Integrated Nutrient Management Enhances Soil Quality and Crop Productivity in Maize-Based Cropping System
| Autor: | Mohammed Nasser Alyemeni, Tahira Batool, Rana Binyamin, Abdulaziz Abdullah Alsahli, Ghulam Siddique, Shafaqat Ali, Muhammad Abid, Munazzam Jawad Shahid, Muhammad Rizwan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
Irrigation Soil test maize production Geography Planning and Development TJ807-830 Management Monitoring Policy and Law engineering.material TD194-195 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources fertilizer use efficiency soil physiochemical properties GE1-350 Cropping system Soil health Environmental effects of industries and plants Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment Nutrient management food and beverages 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences soil water contents Soil quality Environmental sciences Agronomy organic manures Soil water 040103 agronomy & agriculture engineering 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science Fertilizer 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 12, Iss 10214, p 10214 (2020) Sustainability Volume 12 Issue 23 |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su122310214 |
| Popis: | Soil quality deterioration, especially in intensive cropping systems, has become a serious problem for crop productivity consequently, strategies for sustainable crop production and soil health are urgently required. Experiments on fields were organized to investigate the impact of organic manures on crop productivity, soil physiochemical properties and soil water availability in a maize-based cropping system. The experiment consisted of five treatments, including organic manures (OM) and inorganic nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK) fertilizers applied separately and in combinations: NPK = 250-150-125 Kg/ha (recommended rate), farmyard manure (FYM) = 16 t/ha, poultry manure (PM) = 13 t/ha, NPK + FYM = 150-85-50 Kg/ha + 8.5 t/ha and NPK + PM = 150-85-50 Kg/ha + 7.0 t/ha. The results showed that the combination of OM with mineral fertilizers increased crop productivity, fertilizer use efficiency and yield sustainability indices over the treatments amended with sole application of mineral fertilizers and OM. The analysis of undisturbed soil samples during different crop growth stages revealed that the addition of OM decreased the bulk density and increased the pore volume of soil at the beds of 0&ndash 20 and 20&ndash 40 cm. The application of OM to the soil not only increased saturated hydraulic conductivity of the soil but also improved total available and readily available water contents to the plants, especially when FYM was included at 16 t ha&minus 1. Soil-water retention properties recorded over the entire seven-day monitoring period following irrigation in the OM-amended treatments were consistently higher than the sole mineral NPK application treatments. When testing the soil nutrient status during different crop growth stages, it was noted that by adding OM into the soil not only the status of the organic carbon of soil, extractable N and K and available P contents is increased, but the duration of their availability to the plants are also enhanced. The results of the study show that organic manures addition is of major significance for maintaining soil quality and crop production sustainably, and should be advocated in the nutrient management strategies of intensive water- and nutrient-demanding cropping systems. |
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