Residual Nitrogen Effects Research Articles

Nitrous oxide emissions from soybean in response to drained and undrained soils and previous corn nitrogen management.

While corn (Zea mays L.)-soybean (Glycine max. Merr. L) is a predominant rotation system in the US Midwest the residual effect of nitrogen (N) fertilization to corn on the following year's soybean and N2O emissions under different soil drainage conditions has not been studied. Our objective was to quantify agronomic parameters and season-long N2O emissions from soybean as affected by N management (0-N and optimum N rate of 135kg N ha-1 as single or split application) during the previous corn crop under drained and undrained systems. Urea was applied to corn, and residual N effects were measured on soybean the following year in a poorly drained soil with and without subsurface tile drainage. Drainage reduced N2O emissions in one of three growing seasons but had no effect on soybean yield or N removal in grain. Nitrogen management in the previous corn crop had no effect on soybean grain yield, N removal, or N2O emissions during the soybean phase. Even though soybean symbiotically fixes N and removes more N in grain than corn, N2O emissions were more than two times greater during the corn phase (mean=1.83kg N ha-1) due to N fertilization than during the soybean phase (mean=0.80kg N ha-1). Also, N2O emissions in the corn years were increased possibly due to decomposition of the previous year's soybean crop residue compared to corn residue decomposition in the soybean years. Tile drainage, especially where wet soil conditions are prevalent, is a viable option to mitigate agricultural N2O emissions.

Residual Effect of Nitrogen and Weed Management Practices in Maize on Succeeding Groundnut

Background: Cereal-legume cropping system is considered to be one of the better alternatives for sustaining soil fertility and increasing the yield. At present maize-groundnut cropping system is gaining importance under both rainfed and irrigated situations. Maize, being an exhaustive and weed-sensitive crop, is supplied with large doses of fertilizers and new herbicide molecules.Since maize is exhaustive and weed sensitive crop, there was a usage of excessive fertilizers and new herbicides. There is a need to assess the carry over effect of fertilizers and new generation herbicides in leguminous crops like groundnut. Methods: The experiment was conducted during two consecutive rabi seasons of 2019-20 and 2020-21 on sandy loam soils of S.V. Agricultural College, Tirupati andhra Pradesh. Maize hybrid DHM -117 was sown and maintained with general cultivation practices except for nitrogen and weed management methods was raised after harvest of maize in undisturbed layout to study the residual effect of different nitrogen and weed management practices imposed in maize. Result: Residual effect of nitrogen and weed management practices imposed in preceding maize did not exert any significant influence on germination percentage, phytotoxicity and SPAD chlorophyll meter reading (SCMR) values but efficacy of herbicide residue found to be significant with weed management practices. Growth parameters, yield attributes pod yield, haulm yield and economics were higher in groundnut with brown manuring, which was however, in parity with hand weeding twice at 15 and 30 DAS, pre emergence application of atrazine 1.0 kg ha-1 fb post emergence application of topramezone 30 g ha-1 and pre emergence application of atrazine 1.0 kg ha-1 fb post emergence application of tembotrione 120 g ha-1 and lower with unweeded check and it was remained in parity with application of parthenium water extract15 lha-1 twice at 15 and 30 DAS, application of sunflower water extract 15 lha-1 twice at 15 and 30 DAS, pre emergence application of atrazine 1.0 kg ha-1 fb post emergence application of parthenium water extract 15 lha-1 and pre emergence application of atrazine 1.0 kg ha-1 fb post emergence application of sunflower water extract 15 lha-1 in the order of ascent. None of their interaction effects were found to be significant during both the years of study and in pooled mean.

Different manure management methods impact on nitrogen use efficiency - comparison of four dairy farms in Hokkaido Japan

Different manure management methods impact on nitrogen use efficiency - comparison of four dairy farms in Hokkaido Japan

Residual Effect of Nitrogen and Micronutrient Management on Growth and Yield of Transplanted Mustard (Brassica juncea L.)

The field experiment was conducted during winter seasons (rabi) of October, 2019 to March, 2020 at Bhujabala, Rayagada in Odisha and October, 2020 to March, 2021 in the farmer’s field, Lephripara, Sundargarh in Odisha, India. The objective of the study was to find out residual effect of nitrogen and micronutrient managements applied in preceding rice crop on the growth and yield of transplanted mustard (Brassica juncea L.). Experiment was laid out in Factorial Randomized Block Design, treatments consist of three levels of nutrient management viz.; 80 kg N ha-1, 60 kg N ha-1+5 t FYM ha-1 and 40 kg N ha-1+10 t FYM ha-1 and six micronutrient managements, viz., Control, 0.5% zinc sulphate as foliar, 0.5% ferrous sulphate as foliar, 0.3% zinc sulphate as seed priming, 0.3% ferrous sulphate as seed priming, and 0.5% zinc sulphate as foliar+0.5% ferrous sulphate as foliar. Results revealed that among different levels of nitrogen management, application of 60 kg N ha-1+5 t FYM ha-1 perceived maximum growth parameters and yield attributes. Among micronutrient managements, most of the cases residual effect of foliar spraying of 0.5% zinc sulphate recorded better results in respect of growth parameters and yield attributes. Among micronutrient managements, foliar application of 0.5% ferrous sulphate (M3) perceived highest seed and stover yield during both the years of experiment. The combined application of 60 kg N ha-1+5 t FYM ha-1 (N2) along 0.5% zinc sulphate as foliar spray (M2) exhibited higher growth parameters.

Effect of oxygen on regulation of properties of moderately boron-doped diamond films

Regulation of oxygen on properties of moderately boron-doped diamond films is fully investigated. Results show that, with adding a small amount of oxygen (oxygen-to-carbon ratio < 5.0%), the crystal quality of diamond is improved, and a suppression effect of residual nitrogen is observed. With increasing ratio of O/C from 2.5% to 20.0%, the hole concentration is firstly increased then reduced. This change of hole concentration is also explained. Moreover, the results of Hall effect measurement with temperatures from 300 K to 825 K show that, with adding a small amount of oxygen, boron and oxygen complex structures (especially B3O and B4O) are formed and exhibit as shallow donor in diamond, which results in increase of donor concentration. With further increase of ratio of O/C, the inhibitory behaviors of oxygen on boron leads to decrease of acceptor concentration (the optical emission spectroscopy has shown that it is decreased with ratio of O/C more than 10.0%). This work demonstrates that oxygen-doping induced increasement of the crystalline and surface quality could be restored by the co-doping with oxygen. The technique could achieve boron-doped diamond films with both high quality and acceptable hole concentration, which is applicable to electronic level of usage.

The effect of residual nitrogen fertilization on the yield components, forage quality, and performance of beef cattle fed on Mombaça grass

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of residual nitrogen (N) on pastures of Mombaça grass and its impact on pasture structure and the nutritive value and performance of beef cattle. The experiment analyzed randomized blocks subdivided into plots, with three replications. The research focused on a number of pastures having received three annual doses of N (100, 200 and 300 kg ha-1) from 2015 to 2017, with no N fertilization in 2018. The results indicated that pastures under residual effect of 300 kg ha-1 of N were characterized by higher (P&lt;0.05) rates of forage accumulation than those under the residual effect of 100 kg ha-1 N. Furthermore, this study indicated no effect (P&gt;0.05) on the pasture nutritive value and average daily gain (0.490 kg day-1). The stocking rate was higher (P&lt;0.05) in pastures under the residual effect of 300 kg ha-1 of N, and lower in those at 100 kg ha-1 of N, while weight gain per area followed the trend observed in the stocking rate. The results thus suggest that the suspension of N fertilization for one year after three years of sequential fertilization was responsible for an immediate loss of 50 and 55% of the productivity of plants and animals, respectively. Highlights: Fundamental nitrogen fertilization to ensure pasture productivity. The use of nitrogen fertilization has been limited by cost, due to the extension of the areas involved and the need for frequent applications. We suspended nitrogen fertilization for one year after using the same doses of nitrogen for three years in order to evaluate a possible residual effect on plant and animal production. Suspending the N fertilization of Mombaça grass for one year after three years of sequential fertilization with the same doses leaves a residual effect on the pasture structure and performance of beef cattle. The suspension of nitrogen fertilization reduces the rate of forage accumulation by an average of 50%, causing a 55% reduction in animal productivity.

Carbon and Nitrogen Stocks and Soil Quality in an Area Cultivated with Guinea Grass under the Residual Effect of Nitrogen Doses

This study examines the residual effect of nitrogen (N) doses on the carbon (C) and N stocks and on soil quality in an area cultivated with guinea grass. The pastures received three annual doses of N (100, 200 and 300 kg ha−1) from 2015 to 2017. In 2018, N fertilization was not applied so the residual effect of the nutrient could be characterized. Soil chemical attributes, C and N stocks, density and penetration resistance and root system characteristics were evaluated at different depths. No difference was observed between the N doses for soil density, which averaged 1.22 and 1.25 g cm−3 under and between the tussocks of guinea grass, respectively. Penetration resistance was affected by the N doses post-grazing, with the highest value (1.9 MPa) observed in pastures that received 300 kg ha−1 of N for three consecutive years. Root dry mass was not affected by the N doses. There was no effect of N doses on the average (19.7 mg ha−1) or total (134.3 mg ha−1) C stock in the soil. The total N stock did not change (11.3 mg ha−1) in response to the N doses; however, the average N stock was higher in the soil cultivated with guinea grass under the N dose of 300 kg ha−1 (1.7 mg ha−1). The N doses had little interference with the soil chemical and physical aspects. Regardless of the dose, high C and N stocks were observed in the soil cultivated with guinea grass. Therefore, when properly managed, intensive pasture-based animal production systems become important allies of the environment.

Cover crop and cereal straw management influence the residual nitrogen effect

Cover crops (CC) may play an essential role in the recycling of nutrients in organic farming systems with cereals. Harvest time of cereals and management of straw in the field can affect the growth of CC and subsequent nitrogen (N) fertiliser replacement value (NFRV) in the following crop. This study investigates 1) the effect of harvest time, 2) cutting height of straw and 3) straw removal from the main crop on CC growth, composition, uptake and NFRV in the following crop and 4) the effect of CC harvest in autumn on the NFRV in the succeeding crop. A CC mixture of mainly red clover, with chicory and ryegrass was sown under a spring barley crop in 2017, and replicated in 2018. Four strategies of barley harvest were conducted: 1) early harvest as whole crop or 2) early harvest of the upper parts only, 3) at maturity with straw removed or 4) at maturity with straw left on the field surface. Subsequently, CC and high stubbles of left straw were harvested and removed in autumn in half of the field replicates. The residual effect was measured in spring barley in the succeeding year. The CC aboveground biomass dominated by the clover had an N uptake for both years of 40−77 kg N ha−1. Variability was significant between years but not caused by the harvest time or by straw management. In the succeeding year, residues from barley and CC could replace 61−85 kg N ha−1 of mineral N fertiliser, which were mostly derived from CC roots and stubble. High straw stubble left (40 cm length) significantly reduced the NFRV of CC shoots by 20%. Root residues (including barley and CC roots) contributed a substantial N supply to the following crop irrespective of aboveground CC biomass. The availability of N derived from CC shoot mineralisation differed significantly in the two years and was also influenced by straw left from the previous crop.

Evaluation of the residual nitrogen effect liberated by the soybean straw on the maize yield in the second crop

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of Nitrogen (N) liberated by the early soybean straw, inoculated in function of dosage and application means of the inoculant, over the vegetative growth and grain yield of second crop corn, in succession. The hybrid corn Land® was sowed in January 1st, 2017 over the soybean straw from a former experiment in Sinop (MT). The trial design used was randomized blocks (DBC) with four replications and ten treatments. For the soybean treatments: witness without N application (only inoculated with Bradyrhizobium japonicum and B. elkanii); for the other treatments, it has been applied the dosage of 10 kg ha-1 of N in different phenological stages and ways of application (by haul at sowing; in V2 by haul and leaf fertilization; in V4 by haul and leaf fertilization; in R1 by haul and leaf fertilization; in R2 by haul and leaf fertilization). Plant height, stalk diameter, total chlorophyll and grain yield were evaluated. The N mineralization from the soybean straw is not enough to fulfill the corn N demand. Even though there were no significant differences among the treatments, the N application in V2 and R1 stages, by topdressing on former soybean, provided the highest grain yield of corn.

Residual effect of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers and impact on Soil Nitrifiers

Abstract The residual effect of nitrogen (N) fertilizers on subsequent crops might affect N efficiency and soil microorganisms, but little is known about the underlying reasons. Our goal was to elucidate the origin of the residual effect of synthetic N fertilizers, with and without a nitrification inhibitor, in three field experiments located in different regions of Spain that shared a common design in a maize (Zea mays L.) /wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) rotation. Maize was fertilized with ammonium sulphate nitrate (ASN) or with ASN blended with 3,4 dimethylpyrazole phosphate (DMPP) (ASN + DMPP) or was not fertilized with N. Wheat after maize received the recommended N dose, a low N dose or no N application. Yield and N content were determined for each crop and treatment and soil samples were taken to determine non-exchangeable NH4+ as well as C and N in the microbial biomass. DNA extraction was conducted in soil samples at different times. In the two locations where a residual effect occurred as a result of fertilizer application on the previous crop, either as ASN or ASN + DMPP, the C retained in the microbial biomass increased. The abundance of bacterial and archaeal communities was related to the soil’s C biomass, and the quantitative PCR approach was a more sensitive biomarker of the microbial activity than C and N in the microbial biomass. The residual effect was associated with a temporal increase of soil microorganisms caused by fertilizer application. Optical sensors identified the residual effect, opening the opportunity for adjusting the fertilizer rate to actual crop requirements.

Manipulating cover crop growth by adjusting sowing time and cereal inter-row spacing to enhance residual nitrogen effects

Legume-based cover crop (CC) mixtures can increase nitrogen (N) availability in arable systems, reducing the need for external N inputs, as they retain soil N and fix atmospheric N2. However, they need sufficient biomass accumulation to influence soil N availability. Early establishment through undersowing can improve CC growth and plant N accumulation, but competition with the main crop should be minimized. This study aimed to investigate the effect of main crop inter-row spacing (12, 18, 24 cm), manure application (without, with) and CC undersowing (early, late, no cover crop) on N accumulation in a legume-based CC mixture and the residual N effect on the following crop. We conducted a field experiment in Denmark with spring wheat as main crop and spring oat as following crop during two pairs of consecutive seasons (2015–2016, 2016–2017). Spring wheat yield was unaffected by inter-row spacing, but it was increased by manure application. In manure treatments, larger inter-row spacing and early CC undersowing increased CC N accumulation by up to 260% (30 kg N ha−1), due to increased light availability. Treatments without manure and with early undersowing gave the highest CC N accumulation, resulting in N fertilizer replacement values of 13–50 kg N ha−1. Thus, increasing main crop inter-row spacing and early undersowing can improve CC growth and N accumulation, and well established legume-based CC could help to stabilize crop yield over time, as suggested by the similar cumulative grain yields (spring wheat + oat) without and with manure.

Corn Yield and Grain Nutritional Status in a Crop-Livestock System with Winter/Summer Nitrogen Levels

Winter pastures nitrogen fertilization in crop-livestock systems may provide effects not only on animal production during winter season, but also on corn grain yield and in its nutritive value cultivated after the grazing period. This paper assessed the effect of nitrogen levels and its management in a crop-livestock system with and without grazing by sheep on corn yield and its nutritive value. The experiment was established in 2006 in Guarapuava, PR, Brazil. Oats (Avena spp.) and ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) were grown during winter season and corn and beans during summer season over the years, being this paper related to the 2009/2010 corn crop period. Treatments were composed of four nitrogen levels at the winter pasture (0, 75, 150 and 225 kg ha−1), with and without grazing by sheep, and five nitrogen levels on corn (0, 75, 150, 225 and 300 kg ha−1). Corn yield was positively influenced by nitrogen fertilization performed in the pasture, what characterized a residual effect of nitrogen applied in winter. Corn crude protein levels from the grazed areas were higher than ungrazed areas, and its levels increased as nitrogen levels increased.

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Effect of Nitrogen Fertilization and Residual Nitrogen on Biomass Yield of Switchgrass

Switchgrass, Panicum virgatum L., grown for biomass has been extensively researched where the annual precipitation >760 mm and the climate varies from humid to moist-subhumid. Research is needed for areas that receive <700 mm of precipitation, where the climate varies from dry-subhumid to semiarid. The objectives were to determine (1) the effect of nitrogen fertilization on biomass production, (2) the effect of residual nitrogen on biomass production, (3) the nitrogen yield from harvested biomass, and (4) the concentration of soil organic carbon (SOC) from switchgrass plots. Plots were fertilized annually with nitrogen at the rates of 0, 40, 80, and 120 kg ha−1 from 2008 to 2011 and unfertilized from 2012 to 2015. The biomass yield varied with N rate × production year interactions (P < 0.05), and biomass yield as a function of N rate was either linear or curvilinear depending upon production year. When fertilized, the biomass yield averaged 4.4, 9.4, 11.6, and 13.2 ± 0.4 Mg ha−1 for the 0, 40, 80, and 120 kg ha−1 N rates, respectively. Residual nitrogen sustained high biomass yields for 1 year after fertilization ceased. The nitrogen harvested in biomass varied with N rate × production year interactions (P < 0.05), and the harvested nitrogen yield as a function of N rate was linear each year. Fertilization increased the concentration of SOC an average of 1.0 ± 0.2 mg g−1 of soil. The data suggest that producers could occasionally skip a year of nitrogen fertilization without detrimentally impacting the production of switchgrass biomass.

Nitrogen and phosphate fertilizer on green corn grown in succession to the melon crop

ABSTRACT Melon producers, in Chapada do Apodi, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil, located between the states of Ceará and Rio Grande do Norte, have cultivated corn in succession to the melon crop. However, this crop rotation is not yet evaluated on the extent to which the residual effect of nitrogen and phosphate fertilization carried out in melon can supply partially or completely the corn demands of nitrogen and phosphorus. This work aimed to evaluate the effect of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) in the production of corn in succession to the cultivation of melon (Cucumis melo) irrigated in an Alkaline Inceptisol of Chapada do Apodi. Ten treatments from the combinations between five N rates (0; 45; 90; 160 and 220 kg/ha) and four levels of P2O5 (0; 40; 80; and 120 kg/ha) were compared. The experimental design was a randomized block with four replications. The corn cultivar was the hybrid AG 1051 and the characteristics evaluated were number and total weight of ears, number and weight of marketable unhusked ears and concentrations of N and P in plant and P in the soil. This study also estimated critical levels of N and P in the plant and P in the soil. Producing green corn in succession to melon is viable, in this experiment conditions, without application of nitrogen and phosphorus to the soil. However, for maximum corn productivity, application of 90 kg/ha N combined with 40 kg/ha P2O5 is recommended. The average critical level of N and P in the plant for corn production was 32.29 and 4.31 g/kg, respectively. This value for P in the soil was 20.7 mg/dm3.

&lt;b&gt;Spatial variability of sunn hemp under residual effect of nitrogen and water salinity

This work had as objectives to use the Sunn Hemp (C rotalaria juncea L.) to evaluate the residual effect in the soil of levels of water salinity and nitrogen doses, and the occurrence of spatial dependence within the experimental area. In previous years, the experimental area received six consecutive trials, which tested different levels of nitrogen and water salinity on different crops. The same experimental design was applied to this trial, that is, a randomized block design with split-plots (5 x 3), corresponding to the residual effect of water salinity and nitrogen, and four replications. The variables determined were: the plant height on six dates after the sowing, and the dry mass of the shoot, root and the whole plant. The data were firstly subjected to the variance analysis of the residual effects and to the study of spatial variability through geostatistics. The variance analysis did not show significant residual effects of the levels of salinity and nitrogen doses in the soil on the height and dry mass of Sunn Hemp. It was observed a spatial dependence, from moderate to high, in all dates, for height and dry mass of Sunn Hemp.

Effect of nitrogen management during the panicle stage in rice on the nitrogen utilization of rice and succeeding wheat crops

Background and aimsThe main objectives of this paper were to investigate the absorption and utilization of nitrogen applied at the panicle stage in rice for promoting and protecting spikelet and the effect of residual nitrogen on the utilization of nitrogen in the succeeding wheat crop in the rotation system. MethodsA field experiment was combined with a mini-plot experiment with 15N labelled urea applied at the panicle stage in rice. The experiments included three nutrient management treatments: F, S1 and S2. 126kgNha−1, 120kgN ha−1, 72kgNha−1 labeled with 30 atom% excess 15N were applied in rice, respectively. Results(1) Compare to conventional fertilizer management (F), the optimized fertilizer management (S1&S2) reduced the amount of nitrogen applications, whereas the rice and wheat yield did not decrease, and nitrogen use efficiency was improved. (2) At rice harvest, 4.7–10.7% of the fertilizer 15N was found in the 0–20cm profile. The fertilizer 15N absorbed by the wheat during the period from jointing to heading accounted for 37.0%-51.1% of the total 15N absorbed. (3) The sum of the ratio of nitrogen absorption from the rice panicle fertilizer applied to the crops (rice and wheat) and ratio of soil residue nitrogen in the wheat field were ordered S2>S1>F. ConclusionThe optimized fertilization management reduced the loss of the rice nitrogen in the rice–wheat rotation system through improved recycling of rice panicle nitrogen applied in the crop-soil system.

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A fixed plot field experiment was carried out during 2008-09 and 2009-10 at New Delhi, India to study the “effects of sunflower stover, nitrogen and phosphorus management on soil health under pigeonpea-sunflower cropping system’’. Kharif season experiment in the first year was laid out in split-plot design, assigning sunflower stover incorporation (8 t/ha) and no stover incorporation (control) to main plots and combination of P levels and bio-fertilizers {control, 15 kg P/ha, 15 kg P/ha + phosphate solubilizing bacteria (PSB), and 30 kg P/ha} to sub-plots. The spring season experiment of both years was laid out in split-split plot design in which NP doses to sunflower crop {control, 50% recommended dose (RD) of NP, and recommended dose (RD) of NP (80 kg N + 15 kg P/ha} were applied in sub-sub plots. Kharif season experiment in the second year was laid out in split-split plot design to investigate the residual effect of NP doses applied to spring season crop in sub-sub plots. Treatments were replicated thrice during both years. Results reveal that the sunflower stover incorporation resulted in better soil biological properties in terms of dehydrogenase activity, alkaline phosphatase activity and microbial biomass carbon (MBC). Available soil NH4-N and NO3-N, available P initially reduced due to sunflower stover incorporation but at latter stages, these nutrients in soil increased. Among the various P levels, application of 30 kg P/ha recorded maximum values of soil dehydrogenase, MBC and available P, NH4-N and lowest values of alkaline phosphatase and NO3-N. With respect to the residual effect of nitrogen and phosphorus applied to sunflower, among the various levels of N and P, recommended dose (RD) of N and P resulted in better soil biological properties under study and higher values of available N and P. Key words: Available nutrients, biological properties, cropping system, nutrients management, sunflower stover management.

Fertilizer nitrogen recovery efficiencies in crop production systems of China with and without consideration of the residual effect of nitrogen

China is the world’s largest consumer of synthetic nitrogen (N), where very low rates of fertilizer N recovery in crops have been reported, raising discussion around whether fertilizer N use can be significantly reduced without yield penalties. However, using recovery rates as indicator ignores a possible residual effect of fertilizer N—a factor often unknown at large scales. Such residual effect might store N in the soil increasing N availability for subsequent crops. The objectives of the present study were therefore to quantify the residual effect of fertilizer N in China and to obtain more realistic rates of the accumulative fertilizer N recovery efficiency (RE) in crop production systems of China. Long-term spatially-extensive data on crop production, fertilizer N and other N inputs to croplands in China were used to analyze the relationship between crop N uptake and fertilizer N input (or total N input), and to estimate the amount of residual fertilizer N. Measurement results of cropland soil N content in two time periods were obtained to compare the change in the soil N pool. At the provincial scale, it was found that there is a linear relationship between crop N uptake and fertilizer N input or total N input. With the increase in fertilizer N input, annual direct fertilizer N RE decreased and was indeed low (below 30% in recent years), while its residual effect increased continuously, to the point that 40–68% of applied fertilizer was used for crop production sooner or later. The residual effect was evidenced by a buildup of soil N and a large difference between nitrogen use efficiencies of long-term and short-term experiments.

Assessing the subsequent effect of nitrogen released from tobacco-waste on maize crop using a 15N isotope technique

The investigation of the residual effect of nitrogen (N) released from tobacco-waste (TW) using isotope techniques will provide valuable data for sustainable organic farming. For this aim, a pot experiment was conducted using the 15N isotope technique. The experiment was based on a completely randomised design with four replications and was conducted on a calcareous ustochrepts soil. TW at levels of 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 t ha−1 and N fertiliser as (NH4)2SO4 at levels of 0, 20, 40, 60 and 80 kg N ha−1 were used for the Bezostaja-1 wheat variety. Concerning mineral N fertilisation with 20 and 80 kg N ha−1, additional treatments with 15N-labelled (NH4)2SO2 (10 at.% exc.) have been applied. Following harvesting wheat plants, the Pioneer 3377 maize variety was used to see the residual effect of TW. After harvesting, dry matter yields were recorded and total N concentrations were determined. 15N determinations and calculations were also made for 15N treatments separately. TW had a significant residual effect on the growth of corn plant under the pot condition. Increasing rates of TW significantly increased the dry matter yield of corn plant following wheat from 3.31 t ha−1 (at control) to 7.89 t ha−1 (at the TW treatment of 40 t ha−1). The 15N values derived from the 15N fertiliser decreased with increasing TW application. The average values of N derived from N fertiliser (Ndff) varied from 2.14 to 3.09% at the rates of 20 and 80 kg N ha−1, respectively. However, N derived from TW (Ndftw) significantly increased from 16.93 to 24.59% (at 20 kg N ha−1), and it also increased from 23.06 to 28.15% (at 80 kg N ha−1) with increasing TW applications from 20 to 40 t ha−1, respectively.