Effect of pulp and paper mill sludge on the development of 17-year-old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) trees in Southern Brazil

Rodríguez, Daigard Ricardo Ortega; Andrade, Guilherme de Castro; Bellote, A. F. J.; Filho, Mário Tomazello

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2018.04.016

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“…), which contain poor nutrients, offer an opportunity for applying SS [19][20][21]. Many studies have reported that the application of SS could promote soil fertility, tree growth, and vegetation productivity in European and American forests [22][23][24][25], as well as in Asian forests [26]. Indeed, the application of SS positively increases the contents of soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, available nitrogen, and total phosphorus required by plants [27], resulting in an increase in the wood production of plantations [28] and changes in the understory vegetation community and biomass [19].…”

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“…More importantly, SS application on forest plantations (e.g., windbreak and sandbreak forest, tailing reclamation forest, and timber forest) can prevent some hazardous substances from entering the food chain and reduces the potential pollution risk for humans and livestock. Although tree growth and soil quality responses to SS application have been widely studied on various types of forestlands in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions [24,26,28,29], few studies have investigated the impact of SS on plantations in arid and semiarid regions, especially on semiarid sandy land, which limits our evaluation of the effectiveness of SS application on sandy plantations.…”

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Effects of Sewage Sludge Application on Plant Growth and Soil Characteristics at a Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Plantation in Horqin Sandy Land

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The application of domestic sewage sludge (SS) may affect plant growth and soil quality through altering nutrient availability. However, the effect of SS application on the plant–soil system in sandy soils is poorly understood. In this study, we established SS application treatment plots (SL, 25 t ha−1) and control treatment plots without sewage sludge application (CK, 0 t ha−1). SS was applied to the soil surface of a Mongolian pine (Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica) plantation in Horqin Sandy Land, Inner Mongolia, China, to assess its potential effects on plants and soil. We analyzed tree growth performances (tree height, basal diameter, and diameter at breast height), understory traits (species diversity, coverage, and aboveground biomass), soil physical and chemical parameters (nutrient content, dissolved organic carbon, soil water content, bulk density, pH), and proxies of ecosystem services (soil organic carbon and total nitrogen stocks). The results showed that SS addition not only significantly increased soil nutrient contents, but also markedly enhanced aboveground productivity and plant coverage. Specifically, SS addition decreased soil bulk density and increased concentrations of soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus and mineral nitrogen, and it also increased soil carbon and nitrogen stocks. Furthermore, the addition of SS significantly increased soil dissolved organic carbon contents and enhanced the fluorescence intensities of dissolved organic carbon components (humic acid-like and UV fulvic acid-like) in the topsoil (0–5 cm). This study provides evidence that SS is an acceptable, and possibly preferred organic fertilizer for improving the soil quality and tree–grass growth of Mongolian pine plantations.

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Effects of Sewage Sludge Application on Plant Growth and Soil Characteristics at a Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Plantation in Horqin Sandy Land

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“…Some studies have also demonstrated the positive effects of papermill biosolids on forest soils (e.g. carbon, pH and calcium) and growth of trees in plantation settings (Brockway and Urie 1983, Lteif et al 2007, Ortega Rodriguez et al 2018) and in natural stands (Feldkirchner et al 2003).…”

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Growth and foliar nutrition of a hybrid poplar clone following the application of a mixture of papermill biosolids and lime mud

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Fertilization of hybrid poplar (HP) plantations with papermill by-products is a promising solution to improve soil fertility and nutrient availability, increase plantation productivity, and provide added value to these materials that would otherwise be incinerated or sent to the landfill. We assessed the growth and foliar nutrition of a HP clone (Populus x. canadensis × P. maximowiczii) at six plantation sites aged three to five years in southern Quebec, Canada. Sites received a fertilization treatment consisting of a mixture of papermill biosolids (120 to 140 t ha-1, depending on site) and lime mud (10 to 15 t ha-1) before being planted, or no fertilization (control). Tree growth was significantly improved by fertilization, with fertilized trees showing a mean annual height increment of 1.3 m (all-site mean; SD = 0.2), compared with 0.5 m (SD = 0.4) for unfertilized trees. Foliar Ca and Mg increased following fertilization and levels met optimal thresholds at all sites, whereas N, P, and K concentrations also increased but nutritional deficiencies remained for these elements at several sites. Our results confirm the benefits of fertilizing hybrid poplars with papermill by-products, but indicate that adjustments in application rates or type of by-products could be made in order to fully satisfy nutritional requirements and thus optimize tree growth.

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“…In the search for sustainable production of eucalyptus, the residues from wood processing for pulp production have been used as forest soil correctives and fertilizers (Rodriguez et al, 2018). These residues have been used as soil conditioners and as a source of nutrients, resulting in improved soil characteristics required for the economic development of forest plantations (Maciel et al, 2015).…”

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Characteristics of Entisol Treated With Pulp Residue and Fertilizer in Eucalyptus Plantation

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Montanari³

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The purpose of this study was to identify, through multivariate analyzes, the physical and chemical characteristics of the soil that best explain the initial development of eucalyptus treated with limestone and lime sludge. This study was conducted in 2014 in the municipality of Três Lagoas (MS). Three treatments were experimented corresponding to the applications of (i) limestone, (ii) lime sludge, and (iii) control or application of neither limestone nor lime sludge. The principal components analysis identified that Group 1 assembling gravimetric moisture, hydrogen potential, calcium and aluminum and, Group 2 composed of contents of sand, clay, phosphorus and organic matter explained 54.96% of the total variability that showed higher discriminatory power of eucalyptus height and diameter variation at breast height. The treatment with limestone showed a contrast between high pH and high Ca content, but low levels of aluminum.

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Effect of pulp and paper mill sludge on the development of 17-year-old loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) trees in Southern Brazil

Cited by 18 publications

References 28 publications

Effects of Sewage Sludge Application on Plant Growth and Soil Characteristics at a Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Plantation in Horqin Sandy Land

Effects of Sewage Sludge Application on Plant Growth and Soil Characteristics at a Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Plantation in Horqin Sandy Land

Growth and foliar nutrition of a hybrid poplar clone following the application of a mixture of papermill biosolids and lime mud

Characteristics of Entisol Treated With Pulp Residue and Fertilizer in Eucalyptus Plantation

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