Effects of Injected Liquid Cattle Manure on Growth and Yield of Winter Wheat and Soil Characteristics

Abstract

ciency was attributed to reduced NH 3 volatilization (Beauchamp, 1983). Liquid cattle (Bos taurus) manure should be applied to soils in Manure application rates to soil depend on many such a manner that would improve soil fertility and crop production factors, including the crop, amount of manure available, without causing salinity problems or increasing NO Ϫ 3 levels. This study investigated the influence of liquid cattle manure on winter wheat manure composition, amount of land available for (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Yecora) germination, growth, and nutrient spreading, quantity of soil available nutrients, and the utilization. Four treatments were applied in the same plots in a 4-yr fraction of manure nutrients that could become availfield experiment with winter wheat: (i) application of 40 Mg ha Ϫ1 yr Ϫ1 able. Heavy application rates can have adverse effects liquid dairy cattle manure (wet weight basis) before sowing; (ii) single on soils and plants (Chang et al., 1991). Excessive loadapplication of 120 and 26 kg ha Ϫ1 yr Ϫ1 N and P, respectively, as ings of cattle manure (liquid or solid) may increase soil inorganic fertilizers before sowing; (iii) as in ii, but with split applicasalinization and NO Ϫ 3 contamination of ground waters tion of N, half the amount before sowing and the rest at tillering; and (Lund et al., 1975; Evans et al., 1977). To avoid adverse (iv) no fertilization. The biological evaluators used to compare the effect of the treatments were (i) number of seedlings per square meter effects of manure on the environment, manure should at tillering for the first year only and (ii) dry biomass at heading and be managed with caution. The objectives of this study harvest; plant concentration and uptake of N, P, and K; and grain were to investigate the effects of liquid dairy cattle mayield for every year of experimentation. The results showed that nure on winter wheat (Yecora) and soil salinity and ferapplication of manure did not affect seed germination but resulted tility. in a significant increase in dry biomass at the two growth stages and in grain yield and nutrient uptake, similar to the inorganic N and P fertilization. The amounts of soil available NO 3 ϪN and P were MATERIALS AND METHODS significantly increased while at the end of the field experiment, soil salinity, organic C, and total N levels remained unchanged.

Long-term amendment of urban and animal wastes equivalent to more than 100 years of application had minimal effect on plant uptake of potentially toxic elements

“…The yield increases by the application of this organic residue have been reported by several authors (Matsi et al, 2003;Nikoli and Matsi, 2011;Ceotto et al, 2015). The application of cattle slurries have shown to present a very limited effect on the heavy metal concentrations in soils and crops (Nikoli and Matsi, 2011;Ceotto et al, 2015).…”

Application of liquid cattle manure and inorganic fertilizers affect dry matter, nitrogen accumulation, and partitioning in maize

“…The hybrid was Cecilia (Pioneer Hi-bred, Inc), which is a widely used hybrid in Greece. The soil type was a calcareous loam (Typic Xerorthent) as described previously (Matsi et al 2003). Briefly, the soil contained an average of 265 g kg -1 , clay, 476 g kg -1 silt, and 259 g kg -1 sand, with a pH 8.3 (1:2 water), CaCO 3 content 71 g kg -1 , EC se 0.58 dSm -1 , organic C 7.5 g kg -1 , Kjeldahl N 1 g kg -1 , NO 3 -N 22 mg kg -1 , Olsen P 12 mg kg -1 , and exchangeable K 93 mg kg -1 .…”

“…The preceding crop was wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Maize was sown on 5 June 2003, 21 May 2004, and 28 May 2005. The distance between rows was 80 cm and the plant density was around 80000 plants per ha at sowing.…”

“…Crop yield is usually increased by manure application because of the increased nutrient availability and the improved soil structure (Chang et al 1993;Matsi et al 2003). Eghball and Power (1999) found that application of beef feedlot manure and composted feedlot manure resulted in maize yield similar to that from commercial fertilizer application.…”

On-farm environmental assessment of corn silage production systems receiving liquid dairy manure

“…Similarly, an apparent decrease in Olsen P concentration with time was observed for spring samples (table 2). Because P was applied at an average rate of 98 kg ha -1 y -1 (87 lb ac -1 yr -1 ) and removed at an estimated 48 kg ha -1 y -1 (43 lb ac -1 yr -1 ), it is likely that total soil P accumulation occurred, but the added P was not measured as Olsen P. Reported effects on Olsen P of applying manure to calcareous soil at rates beyond crop removal have varied, with Leytem and Bjorneberg (2009) reporting increased Olsen P after three annual manure applications and Lithourgidis et al (2007) and Matsi et al (2003) reporting no change in Olsen P after four annual manure applications. These conflicting results, along with our observed decrease in Olsen P here and at the plot-scale (Krueger et al 2012), are evidence of the difficulty in relating manure applied P to plant available P.…”