The effectiveness of lime, chicken manure and leaf litter ash in ameliorating acidity in a soil previously under black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) plantation

Materechera, S. A.; Mkhabela, Thulasizwe

doi:10.1016/s0960-8524(02)00065-2

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“…We have found increased soil pH because of chicken manure, which was also reported by Heidi et al (2011) and Rahman (2013b). Materechera and Mkhabela (2002) reported that the effectiveness of chicken manure as liming material is 26% compared to lime. The increase in pH from cow dung amendment was related to its buffering capacity and release of organic acids (Whalen et al 2000;Olayinka 2001;Ogbodo 2011).…”

Section: Influence Of Different Organic Materials On Soil Propertiessupporting

confidence: 86%

Carbon mineralization and carbon dioxide emission from organic matter added soil under different temperature regimes

Rahman

Biswas

et al. 2017

Int J Recycl Org Waste Agricult

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Purpose Information on carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emission from different organic sources and their temperature sensitivity to decomposition is scarce in Bangladesh. Therefore, this study quantified the rates of CO 2 emission and carbon (C) degradation constants from different organic material mixed soils at variable temperatures in two laboratory experiments. Methods The first experiment was conducted at room temperature for 26 weeks to study CO 2 emission and C mineralization using vermicompost, chicken manure, cow dung, rice straw, and rice husk biochar. Weekly CO 2 emission was measured by alkali absorption followed by acid titration. The second experiment comprised two factors, viz. four organic materials (vermicompost, chicken manure, cow dung, and rice straw) and six temperature regimes (25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50°C). Organic materials at 2.5 g C kg -1 soil were mixed in both experiments. Results CO 2 emission reached the peak at 5th weeks of incubation and then decreased with irregular fashion until 21st week. The C emission loss followed in the order of chicken manure [ rice straw [ vermicompost [ cow dung [ rice husk biochar, and C degradation constants indicated the slower decomposition of rice husk biochar compared to cow dung, vermicompost, chicken manure, and rice straw. Temperature positively enhanced the mineralization of organic materials in the order of 50 [ 45 [ 40 [ 35 [ 30 [ 25°C, which contributed to higher availability of soil phosphorus. Conclusions High temperature increased mineralization of tested organic materials. Because of slower decomposition rice husk biochar, cow dung and vermicompost application can be considered as climate-smart soil management practices that might help in reducing CO 2 emission from soil.

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Section: Influence Of Different Organic Materials On Soil Propertiessupporting

confidence: 86%

Carbon mineralization and carbon dioxide emission from organic matter added soil under different temperature regimes

Rahman

Biswas

et al. 2017

Int J Recycl Org Waste Agricult

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“…The post experiment higher residual quantity of P seems to inform that the coffee husk has adequate nutrient composition. P availability as reported by Iyamuremye and Dick (1996) and Materechera and Mkhabela (2002) have been enhanced following the application of organic amendments to acidic soils. Coffee husk may also be a very important liming material for soil acidity amelioration.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…According to them, phosphorous concentration in leaf sample at specific growth stage is related to the performance of the crop. However, availability of P is enhanced in an acid soil following the application of organic amendments (Iyamuremye & Dick, 1996;Materechera & Mkhabela, 2002). The post experiment higher residual quantity of P seems to inform that the coffee husk has adequate nutrient composition.…”

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confidence: 96%

Nursery Soil Amendments for Cashew Seedling Production: A Comparative Analysis of Coffee Husk and NPK

Nduka¹,

Adewale²,

Akanbi³

et al. 2015

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“…Calcium-magnesium phosphate fertilizer can return alkaline substances to soils, resulting in increases in soil pH (Wu et al, 2008). Increases in soil pH because of swine manure applications may reflect the proton consuming ability of humic materials (Materechera and Mkhabela, 2002), and may have been due to the steady formation of organic material with functional groups during decomposition, such as carboxyl and phenolic groups, and by the low solubility of CaCO 3 (Steiner et al, 2007). However, the influence of mineral fertilizer on soil pH might be partially controlled by the soil characteristics and fertilizer properties.…”

Section: Effects Of Fertilizer Practices On Soil Propertiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Responses of absolute and specific soil enzyme activities to long term additions of organic and mineral fertilizer

Zhang

Dong

Dai

et al. 2015

Science of The Total Environment

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• Acid phosphatase activity was negatively correlated with soil pH and P content.• βG, NAG, and LAP activities were positively correlated with SOC and Total N contents.• The four enzyme activities were significantly higher under manure than NPK fertilizer.• Enzyme activities were positively correlated with actinomycete and G + bacterium.• We recommend reducing P fertilizer application rates to subtropical paddy soils. G R A P H I C A L A B S T R A C Ta b s t r a c t a r t i c l e i n f o Long-term phosphorus (P) and nitrogen (N) applications may seriously affect soil microbial activity. A long-term field fertilizer application trial was established on reddish paddy soils in the subtropical region of southern China in 1998. We assessed the effects of swine manure and seven different rates or ratios of NPK fertilizer treatments on (1) the absolute and specific enzyme activities per unit of soil organic carbon (SOC) or microbial biomass carbon (MBC) involved in C, N, and P transformations and (2) their relationships with soil environmental factors and soil microbial community structures. The results showed that manure applications led to increases in the absolute and specific activities of soil β-1,4-glucosidase(βG), β-1,4-N-acetylglucosaminidase (NAG), and leucine aminopeptidase (LAP). The absolute and specific acid phosphatase (AP) activities decreased as mineral P fertilizer application rates and ratios increased. Redundancy analysis (RDA) showed that there were negative correlations between absolute and specific AP activities, pH, and total P contents, while there were positive correlations between soil absolute and specific βG, NAG, and LAP enzyme activities, and SOC and total N contents. RDA showed that the contents of actinomycete and Gram-positive bacterium PLFA biomarkers are more closely related to the absolute and specific enzyme activities than the other PLFA biomarkers (P b 0.01). Our results suggest that both the absolute and specific enzyme activities could be used as sensitive soil quality indicators that provide useful linkages with the microbial community structures and environmental factors. To maintain microbial activity and to minimize environmental impacts, P should be applied as a combination of inorganic and organic forms, and total P fertilizer application rates to subtropical paddy soils should not exceed 44 kg P ha −1 year −1 .

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The effectiveness of lime, chicken manure and leaf litter ash in ameliorating acidity in a soil previously under black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) plantation

Cited by 61 publications

References 31 publications

Carbon mineralization and carbon dioxide emission from organic matter added soil under different temperature regimes

Carbon mineralization and carbon dioxide emission from organic matter added soil under different temperature regimes

Nursery Soil Amendments for Cashew Seedling Production: A Comparative Analysis of Coffee Husk and NPK

Responses of absolute and specific soil enzyme activities to long term additions of organic and mineral fertilizer

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