Livestock manure improves acid soil productivity under a cold northern Alberta climate
The acid-ameliorating properties of feedlot cattle manure on barley and canola productivity in acid soils were evaluated from 2003 to 2007 at Fort Vermilion and Beaverlodge research stations in northern Alberta, Canada. Treatments included Control, NP fertilizer, Lime + NP fertilizer and manure at 8...
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crcansciencepubl:10.4141/cjss09112 2024-09-15T18:06:58+00:00 Livestock manure improves acid soil productivity under a cold northern Alberta climate Benke, M.B. Hao, X. O’Donovan, J.T. Clayton, G.W. Lupwayi, N.Z. Caffyn, P. Hall, M. 2010 http://dx.doi.org/10.4141/cjss09112 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.4141/cjss09112 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Soil Science volume 90, issue 4, page 685-697 ISSN 0008-4271 1918-1841 journal-article 2010 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.4141/cjss09112 2024-08-01T04:10:03Z The acid-ameliorating properties of feedlot cattle manure on barley and canola productivity in acid soils were evaluated from 2003 to 2007 at Fort Vermilion and Beaverlodge research stations in northern Alberta, Canada. Treatments included Control, NP fertilizer, Lime + NP fertilizer and manure at 80 (M80) and 160 (M160) Mg ha -1 . Manure and lime were applied once in 2003 and NP fertilizer was applied annually. Manure significantly increased soil pH from around 4 to >5 and this increase persisted over the 4-yr period. At Fort Vermilion, M160 reduced soil 0.01 M CaCl 2 extractable Al and Mn contents from 2.9 and 11.7 mg kg -1 (Control) to 1.1 and 8.9 mg kg -1 and barley straw Mn content from 313 (Control) to 220 mg kg -1 . Soil P (Mehlich 3) and K (0.01 M CaCl 2 extractable) contents in M160 were more than two times those in the Control, while values from fertilizer treatments were not different from the Control. Crop grain N, P and K uptakes and yields in M160 were twice those of the Control. In northern Alberta, manure application to acid soils at a rate of 160 Mg ha -1 once every 4 yr had the same effectiveness as Lime + NP fertilizer in increasing soil pH and improving soil fertility and crop productivity at the field scale. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fort Vermilion Canadian Science Publishing Canadian Journal of Soil Science 90 4 685 697 |
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The acid-ameliorating properties of feedlot cattle manure on barley and canola productivity in acid soils were evaluated from 2003 to 2007 at Fort Vermilion and Beaverlodge research stations in northern Alberta, Canada. Treatments included Control, NP fertilizer, Lime + NP fertilizer and manure at 80 (M80) and 160 (M160) Mg ha -1 . Manure and lime were applied once in 2003 and NP fertilizer was applied annually. Manure significantly increased soil pH from around 4 to >5 and this increase persisted over the 4-yr period. At Fort Vermilion, M160 reduced soil 0.01 M CaCl 2 extractable Al and Mn contents from 2.9 and 11.7 mg kg -1 (Control) to 1.1 and 8.9 mg kg -1 and barley straw Mn content from 313 (Control) to 220 mg kg -1 . Soil P (Mehlich 3) and K (0.01 M CaCl 2 extractable) contents in M160 were more than two times those in the Control, while values from fertilizer treatments were not different from the Control. Crop grain N, P and K uptakes and yields in M160 were twice those of the Control. In northern Alberta, manure application to acid soils at a rate of 160 Mg ha -1 once every 4 yr had the same effectiveness as Lime + NP fertilizer in increasing soil pH and improving soil fertility and crop productivity at the field scale. |
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Benke, M.B. Hao, X. O’Donovan, J.T. Clayton, G.W. Lupwayi, N.Z. Caffyn, P. Hall, M. Livestock manure improves acid soil productivity under a cold northern Alberta climate |
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Benke, M.B. Hao, X. O’Donovan, J.T. Clayton, G.W. Lupwayi, N.Z. Caffyn, P. Hall, M. |
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Livestock manure improves acid soil productivity under a cold northern Alberta climate |
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Livestock manure improves acid soil productivity under a cold northern Alberta climate |
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Livestock manure improves acid soil productivity under a cold northern Alberta climate |
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Livestock manure improves acid soil productivity under a cold northern Alberta climate |
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Livestock manure improves acid soil productivity under a cold northern Alberta climate |
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