Sustainability of Popcorn-Potato Cropping System Improves Due to Organic Manure Application and Its Effect on Soil Health

Meena, B. P.; Kumar, Ashok; Lal, Banwari; Meena, Rang Lal; Shirale, A. O.; Dotaniya, M. L.; Kumar, Kuldeep; Sinha, Nishant K.; Meena, S. N.; Ram, Asha; Gautam, Priyanka

doi:10.1007/s11540-018-9410-3

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“…Adding organic residue to the soil is key to restore or maintain SOC stocks, even in the short term (Brunetti et al, 2019; Reeve & Drost, 2012). Improvement of this indicator may result from the direct contribution of carbon via the application of residues (Miner et al, 2020), and/or a consequence of the increased biomass production and the subsequent contribution of carbon biomass to the soil as a response to improvements in soil health promoted by organic residue application (Haque et al, 2019; Meena, Kumar, et al, 2019). Although difficult to pinpoint the cause‐effect relationship between soil carbon and crop yields, studies show that increased soil carbon results in greater crop yields and vice‐versa (Al‐Suhaibani et al, 2020; Meena, Kumar, et al, 2019; Pan et al, 2020).…”

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“…Incorporating organic residues in agricultural production systems for sustainability purposes has become an increasingly common practice (Dubey et al, 2020; Meena, Kumar, et al, 2019), and it aligns with the SDGs. This literature review aims to explore the positive impacts of adding organic residues on chemical, physical and biological soil properties, promoting greater soil health and higher crop productivity, and consequently a more sustainable agroecosystem.…”

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Organic residues and their impact on soil health, crop production and sustainable agriculture: A review including bibliographic analysis

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Soil Use and Management

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Despite their potential as a sustainable source of soil nutrients and organic matter, waste organic residues are often discarded rather than utilized in agriculture. This review examines the current state‐of‐the‐art in the application of organic residues in agricultural production systems by analysing trends and results in published research conducted on their use for soil health and crop production purposes. For this, a bibliographic analysis was conducted on 81 papers collected from the Web of Science database. Our research shows a growing trend in the field, particularly in recent years, with articles from India, China and the United States at the forefront. The most commonly evaluated organic residues were compost, animal manure, crop residues, municipal solid waste and biochar. Soil pH, bulk density and especially organic matter/total organic carbon (TOC) were the chemical, physical and biological attributes most frequently evaluated, respectively. This review indicates that the application of organic residues improves soil health, positively affecting crop productivity in crops such as maize, wheat and rice. However, further research is needed to address the potential risk of soil contamination from potentially toxic metals (PTMs) associated with organic residues, as well as to identify best practices to guarantee food safety and environmental preservation.

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Organic residues and their impact on soil health, crop production and sustainable agriculture: A review including bibliographic analysis

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Soil Use and Management

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“…Chauhan et al [22] also reported similar observations and suggested that herbicidal weed management practices under CA are very much suitable for obtaining higher NUE and higher yield. However, PUE of N, P, and K were non-significant, indicating that the biomass production is influenced by the amount of nutrients absorbed by the soybean crop, but the composition of the biomass is not influenced significantly by the amount of nutrients absorbed by the crop [54].…”

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Impact of sequential herbicides application on crop productivity, weed and nutrient dynamics in soybean under conservation agriculture in Vertisols of Central India

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Adoption of conservation agriculture (CA) is very slow due to weed infestations. The application of herbicides is the only viable option to deal with problem of weed management to adhere with basic principles of CA. A field experiment was carried out for three years to evaluate the expediency of different herbicides and their sequential applications under CA. In this study, seven treatments comprised of either alone or sequential application of pre-emergence (PE) and post-emergence (PoE) herbicides, hand weeding and weedy check were tested in soybean. Result indicated that sequential application of glyphosate at 1 kg ai ha-1 + pendimethalin at 1 kg ai ha-1as PE followed by PoE application of imazethapyr at 100 g ai ha-1 at 30 days after sowing (DAS) proved to be the best economical option in terms of plant growth parameters, crop biomass, seed yield, weed index and carbon and nutrient recycling. Pearson’s correlation coefficients matrix revealed that grain yield was significantly (P<0.0001) related to weed density at harvest (r = -0.84), (WDH) (r = -0.63), weed dry biomass (WDB) (r = -0.52), weed nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) uptake (r = -0.56, r = -0.59 and r = -0.66), respectively and weed index (WI) (r = -0.96). The bivariate linear regression study of grain yield on weed control efficiency (WCI) biomass, N, P and K uptake by grain showed a clear significant (P<0.0001) dependence with R2 value of 0.53, 0.99, 0.95 and 0.98, respectively. The fitted stepwise multiple regression model also revealed that N and P uptake in grain, weed density at 20 DAS and K uptake in weed were actual predictor for grain yield. We concluded that, effective and economical weed control under CA in soybean can be achieved through sequential application of glyphosate along with pendimethalin at 1 kg ai ha-1 each PE followed by PoE use of imazethapyr at 100 g ai ha-1 at 30 DAS.

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“…From the total sampled households, 44.8% used farmyard manure for potato production and applied it 15-30 days before planting. This may be attributed to the fact that farmyard manure supplies not only a variety of nutrients to the crop, but also improves soil organic carbon content, enhances proliferation of soil biota, and increases moistureholding capacity of the soil, thereby enabling the potato crop to tolerate dry spells and give reasonably good yield [48]. The percentage of farmers that used farmyard manure for potato production in this study area was twice as much as the percentage of farmers that used farmyard manure for potato production (26.1%) in the central highlands of Ethiopia as reported by [49].…”

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Soil and Water Management Practices as a Strategy to Cope with Climate Change Effects in Smallholder Potato Production in the Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia

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Low soil fertility and climate change-induced low soil moisture are major problems constraining potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) production in the eastern highlands of Ethiopia. Climate events are projected to become more pervasive. Therefore, research was conducted with the objective of analyzing smallholder potato farmers’ adaptation strategies to cope with the issues of low soil fertility and low soil moisture that are exacerbated by climate change. The research involved surveying eight purposively selected peasant associations in four major potato-producing districts in east and west Hararghe zones. The survey employed a multistage sampling procedure. Data were collected from 357 households using a standard questionnaire, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, index ranking, and analysis of variance for survey data. The observed climate data for the period of 1988 to 2017 were analyzed. The Mann-Kendall trend test, standard anomaly index, precipitation concentration index, and coefficient of variation were used to analyze the observed climate data. The survey results revealed the farmers, on average, applied 159 kg urea, 165 kg NPS (63 kg P2O5, 31 kg N and 12 kg S), and 1.8 ton of farmyard manure per hectare for producing potatoes. Most smallholder farmers (68.91%) used supplemental irrigation for potato production during the main growing season. The method of irrigation the farmers used was overwhelmingly the furrow method (92.72%). Analyzing the climate data showed that the mean annual temperature increased whereas the mean annual rainfall decreased during the 30-year period. It was concluded that climate change is markedly affecting potato production; in response to this, most of the farmers used supplemental irrigation to cope with moisture stress, all of them applied mineral fertilizers, and some of them additionally applied organic fertilizer to alleviate the problems of soil degradation and nutrient depletion. This implies that soil moisture and nutrient stresses are the major problems constraining potato production against which the farmers need policy and institutional supports to consolidate their coping strategies and build resilience against climate change.

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Sustainability of Popcorn-Potato Cropping System Improves Due to Organic Manure Application and Its Effect on Soil Health

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

Organic residues and their impact on soil health, crop production and sustainable agriculture: A review including bibliographic analysis

Organic residues and their impact on soil health, crop production and sustainable agriculture: A review including bibliographic analysis

Impact of sequential herbicides application on crop productivity, weed and nutrient dynamics in soybean under conservation agriculture in Vertisols of Central India

Soil and Water Management Practices as a Strategy to Cope with Climate Change Effects in Smallholder Potato Production in the Eastern Highlands of Ethiopia

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