scholarly journals Effects of a One-Time Organic Fertilizer Application on Long-Term Crop and Residue Yields, and Soil Quality Measurements Using Biointensive Agriculture

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Beeby ◽  
Steve Moore ◽  
Laura Taylor ◽  
Samuel Nderitu
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Quality Measurements

Impact of Long-Term Organic Fertilizer Application on Lignin in Mollisol

2010 ◽  
Vol 113-116 ◽  
pp. 1332-1335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ning Liu ◽  
Hong Bo He ◽  
Hong Tu Xie ◽  
Zhen Bai ◽  
Xu Dong Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Carbon Pools ◽  
Organic Fertilization ◽  
Degradation Degree ◽  
Northeast Of China ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Cuo Oxidation

Fertilization is one of the essential managements to maintain and increase soil organic carbon (SOC) level in agroecosystems. It has been realized that fertilizer applications influenced the turnover of labile and refractory organic carbon pools in arable soil markedly. However, the dynamic of relatively refractory lignin in response to fertilization is still kept unclear. Therefore, the impact of long-term organic fertilization on the content and degradation degree of lignin in Mollisol was investigated. Lignin monomers were released by alkaline CuO oxidation method and quantified by gas chromatography (GC). At the time scale of decades, lignin was clearly accumulated in soil and the relative accumulation of lignin in SOC was evident after long-term organic fertilizer application. Compared with the unfertilized soil, lower acid to aldehyde ratios of vanillyl and syringyl units induced by organic fertilization suggested a lower degradation degree of lignin incorporated into soil to some extent. It could be concluded that long-term organic fertilization was an effective fertilizer practice for lignin accumulation in soil and SOC sequestration in Mollisol in northeast of China.

scholarly journals Effects of Different Fertilizer Treatments on Rhizosphere Soil Microbiome Composition and Functions

Land ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Yanan Li ◽  
Chengyu Wang ◽  
Tianye Wang ◽  
Yutao Liu ◽  
Shuxia Jia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nitrate Nitrogen ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Differentially Expressed Gene ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Chemical Fertilizer ◽  
Soil Microbiome ◽  
Fertilizer Treatment ◽  
N Fixation ◽  
Microbiome Composition

Fertilization influences the soil microbiome. However, little is known about the effects of long-term fertilization on soil microbial metabolic pathways. In this study, we investigated the soil microbiome composition and function and microbial participation in the N cycle according to the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) and gene ontology (GO) functional annotation of different genes in a metagenomic analysis after long-term fertilization. Fertilizer application significantly changed the soil C/N ratio. Chemical fertilizer (NPK) treatment decreased soil pH, and chemical fertilizer combined with straw (NPK+S0.5) treatment increased ammonium nitrogen (NH4+-N) but decreased nitrate nitrogen (NO3−-N). NPK, NPK+S0.5 and S0.5 applications did not change the soil microbiome composition or dominant phylum but changed the relative abundances of microbiome components. Moreover, fertilizer significantly influenced metabolic processes, cellular processes and single-organism processes. Compared with a no-fertilizer treatment (CK), the NPK treatment resulted in more differentially expressed gene (DEG) pathways than the NPK+S0.5 and S0.5 treatments, and these pathways significantly correlated with soil nitrate nitrogen (NO3−-N), available phosphorus (AP) and the moisture content of soil (MC). KEGG analysis found that fertilizer application mainly affected the ribosome, photosynthesis and oxidative phosphorylation pathways. S0.5 and NPK+S0.5 increased microbial nitrogen fixation, and NPK and NPK+S0.5 decreased amoA and amoB and accelerated denitrification. Thus, organic fertilizer increased N fixation and nitrification, and inorganic N fertilizer accelerated denitrification. We found that the function of the soil microbiome under different fertilizer applications could be important for the rational application of fertilizer and for environmental and sustainable development.

Soil conditions and yield of repeatedly grown apple orchard depending on long-term fertilizer application

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (98) ◽  
pp. 34-47
Author(s):  
P. H. Kopytko ◽  
◽  
R. V. Yakovenko
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Humus Content ◽  
Mineral Fertilizer ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
Soil Conditions ◽  
Apple Trees ◽  
The Impact

The issue of scientifically sound fertilizer application in fruit plantations, which are long-term and re-grown in one place remains insufficiently studied. To solve this problem is possible only in long-term stationary studies, as the impact of different fertilizer systems on changes in soil properties and tree productivity for a long period of their use. The results of researches of long-term fertilizer influence on the main fertility indices of dark gray podzolic heavy loam soil and productivity of repeatedly grown apple trees of Idared varieties on seed and vegetative (M4) rootstocks and Calville snow on seedling rootstock are considered. During the 85-year period of growing the first and second generation of apple trees in the experimental garden, the organic fertilizer (40 t/ha of cattle manure), mineral fertilizer (N120P120K120) and their combination (20 t/ha of manure + N60P60K60) were applied in the old plantation every two years in autumn in plowing in rows at 18–20 cm, and in the new repetition: manure, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers as well, and nitrogen fertilizer in half doses annually in spring for cultivation or disk plowing to a depth of 12–15 cm. As a result of research it was found that organic fertilizer better than mineral fertilizers provided the formation of soil fertility (humus and mobile compounds and forms of nutrients, soil reaction) and yield capacity of experimental apple trees, which for all years of fruiting exceeded the total yield of Calville snow and Idared on seedling and vegetative rootstocks, respectively, by 34.8, 27.7 and 23.4 % compared with the yield of the control non-fertilized areas and 16.0, 15.8 and 13.2 % – on those fertilized with N120Р120К120. Similar parameters of soil fertility indicators are formed by the organo-mineral fertilizer system with systematic long-term application of half the norms of organic and mineral fertilizers of manure 20 t/ha together with N60P60K60. However, the mineral system (N120P120K120) significantly less increases the humus content and content of macronutrients available for plant nutrition and does not enrich the soil with trace elements, acidifies the reaction of the soil environment

Impact of long-term mineral and organic fertilizer application on the water stability, wettability and porosity of aggregates obtained from two loamy soils

2015 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Czachor ◽  
M. Charytanowicz ◽  
S. Gonet ◽  
J. Niewczas ◽  
G. Jozefaciuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Water Stability

scholarly journals Lignite-based Organic Fertilizer Improves Soil Quality and Yield of Rice in Belitang South Sumatera

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Syafrullah Syafrullah
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Paddy Soil ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Plant Residue ◽  
Chemical Fertilizers ◽  
Rice Varieties ◽  
Organic C

To achieve food-self sufficiency in Indonesia, it is necessary to apply sustainable agriculture practices to improve soil quality. Most of paddy fields have been applied with chemical fertilizers intensively for more than 40 years without the addition of organic matter.  The purpose of this study was to understand the effects of lignite-based organic fertilizer application on the quality of paddy soil and yield of rice. The study was conducted in April until August 2014 in the irrigated rice fields in Belitang, Ogan Komering Ulu Timur District. The study was arranged in a Factorial Randomized Block Design, with 9 treatment combinations and 3 replicates. The first factor was the types of fertilizers, consisting of recommended chemical fertilizers (250 kg urea ha-1 + 150 kg SP36 ha-1 + 50 kg KCl ha-1), organic fertilizer from plant residue at 5 Mg ha-1,  and lignite-based organic fertilizer (namely Baranik fertilizer) at 0.75 Mg ha-1.  The second factor was rice varieties, consisting of Mentik Wangi, Gogo Aromatik and Ciliwung. The application of Baranik fertilizer at 0.75 Mg ha-1 has improved the quality of paddy soil with the increase of organic-C content from 1.44% to 2.90%. Application of Baranik fertilizer at 0.75 Mg ha-1 has increased the vegetative components and the yield of rice about 7.17 Mg ha-1 compared to the organic fertilizer from plant residue, but the yield is still the same as that in the recomended dosages of chemical fertilizers.  Among the rice varieties, the yield of Ciliwung variety was higher than other varieties, i.e. 7.62 Mg ha-1.  The yield of Gogo Aromatik variety is significantly lower than that of Ciliwung variety.  Baranik organic fertilizer can be used to improve soil fertility for food security purpose.

scholarly journals Effects of Cultivating Rice and Wheat with and without Organic Fertilizer Application on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Soil Quality in Khost, Afghanistan

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6508
Author(s):  
Rahmatullah Hashimi ◽  
Eri Matsuura ◽  
Masakazu Komatsuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Conventional Farming ◽  
Ghg Emission

The agricultural sector is the most important economic component in Afghanistan, as 80% of the population is involved. The improvement of cereal production is an urgent task to meet the nation’s demand for the staple within the limited arable land. To promote a sustainable crop production system, this study examined the soil quality to learn the basic knowledge of soil fertility and the environmental impact of different rice–wheat cropping systems in Khost, Afghanistan by using the life cycle assessment (LCA) method. The economic analysis of each farming system was conducted by the data gathered by the farmers’ interviews along with LCA data collection. The analysis considered the on-farm activities, which were required to produce 1 kg of wheat and rice. It included energy use, production, and farming inputs such as fertilizer and agrochemicals. Conventional farming with organic fertilizer application (CF+OF) was compared with conventional farming (CF). The LCA results showed the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission was higher in rice production compared to wheat production. However, CO2 absorption by the crops was far greater than the total GHG emission in both systems and showed great potential for soil carbon sequestration for mitigation of global warming. The soil examination revealed the CF+OF system increased soil total carbon (TC), active C (AC), total N (TN), soil organic carbon storage (SCS), P, and K+ after four years of organic fertilizer application. The yield of each crop was slightly higher in the CF system; however, the CF+OF system increased net income by reducing the cost for fertilizer. The study concluded the CF+OF system can improve soil fertility in the long term while saving the farming operation cost. Further research is required to determine the best combination of practices to improve cattle manure characteristics and farm management for soil carbon sequestration to promote a sustainable farming system in the country.

Drip irrigation with organic fertilizer application improved soil quality and fruit yield

2020 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 608-623
Author(s):  
Fayong Li ◽  
Chengyu Yuan ◽  
Dongqing Lao ◽  
Baolin Yao ◽  
Xuefei Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Drip Irrigation ◽  
Organic Fertilizer ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Fruit Yield

Long-term fertilizer application and cover crops improve soil quality and soybean yield in the Northeastern Pampas region of Argentina

Geoderma ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 385 ◽  
pp. 114902
Author(s):  
Marianela B. Fontana ◽  
Leonardo E. Novelli ◽  
María A. Sterren ◽  
Walter G. Uhrich ◽  
Silvia M. Benintende ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Cover Crops ◽  
Fertilizer Application ◽  
Soybean Yield ◽  
Pampas Region
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