Improving quality of sugarcane-growing soils by organic amendments under subtropical climatic conditions of India

Singh, K. P.; Gupta, Suman; Singh, Pushpa; Srivastava, T. K.

doi:10.1007/s00374-007-0216-8

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“…Such comparisons do not take into consideration the differences in mass losses (mainly C and N losses) which occur during the entire cycle started with the generation of the original feedstocks or wastes, until the final field application. For example, based on application of equivalent amounts of fresh matter manure, Singh et al (2007) reported that the improvement of the soil aggregate mean weight diameter tended to be higher after the application of biogas slurry than after application of solid farmyard manures. This approach did not take into account that much less feedstocks are commonly needed to get the same amounts of fresh matter digestates in comparison to solid farmyard manures.…”

Section: Effects Of Anaerobic Digestion On Soil Properties and Soil Bmentioning

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Effects of anaerobic digestion on soil carbon and nitrogen turnover, N emissions, and soil biological activity. A review

Möller¹

2015

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

214

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Sustainability in agriculture means the inclusion of several aspects, as sustainable agriculture systems must not compromise not only their ability to satisfy future needs by undermining soil fertility and the natural resource base but also sustainable agriculture has had to address a range of other issues including energy use, efficient use, and recycling of nutrients, the effects on adjacent ecosystems including the effects on water bodies and climate change. Organic manures are an important factor to keep the soil fertility level of soils. However, their management is often related to large emissions. In this context, anaerobic digestion is-similarly to composting-a treatment option for stabilization of biogenic wastes leading to a residual product called digestates, enabling the sanitation and the recycling and use as fertilizer. It is also a means to obtain energy from wastes as well as from dedicated energy crops. Therefore, anaerobic digestion potentially addresses several aspects of agricultural sustainability. This review discusses the current state of knowledge on the effects of anaerobic digestion on organic compounds in digestates and the most important processes influencing N emissions in the field, as well as the possible longterm effects on soil microbial biomass and soil fertility. The main findings are that (1) the direct effects of anaerobic digestion on long-term sustainability in terms of soil fertility and environmental impact at the field level are of minor relevance. (2) The most relevant effects of anaerobic digestion on soil fertility as well as on N emissions will be expected from indirect effects related to cropping system changes such as changes in crop rotation, crop acreage, cover cropping, and total amounts of organic manures including digestates. Furthermore, (3) the remaining organic fraction after anaerobic digestion is much more recalcitrant than the input feedstocks leading to a stabilization of the organic matter and a lower organic matter degradation rate after field application, enabling a similar reproduction of the soil organic matter as obtained by direct application of the feedstock or by composting of the feedstock. (4) Regarding emissions, the main direct effect of anaerobic digestion on a farm level is the influence on gaseous emissions during manure or digestate treatment and handling, whereas the direct effects of anaerobic digestion on a field level on emissions (NH 3 − and N 2 O − emissions, NO 3 -leaching) are negligible or at least ambiguous. (5) The main direct effects of anaerobic digestion on the field level are short-term effects on soil microbial activity and changes in the soil microbial community. Therefore, in terms of the effects on agricultural sustainability, potential cropping system-based changes induced by introduction of biogas plants are probably much more relevant for the overall performance and sustainability of the cropping system than the direct effects triggered by application of digestates in comparison to the undigested feedstock...

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Section: Effects Of Anaerobic Digestion On Soil Properties and Soil Bmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of anaerobic digestion on soil carbon and nitrogen turnover, N emissions, and soil biological activity. A review

Möller¹

2015

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

214

131

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“…Application of bio-compost increased the soil carbon content. This condition was favorable to the activity of microbes leading to mineralization and availability of nutrients to crops (Zaller & Köpke, 2004;Singh et al, 2007b).…”

Section: The Effect Of Substitution Of the As Fertilizer With The Commentioning

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“…Hartemink (1998b) reported that soil management influenced soil chemical and physical properties of sugarcane land. Application of gypsum and biocompost can improve soil physical, chemical and biological properties (Dontsova et al, 2005;Singh et al, 2007b). Nasir and Qureshi (1999) reported that the residual effect of bio-compost impacted positively on sugarcane yield in first ratoon where in all bio-compost treatments applied to plant cane increased nutrient uptake in leaf tissues with significant increase in cane yield rather than the application of AS fertilizer alone.…”

Section: Relationship Between Soil Properties and Sugar And Cane Yieldmentioning

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Residual Effect of Ammonium Sulfate Substitution on Soil Properties and Productivity of Plant and Ratoon Cane

Nurhidayati¹

2013

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Abstract:Overuse of the Ammonium Sulfate (AS) fertilizer in the long-term sugarcane cultivation has a negative impact on the soil properties which in turn can decrease soil and crop productivity. The study to describe the residual effect of AS substitute fertilizers on soil physico-chemical properties and cane productivity compared with AS fertilizer, was conducted at up-land in East Java during two cycles of the sugarcane growth (plant cane and ratoon cane). There were ten treatments which were tested consisting of three treatments using AS fertilizer, six treatments using the AS substitute fertilizer, and one control (without the use of the fertilizers). The measured variables were soil bulk density, total N, SO 4 2-content, soil pH, and yield variables. The use of the AS fertilizer substitute decreased the soil bulk density and increased the total N, SO 4 2-content, and soil pH at the post-harvest of plant and ratoon cane. It confirmed a better condition in the soil with the AS fertilizer substitute rather than the AS fertilizer by itself. The residual effect of the AS fertilizer substitute on the soil properties at the post-harvest of plant cane significantly provided a positive impact on cane and sugar yield at the ratoon cane. The soil SO 4 2-and total soil N content were the most important soil properties that influenced cane and sugar yield of ratoon cane. It suggests that the use of the AS fertilizer substitute is recommended on sugarcane cultivation for minimizing adverse residual effect and maintaining the soil quality.

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“…Maize protein "Zein" is in tryptophan and lysine two essential amino acids Singh et al, (2007). Excessive use of chemical fertilizers, decline in soil and food quality due to loss of soil organic matter is the main characteristics of the conventional farming systems which are more pronounced in arid and semi-arid areas (Singh et al, 2007;Melero et al, 2008;Liu et al, 2009).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Excessive use of chemical fertilizers, decline in soil and food quality due to loss of soil organic matter is the main characteristics of the conventional farming systems which are more pronounced in arid and semi-arid areas (Singh et al, 2007;Melero et al, 2008;Liu et al, 2009). Increasing public awareness of the negative environment an impacts, growing consumer demand for healthier products and criticism of high input production systems.…”

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Effect of Different Levels of NPK and Vermicompost on Physico-Chemical Properties of Maize [Zea mays (L.)] Cv. MM2255

Prajapati¹,

Swaroop²

2018

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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Improving quality of sugarcane-growing soils by organic amendments under subtropical climatic conditions of India

Cited by 38 publications

References 17 publications

Effects of anaerobic digestion on soil carbon and nitrogen turnover, N emissions, and soil biological activity. A review

Effects of anaerobic digestion on soil carbon and nitrogen turnover, N emissions, and soil biological activity. A review

Residual Effect of Ammonium Sulfate Substitution on Soil Properties and Productivity of Plant and Ratoon Cane

Effect of Different Levels of NPK and Vermicompost on Physico-Chemical Properties of Maize [Zea mays (L.)] Cv. MM2255

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