NH_4NO_3$, at the rate of 11.2 kg/ha, at seeding and two and four weeks after planting, giving a total nitrogen application rate of 33.6 kg/ha. Rhizobia inoculant (R-12) consisted of a mixture of strains 171-15a. 1682c and 80 PI 265 of Rhizobium meliloti. Inoculant was applied to the seeds prior to planting and to the sand media at two and four weeks after seeding. Twenty seeds were planted in pots 14.0 cm in diameter and 11.5 cm deep. Seedlings were thinned after emergence to ten plants per pot. They were grown in a controlled environment chamber with a 16-hour light period. Soil temperatures at 6 cm depth ranged from $5.7^{\circ}C\;to\;21.5^{\circ}C$ and had a daily mean of $16.2^{\circ}C$ Plants were harvested at weekly intervals for seven weeks at which time root, shoot and total length, dry weight, volume and number of nodules per plant were determined. Root, shoot and total length were not affected by nitrogen fertilizer. However, application of nitrogen increased the size of the seedlings as determined by dry weight and volume when compared to plants which were not fertilized. This indicates that rhizobia did not fix enough atmospheric nitrogen to promote good growth. Nitrogen application resulted in significantly more nodules per plant. The effect of nitrogen fertilizer became more apparent as the plant became older. Results of this experiment show there are benefits from applying nitrogen at a low rate when establishing alfalfa under a cool environment.