Comparative effectiveness of different levels of poultry manure with NPK fertilizer on residual soil fertility, nutrient uptake and yield of maize

Field experiments were undertaken on sandy soils with three cropping systems at Giridih, Jharkhand, India for two years during 2012-2014. The experiments were executed in split plot design by assigning water soluble phosphorus (WSP) fertilizers in main-plot and recommended dose of phosphorus (RDP) in sub-plot with three replications. The maximum economical yield of rice (4705 kg/ha), baby corn (842 kg/ha) and Chickpea (920 kg/ha) were recorded with the application of 30% WSP. The maximum economical yield of successive crops - wheat (3185 kg/ha), mustard (1720 kg/ha) and groundnut (1578 kg/ha) were recorded with the application of 30% WSP and 100% RDP treatment. Almost similar trends were noticed in terms of by-product yield, nutrient uptake and residual soil fertility status. All the levels of WSP (30% - 89%) in complex fertilizers were found to be equally effective for grain yield, straw yield, nutrient uptake, and residual soil fertility.

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Amendment of Acidic Soil with Lime and Manure for Enhancing Fertility, Nutrient Uptake and Yield of Wheat-Mungbean-Monsoon Rice in the Old Himalayan Piedmont Plain

Asian Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition ◽

10.9734/ajsspn/2019/v4i230043 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-26

Author(s):

Begom Samia Sultana ◽

Musharraf Hossain Mian ◽

M. Jahiruddin ◽

M. Mazibur Rahman ◽

Md. Noor E. Alam Siddique ◽

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Keyword(s):

Soil Fertility ◽

Nutrient Uptake ◽

Crop Yields ◽

Agricultural Research ◽

Farmyard Manure ◽

Poultry Manure ◽

Residual Effects ◽

Research Station ◽

Cropping Pattern ◽

Piedmont Plain

Soil acidic conditions and the decline in soil fertility are among the critical factors that constraint higher crop productivity in the Old Himalayan Piedmont Plain (OHPP), Bangladesh. The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of lime and manure on soil fertility, nutrients and yields of wheat, mungbean and rice. Experiments were done at Agricultural Research Station (ARS), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) farm and farmer field over two consecutive years with the cropping pattern, namely wheat-mungbean-transplanted (T.) aman rice/monsoon rice. The varieties used were Bijoy for wheat, BARI mung6 for mungbean and Bina dhan7 for T. aman rice. There were nine treatment combinations with three lime levels (0, 1 and 2 ton dololime ha-1) and three manure treatments (poultry manure, farmyard manure and no manure) with three replications. The rate of poultry manure was 3 t ha-1 and that of farmyard manure was 5 t ha-1. Nutrients from manure sources were supplemented with chemical fertilizers to adjust recommended dose. Lime was added to the first crop for entire two crop cycles and manures were applied to the first crop of each crop cycle. Soil pH increased by 0.5-1.11 units, the higher values were observed with higher rates of lime application. Soil organic matter (SOM) increased slightly due to manure treatment. Soil phosphorus availability increased, zinc and boron availability decreased, but the potassium and sulphur availability remained almost unchanged after liming. Application of lime and manure had significant positive effect on the yield of wheat, and their positive residual effects on mungbean and T. aman rice. The effect of 1 t lime ha-1 was comparable with that of 2 t lime ha-1. Between two manures, poultry manure performed better than FYM on crop yields. The trend of plant nutrient uptake by wheat, mungbean and rice followed the trend of these crops yield increase, i.e., crops that were able to uptake more nutrients shown higher yields. The treatment combinations with 1 t ha-1 lime and 3 t ha-1 poultry manure produced an average 35-55% yield benefit over control for the first crop (wheat) and 41-43% yield benefit for the third crop (T. aman rice). This study suggests that dololime @ 1 t ha-1 coupled with poultry manure @ 3 t ha-1 or FYM @ 5 t ha-1 would be an efficient practice for better soil acidic condition, soil fertility and productivity of crops in the Himalayan piedmont soil of Bangladesh.

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Integrated use of NPK fertilizer with FYM influences growth, floral attributes, soil fertility and nutrient uptake of gladiolus in an Inceptisol of semi-arid tropics

Indian Journal of Horticulture ◽

10.5958/0974-0112.2018.00020.8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 75 (1) ◽

pp. 119

Author(s):

M. Lakshmi Durga ◽

D.V.S. Raju ◽

R.N. Pandey ◽

Renu Pandey ◽

Prabhat Kumar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Soil Fertility ◽

Nutrient Uptake ◽

Npk Fertilizer ◽

Semi Arid

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Comparing Poultry Manure to Inorganic Fertilizer and Their Combination on the Growth and Yield Performance of Omankwa Maize Variety

Journal of Experimental Agriculture International ◽

10.9734/jeai/2019/v41i630437 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-8

Author(s):

C. Afriyie-Debrah ◽

E. Obeng Yeboah ◽

P. Francisco Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

Soil Fertility ◽

Grain Yield ◽

Crop Production ◽

Research Work ◽

Poultry Manure ◽

Growth And Yield ◽

African Countries ◽

Maize Variety ◽

Npk Fertilizer ◽

Research Institute

Aims: Major effect of soil fertility decline is the observed reduced food production in most African countries, including Ghana. In order to sustain soil and crop productivity, it is necessary to explore alternative soil fertility replenishment strategies, which are effective and affordable to farmers, especially the smallholder farmer. Study Design: A RCBD in three replications with each block with dimension 4 m × 3 m using spacing of 0.75 m and 0.4 m inter and intra and inter-row. Place and Duration of Study: The research work was conducted at the CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kumasi between April 2016 - December 2016 using Omankwa a released maize variety from CSIR-Crops Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana. Methodology: There were six treatments per rep and each rep was randomized. Treatments were as follows; control (no fertilizer or poultry manure); T1 (100% Poultry manure two weeks after planting of maize), T2 (100% (N.P.K) two weeks after planting of maize), T3 (25% Poultry manure and 75% NPK fertilizer), T4 (50% Poultry manure and 50% NPK fertilizer) and T5 (75% Poultry manure and 25% NPK fertilizer). Results: Results from the study showed that Omankwa performed better under treatment T1 better than other treatments T4 and T5 even though T4 and T5 perform better in other parameters measure for the experiment but did not results in grain yield for Omankwa. Conclusion: The use of poultry manure still remains to be the best source as alternative to soil nutrient used for often better yield of crop production but for lack or availability of poultry manure, the poultry manure con be supplemented with NPK a synthetic fertilizer to obtain optimum grain yield in maize production.

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Productivity and soil fertility of rainfed lowland rice (Oryza sativa) as influenced by establishment and weed management

ANNALS OF PLANT AND SOIL RESEARCH ◽

10.47815/apsr.2020.10017 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 432-436

Author(s):

KEVIZHALHOU KUOTSU

Keyword(s):

Soil Fertility ◽

Nutrient Uptake ◽

Weed Management ◽

Field Experiments ◽

Lowland Rice ◽

System Of Rice Intensification ◽

Residual Soil ◽

Nutrient Depletion ◽

Rainfed Lowland ◽

Hand Weeding

Field experiments were conducted during kharif season of 2016 and 2017 at the experimental farm of SASRD, Nagaland University, Medziphema to evaluate the effect of establishment methods and weed management on productivity, nutrient uptake, nutrient harvest index (NHI) and residual soil fertility of rainfed lowland rice. Three establishment techniques and six weed management practices were evaluated in split plot design with three replications. Results revealed higher grain (4.24 t ha-1) and straw (5.88 t ha-1) yield, nutrient uptake by grain (53.1, 13.8 and 10.7 kg NPK ha-1) and straw (32.3, 6.2 and 48.8 kg NPK ha-1); available nutrients in post harvest soil (332.5, 20.7 and 12.3 kg NPK ha-1) under system of rice intensification (SRI) whereas conventionally transplanted rice (CTR) recorded least values. Minimum weed dry matter (158.4 g m-2) and nutrient depletion (11.3, 1.9 and 19.9 kg NPK ha-1) was recorded in integrated crop management (ICM) while maximum was observed in SRI. Among the weed management methods, significantly lower weed dry weight (103.4 g m-2), nutrient depletion (7.4, 1.3 and 12.9 kg NPK ha-1) and higher grain (4.59 t ha-1) and straw (6.30 t ha-1) yield was observed under hand weeding (HW) twice at 20 and 40 days after transplanting (DAT). Nutrient depletion by grasses was observed to be higher as compared to sedges and broad leaved weeds. Weed control increased nutrient uptake by rice and decreased nutrient uptake by weeds. Hand weeding at 20 and 40 DAT recorded highest grain yield which was 81% higher over weedy check.

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Integrated use of manure and fertilizers increases rice yield, nutrient uptake and soil fertility in the boro-fallow-t.aman rice cropping pattern

SAARC Journal of Agriculture ◽

10.3329/sja.v15i2.35159 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 147-161

Author(s):

S Bilkis ◽

MR Islam ◽

M Jahiruddin ◽

MM Rahaman

Keyword(s):

Soil Fertility ◽

Nutrient Uptake ◽

Crop Yield ◽

Poultry Manure ◽

Residual Effect ◽

Cropping Pattern ◽

Chemical Fertilizers ◽

Set Up ◽

Manure Slurry ◽

Boro Rice

The effect of integrated use of manure and fertilizers on crop yield, nutrient uptake and soil fertility was studied in the Boro-fallow-T. Aman cropping pattern over two years. The experiment was set up at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) farm, Mymensingh under the AEZ 9 (Old Brahmaputra Floodplain). The field trial consisted of eight treatments and control (no fertilizer or manure), 100% chemical fertilizers (CF), and IPNS based six treatments with six types of manure. Cowdung (CD), CD slurry, Trichocompost (TC) and vermicompost (VC) were added to soil at 5 t ha-1 and poultry manure (PM) and PM slurry applied at 3 t ha-1. For all IPNS treatments, nutrient supply from manure was adjusted with that from chemical fertilizers. In each crop cycle, manure was applied to the first crop (Boro rice) and the residual effect was evaluated on the succeeding crop (T.Aman rice). The IPNS based treatments significantly increased the grain and straw yields of Boro rice and it had also positive residual effect on T.Aman rice. Trichocompost and vermicompost, among the six IPNS treatments, demonstrated higher crop yield and that was followed by poultry manure slurry and cowdung slurry. Integrated use of manure with fertilizers gave on an average 8.3-33.8% and 2.9-18.3% higher grain yield in Boro and T. Aman rice, respectively over sole fertilizers treatment. Higher nutrient uptake by crops (N, P, K & S) was also observed in IPNS treated plots. The IPNS treatments improved soil fertility in terms of increasing organic matter, N, P and S contents of soil after two crop cycles. The study suggests that manure and fertilizers should be used in an integrated manner to achieve sustainable crop yield, without incurring loss to soil fertility.SAARC J. Agri., 15(2): 147-161 (2017)

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