Residual Effects of Manure and Compost Applications on Corn Production and Soil Properties

Abstract

Residual effects of manure or compost application can maintain crop yield level for several years after Residual effects of manure or compost application on crop production and soil properties can last for several years. This study was manure or compost application ceases since only a fracconducted to evaluate residual effects of annual or biennial application of the N and other nutrients in manure or compost tions of N-and P-based composted and noncomposted beef cattle become plant available in the first year after application (Bos taurus) feedlot manure, chemical fertilizer, and no-treatment (Motavalli et al., 1989; Eghball et al., 2002). Eghball check on corn (Zea mays L.) production and soil properties. Manure and Power (1999) found that 40% of beef cattle feedlot and compost were applied from 1992 to 1995, and the residual effects manure N and 20% of compost N were plant available were determined from 1997 to 1999. Residual effects of N-and P-based in the first year after application, indicating that about manure and compost applications on corn grain yield and N uptake 60% of manure N and 80% of compost N became plant lasted for at least one growing season while the effects on soil properties were longer lasting. Soil P can contribute to crop P uptake for Ͼ4 available in the succeeding years, assuming little or no yr after N-based manure or compost application had ceased. The loss of N due to NO 3-N leaching or denitrification. residual effects of manure and compost applications significantly in-Residual effects of organic materials on soil properties creased soil electrical conductivity and pH levels and plant-available can contribute to improvement in soil quality for several P and NO 3-N concentrations. Four years after the last application, P years after application ceases (Ginting et al., 2003). Inleaching to a soil depth of 45 to 60 cm was observed with N-based creased levels of soil N, P, K, pH, and C levels in the manure or compost application. No residual effects of manure and soil can increase crop yield beyond the application years. compost applications on soil NH 4-N were observed. Averaged across Soil pH, organic matter, total N, NO 3-N, and P levels years, soil total C concentrations or quantities were not different among were still elevated 4 yr after dairy manure application the treatments, indicating that total C was not a sensitive indicator. Residual effects of Nor P-based manure or compost application ceased (Mugwira, 1979; Lund and Doss, 1980). Eghball increased crop production for one year and influenced soil properties et al. (2003) found that the increased plant-available for several years.

Agronomic Values of Anaerobically Digested Cattle Manure and the Separated Solids for Barley Forage Production

“…This loss may be partially offset by enhanced decomposition during the anaerobic digestion process, which could increase the available nutrient content in SS, thus supporting our result that SS-amended soils yielded similar crop responses to CM-amended soils. For Year 5, without amendment application, the significant differences among treatments demonstrated the residual effect of the previous four annual ap- -harvest soil NH 4 -N and NO 3 -N at the 0-to 15-, 15-to 30-, and 30-to 60-cm depths and Olsen-P at the 0-to 15-cm depth in response to solid cattle manure (CM), anaerobically digested cattle manure (ADM) and separated solids after liquid fraction removal from ADM (SS) applied annually at 200 and 400 kg total N ha −1 rates (1 and 2) for 4 yr. plications, which is consistent with the residual effect of organic amendments in other studies (Eghball et al, 2004;Gutser et al, 2005;Lentz and Lehrsch, 2012) but is also a reflection of depleted plant-available nutrients in the control soil after 5 yr without an external fertilizer source. The annual forage yields in our study (4-11 Mg ha −1 ) were comparable to the range (7-13 Mg ha −1 ) reported for barley in this region (Hargreaves et al, 2009), apart from the low yield obtained in 2011.…”

Effects of different organic materials on forage yield and quality of silage maize (Zea mays L.)

“…Numbers followed by the same letters within a column do not differ at the 0.05 level of significance. The combined use of PL and CM with inorganic fertilizer resulted in a similar DM yield to INORG treatment, perhaps due to the residual and soil amelioration effects of these materials as reported by different authors (Eghball et al, 2004;Adeli et al, 2007;Hirzel et al, 2007a). Yield potential of crops is not only associated with nutrient uptake but also uptake efficiency from improved physical, chemical, and biological properties of soil (Singer et al, 2004;Adeli et al, 2007).…”

Direct and Residual Effects of Different Poultry Compost and NPK Fertilizer Applications on Drought-Tolerant Maize Production

“…The residual effects of manure application from the first cultivation and the decayed maize crop residue could be responsible. This was in agreement with the works of Isitekhale et al (2013) for tomato, Eghball et al (2004) and Farhad et al (2011) for maize that gave highest plant height in soils treated with poultry compost. The long-lasting effect exhibited by the added compost could be responsible; while least values were recorded in plots without amendment.…”