Seasonal changes in microbial activity in a semiarid soil after application of a high dose of different organic amendments

Jorge-Mardomingo, Ignacio; Soler-Rovira, Pedro; Martínez, Miguel Ángel Casermeiro; Cruz, María Teresa de la; Polo, Alfredo

doi:10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.04.025

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“…The composting process stabilizes labile C from putrescible organic feedstocks, dilutes and volatilizes N, yielding a product relatively poor in N (Corrêa et al, 2006;Carvalho et al, 2015) ( Table 1). Nitrogen mineralization is a microbial-mediated process (Jeke et al, 2015) and despite the low N content in composted materials (Table 1), they are sources of C and nutrients for microbial growth, which triggers organic-N mineralization in the soil environment (Gomes et al, 2010;Jorge-Mardomingo et al, 2013). In this work, composted biosolids were as effective as the chemical treatment (NH 4 H 2 PO 4 + basal application) to produce plant biomass in the Spodosol (Table 5).…”

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“…The less stable sewage products, such as digested, 30 %-CaO and solar-irradiated biosolids, showed higher RE values in Spodosol relative to the more stable products, like composted and 250 o C-dried biosolids (Table 5). Biosolids application modifies the main soil regulating parameters, particularly the nutrient stoichiometry, activity and diversity of soil microbial communities, which may have variable effects on organic matter decomposition (Gomes et al, 2010;Jorge-Mardomingo et al, 2013). Incorporation of putrescible organic materials into soils provides labile C, which results in considerable initial microbial growth and quick organic matter decomposition.…”

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“…Sewage sludge contains significant concentrations of organic matter, nitrogen, phosphorus and other elements that improve soil structure and fertility, stimulate microbial activity, enhance root penetration and increase crop yield (Al-Dhumri et al, 2013;Jorge-Mardomingo et al, 2013;Jeke et al, 2015). The idea of recovering organic matter and plant nutrients by applying sewage sludge to agricultural lands has been widespread as a disposal option, a cost-effective practice, and a way to close the nutrient loop in agriculture and remediated soils (Torri et al, 2014;Yoshida et al, 2015).…”

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Effectiveness of Five Biosolids as Nitrogen Sources to Produce Single and Cumulative Ryegrass Harvests in Two Australian Soils

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Biosolids have been produced by various stabilization processes of sewage sludge, but little attention has been given to the effects of such treatments on their effectiveness to supply nitrogen for plant growth. Here, we investigated these effects by cultivating Lolium perenne (ryegrass) in two Australian soils, a sandy Spodosol and a clayey Oxisol. Biosolids stabilized by either aerobic digestion, composting, 250 o C heat-drying or solar irradiation of domestic sewage sludge were applied to soils at 10 increasing rates (0.25-8.0 dry Mg ha -1), and chemically fertilized soils were used as reference. Results showed that the stabilization processes affected biosolids-N agronomic rates and effectiveness to yield plant biomass, which was a function of organic-N contents mineralized in soils. In the short term, biosolids were from 1/5 (digested biosolids in Oxisol) to over twice (solar-irradiated biosolids in Spodosol) as effective as chemical fertilizer to produce a first single harvest. As long-term N-sources, they significantly increased the effectiveness to produce plant biomass, being from 2.0 to 4.1 times more effective than chemical fertilizer in Spodosol and 1.5-2.4 times in Oxisol. Biosolids could substitute for N fertilizer with similar or higher effectiveness to yield plant biomass, depending on the sewage sludge stabilization process, soil type and cultivation term considered. Therefore, the sound management of sewage products as N sources for crop production should consider the interaction among these factors rather than solely their N content.

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Effectiveness of Five Biosolids as Nitrogen Sources to Produce Single and Cumulative Ryegrass Harvests in Two Australian Soils

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Silva

2016

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“…Mardomingo et al (2013) encontraron que las mismas enmiendas orgánicas, pero provenientes de digestión aérobica y anaeróbica, produjeron diferencias en la actividad microbiana del suelo, en términos de actividad enzimática y respiración basal.…”

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“…La aplicación de enmiendas orgánicas al suelo se realiza como alternativa ambientalmente favorable para el manejo de residuos orgánicos y como medio para mejorar el contenido de materia orgánica (MO) en suelos de baja fertilidad (Flavel y Murphy, 2006). Mundialmente se ha reportado un creciente interés por el uso de materiales orgánicos (Soumare et al, 2003;Petersen et al, 2004;Azeez y Van Averbeke, 2010;Mardomingo et al, 2013), debido a que estos pueden mejorar propiedades físicas, químicas y microbiológicas, e incrementar la fertilidad del suelo (Abbasi y Khizar, 2012). Además, es una manera segura y eficaz de recuperación de nutrientes como nitrógeno (N) y fósforo (P) para las plantas (Gilly y Eghball, 2002; Abbasi y Khizar, 2012) y de reducir el uso de fertilizantes de síntesis química para la producción de cultivos (Paterson et al, 2011).…”

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Factores que intervienen en el proceso de mineralización de nitrógeno cuando son aplicadas enmiendas orgánicas al suelo. Una revisión

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Gutiérrez-D.

Cardona

2017

Rev. Colomb. Cienc. Hortic.

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Factores que intervienen en el proceso de mineralización de nitrógeno cuando son aplicadas enmiendas orgánicas al suelo. Una revisión RESUMENLa aplicación de enmiendas orgánicas es una práctica que se hace regularmente en sistemas de cultivos, con el fin de mejorar propiedades físicas y químicas del suelo y aportar nutrientes como nitrógeno (N). Para que las plantas puedan absorberlo, gran cantidad del N que es aportado a través de las enmiendas orgánicas, debe ser transformado de sus formas orgánicas a inorgánicas, en un proceso denominado mineralización. Se han desarrollado investigaciones tendientes a entender este proceso, y, cómo el aporte de enmiendas orgánicas influye en su dinámica. Esta revisión proporciona una visión global sobre los factores, de suelo y enmienda, que intervienen en el proceso de mineralización de N cuando se aplican al suelo enmiendas orgánicas de diferentes fuentes.Palabras clave adicionales: inmovilización, lixiviación, abono orgánico. ABSTRACTThe application of organic amendments is a practice that is done regularly in crop systems in order to improve the physical and chemical properties of the soil and provide nutrients such as nitrogen (N). In order for plants to absorb it, much of the N that is contributed through organic amendments must be transformed 1 Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Programa de Maestría en Ciencias Agrarias, Línea Suelos y Aguas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá (Colombia).

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The Effect of Severe Drought on the Evolution of Urban and Manure Wastes in an Agricultural Soil in Mediterranean Ecosystems

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In semi‐arid Mediterranean soils, water availability is the most limiting factor, negatively affecting the organic matter (OM) degradation. The aim of this work is to study under controlled laboratory conditions how three sources of OM [municipal solid waste (MSW), sheep manure (SM) and cow manure (CM)] behave when they are applied to an agricultural soil subjected to a severe year‐long drought. In order to apply the same concentration of OM to the soil (16·92 Mg OM ha−1), 2 kg of soil was mixed with 30, 67·41 and 55·25 Mg ha−1 (dry matter) of MSW, CM and SM, respectively. Two levels of irrigation were employed: (i) watered soils and (ii) non‐watered soils. Soil's chemical properties [water soluble carbon (WSC), humic acids, fulvic acids and protein mass distribution], biological properties (soil microbial biomass carbon and o‐diphenoloxidase activity) and solid‐state 13C cross‐polarisation magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were determined. In watered soils, the soil microbial biomass carbon was higher in the SM than in CM and MSW treatments (9·9% and 23·1%, respectively). The WSC was significantly higher in SM than in CM (55·7%) and MSW (78·7%) treatments. A decrease in the content of O‐alkyl C and an increase in alkyl C, aromatic C and carboxyl C were observed. In non‐watered soils, the biochemical properties and alkyl C and alkyl/O‐alkyl ratio decreased, whereas WSC content and O‐alkyl C increased. These results indicated that the evolution of OM and the activity of the microbial community in non‐watered soils were very different to those in the watered soils. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Seasonal changes in microbial activity in a semiarid soil after application of a high dose of different organic amendments

Cited by 51 publications

References 58 publications

Effectiveness of Five Biosolids as Nitrogen Sources to Produce Single and Cumulative Ryegrass Harvests in Two Australian Soils

Effectiveness of Five Biosolids as Nitrogen Sources to Produce Single and Cumulative Ryegrass Harvests in Two Australian Soils

Factores que intervienen en el proceso de mineralización de nitrógeno cuando son aplicadas enmiendas orgánicas al suelo. Una revisión

The Effect of Severe Drought on the Evolution of Urban and Manure Wastes in an Agricultural Soil in Mediterranean Ecosystems

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