Maize yield and soil fertility with combined use of compost and inorganic fertilizers on a calcareous soil on the North China Plain

Zhang, Yun-Long; Li, Caihua; Wang, Yanwei; Hu, Yimin; Christie, Peter; Zhang, Junling; Li, Xin

doi:10.1016/j.still.2015.08.006

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“…Additionally, we found that manure addition decreased soil available K content compared to inorganic fertilizer additions, which is in contrast to other studies, which showed annual addition of manure increased soil available K content in double maize and maize-wheat double-cropping systems [40,41], but some researchers studying GVP system indicated that manure application markedly decreased soil available K content [42]. Chen et al [43] and Ni et al [44] indicated that when the vegetables are harvested, a large amount of K is removed from the soil.…”

Section: Effects Of Manure Substitution Of Chemical Fertilizer On Soicontrasting

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Substitution of manure for chemical fertilizer affects soil microbial community diversity, structure and function in greenhouse vegetable production systems

Luan

Gao²,

Huang

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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Section: Effects Of Manure Substitution Of Chemical Fertilizer On Soicontrasting

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Substitution of manure for chemical fertilizer affects soil microbial community diversity, structure and function in greenhouse vegetable production systems

Luan

Gao²,

Huang

et al. 2020

PLoS ONE

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“…Among the treatments imposed, STCR-IPNS treatments found to enhance uptake of nutrients when compared to STCR-NPK treatments due to the combined effect of FYM and NPK fertlisers. Numerous studies have shown that addition of organic manures exerts multiple benefits of crop productivity and soil fertility (Zhang, 2016) and sustainable cropping (Fig. 1).…”

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Effect of Graded Levels of Fertilisers with FYM on Yield and NPK Uptake by Hybrid Maize in Vertic ustropept

Sivaranjani¹,

Sellamuthu²,

Santhi³

et al. 2018

Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci

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“…Using compost in agriculture usually helps in preserving long‐term soil fertility with the improvement of soil microbial biomass and activity, as well as, providing slow‐released nutrients in accordance with crop requirements (Mbau et al., ; Zhang et al., ). However, despite the observed enhancements of soil fertility through compost, crop yields remained similar between “Ash” and “Comp” treatments.…”

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“…Here, we suggest that an addition of organic matter, such as compost, to wood ashes could play this role (Bougnom et al., ). Compost enhances both water‐ and nutrient‐holding capacity of the soil (Zhang et al., ). Therefore, combining compost and ashes may play a significant role for tropical soil security by mitigating nutrients leaching (Agegnehu, Nelson, & Bird, ).…”

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“…Therefore, combining compost and ashes may play a significant role for tropical soil security by mitigating nutrients leaching (Agegnehu, Nelson, & Bird, ). Besides, compost is also known to increase plant yield through the addition of nutrients (Abdel‐Sabour & El‐Seoud, ; Mbau, Karanja, & Ayuke, ; Zhang et al., ). Additionally, letting some trees within the fields could also rise the soil organic matter content through littering (Nair, ).…”

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Tropical soils degraded by slash‐and‐burn cultivation can be recultivated when amended with ashes and compost

Gay-Des-Combes

Carrillo

Robroek

et al. 2017

Ecology and Evolution

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In many tropical regions, slash-and-burn agriculture is considered as a driver of deforestation; the forest is converted into agricultural land by cutting and burning the trees.However, the fields are abandoned after few years because of yield decrease and weed invasion. Consequently, new surfaces are regularly cleared from the primary forest. We propose a reclamation strategy for abandoned fields allowing and sustaining re-cultivation. In the dry region of south-western Madagascar, we tested, according to a split-plot design, an alternative selective slash-and-burn cultivation technique coupled with compost amendment on 30-year-old abandoned fields. Corn plants (Zea mays L.) were grown on four different types of soil amendments: no amendment (control), compost, ashes (as in traditional slash-and-burn cultivation), and compost + ashes additions. Furthermore, two tree cover treatments were applied: 0% tree cover (as in traditional slash-and-burn cultivation) and 50% tree cover (selective slash-and-burn).Both corn growth and soil fertility parameters were monitored during the growing season 2015 up to final harvest. The amendment compost + ashes strongly increased corn yield, which was multiplied by 4-5 in comparison with ashes or compost alone, reaching 1.5 t/ha compared to 0.25 and 0.35 t/ha for ashes and compost, respectively. On control plots, yield was negligible as expected on these degraded soils.Structural equation modeling evidenced that compost and ashes were complementary fertilizing pathways promoting soil fertility through positive effects on soil moisture, pH, organic matter, and microbial activity. Concerning the tree cover treatment, yield was reduced on shaded plots (50% tree cover) compared to sunny plots (0% tree cover) for all soil amendments, except ashes. To conclude, our results provide empirical evidence on the potential of recultivating tropical degraded soils with compost and ashes. This would help mitigating deforestation of the primary forest by increasing lifespan of agricultural lands. K E Y W O R D Scrop yield, deforestation, microbial activity, organic matter, soil fertility, structural equation model | 5379 GAY-DES-COMBES Et Al.

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Maize yield and soil fertility with combined use of compost and inorganic fertilizers on a calcareous soil on the North China Plain

Cited by 170 publications

References 57 publications

Substitution of manure for chemical fertilizer affects soil microbial community diversity, structure and function in greenhouse vegetable production systems

Substitution of manure for chemical fertilizer affects soil microbial community diversity, structure and function in greenhouse vegetable production systems

Effect of Graded Levels of Fertilisers with FYM on Yield and NPK Uptake by Hybrid Maize in Vertic ustropept

Tropical soils degraded by slash‐and‐burn cultivation can be recultivated when amended with ashes and compost

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