Nutrient availability from poultry manures can be affected by soil types and manure processing. Estimates of nutrient release from manures are important when recommending their use. Three separate laboratory experiments were conducted to evaluate N and P availability, and liming value of poultry layer manures (fresh, composted, and pelleted) with surfaces samples of three NC soils: Belhaven (loamy, mixed, dysic, thermic Terric Haplosaprists), Cecil (fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults), and Lynchburg (fine-loamy, siliceous, semiactive, thermic Aeric Paleaquults). The N incubation compared N mineralization from poultry manures and urea, applied at a rate of 133 µg N cm-3 soil (200 kg ha-1) and incubated for 90 days. Net N mineralized from the manures was described by a single pool first order kinetic model. Potential available N, estimated as the proportion of applied N, was greater for the fresh and composted manures than for the pelleted source in the three soils investigated. Nitrogen availability in fresh, composted, and pelleted manures for the Belhaven soil was 57, 53, and 46 % of total N applied, respectively; 83, 73, and 61 % of total N applied in the Lynchburg soil; and 41, 33, and 25 % for the same order of manure sources in the Cecil soil. The 21 day lime incubation compared poultry manure rates of 1333 and 2667 µg cm-3 of soil (2 and 4 t ha-1) with multiple rates of CaCO3. Liming materials in all the manures were just as effective in neutralizing soil acidity as equivalent amounts of CaCO3. Nitrification of manure N, however, can reduce the net liming effect by the release of H+. The 21 day P incubation experiment compared available P from the manures applied at rates of 1333 and 2667 µg cm-3 of soil (2 and 4 t ha-1) with multiple rates of Ca(H2PO4)2. A linear relationship across all P sources and rates was the best estimator of the increase in Mehlich-3 extractable P per unit of P added. These results suggested that P from the manures behaved similar to inorganic P fertilizer. Treatments in a subsequent greenhouse experiment were designed to evaluate millet [Urochloa ramosa (L.) T. Q. Nguyen] response to N, P and lime supplied in manures. Plant available N from the manures, estimated from the urea-N fertilizer equivalence of plant N accumulation, followed the decreasing order of fresh > composted > pelleted. This ranking among manures is similar to that obtained in the N incubation study. Millet dry matter and nutrient accumulation at targeted levels of N supply and soil values of Mehlich-3 P and pH were similar between treatments of manure supplemented with P fertilizer and lime, and treatments receiving only inorganic fertilizers and lime. These results indicate that optimum plant growth in manure amended systems requires the appropriate identification and correction of soil N, P and/or acidity constraints. Type of manure processing affects total N availability, and soil properties such as texture and buffer capacity can influence N mineralization and soil available P.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NCSU/oai:NCSU:etd-09192008-165401 |
| Date | 03 October 2008 |
| Creators | Montalvo Grijalva, Daniela Fernanda |
| Contributors | David Hardy, Carl R. Crozier, T. Jot Smyth |
| Publisher | NCSU |
| Source Sets | North Carolina State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-09192008-165401/ |
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