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Manure Maturation with Biochar: Effects on Plant Biomass, Manure Quality and Soil Microbiological Characteristics

HAMMERSCHMIEDT, T. HOLÁTKO, J. KUČERÍK, J. MUSTAFA, A. RADZIEMSKA, M. KINTL, A. MALÍČEK, O. BALTAZÁR, T. LÁTAL, O. BRTNICKÝ, M.

Original Title

Manure Maturation with Biochar: Effects on Plant Biomass, Manure Quality and Soil Microbiological Characteristics

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Application of biochar and composts prepared from organic wastes as soil amendments has been recognized as a beneficial strategy to enhance soil fertility and crop production. However, the modification of manures with applied organic amendments such as biochar has not been well explained. Therefore, the preliminary study was designed to evaluate the impact of two doses of biochar (low 0.4 kg + 10 kg of manure and high 4 kg + 10 kg of manure) on the modification of resulting co-composted manure properties, and subsequently to evaluate the effect of matured manure amendment on the soil chemical and biological properties and plant yield in the pot experiment with barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). The following variants were tested: control, manure (M), manure + low biochar dose (M + LB), manure + high biochar dose (M + HB). Results revealed that, the M + HB significantly improved the co-composted manure properties as compared to control and M + LB, respectively. The most pronounced effects of M + HB treatment were observed on pH, NH4-N and humic acid to fulvic acid ratio (used as an index for manure maturity) relative to other treatments. Similarly, significant variations were observed between AOB (ammonium oxidizing bacteria) and nirs genes under M + HB which lowered the AOB and increased the nirs abundance as compared to other treatments. Moreover, when applied to soil, M + HB increased the observed soil chemical parameters with the exception of TN contents as compared to M and M + LB treatments. Similarly, plant biomass was significantly enhanced under the applied M + HB treatment. However, statistically insignificant differences were observed regarding soil enzyme activities and soil respiration values under the applied amendments. Thus, it was concluded that the co-composted manure with high biochar dose can have the potential to enhance the manure properties, soil fertilization value and plant biomass. However, its effects on soil microbiological and enzyme activities were intended be explored under long-term field experiments.

Keywords

manure; crop production; soil enzymes; plant nutrients; respiration; microbial biomass

Authors

HAMMERSCHMIEDT, T.; HOLÁTKO, J.; KUČERÍK, J.; MUSTAFA, A.; RADZIEMSKA, M.; KINTL, A.; MALÍČEK, O.; BALTAZÁR, T.; LÁTAL, O.; BRTNICKÝ, M.

Released

25. 3. 2022

Publisher

MDPI

Location

BASEL

ISBN

2077-0472

Periodical

Agriculture

Year of study

12

Number

3

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

17

Pages count

17

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/3/314

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/209172

BibTex

@article{BUT181606,
  author="Tereza {Hammerschmiedt} and Jiří {Holátko} and Jiří {Kučerík} and Adnan {Mustafa} and Maja {Radziemska} and Antonín {Kintl} and Ondřej {Malíček} and Tivadar {Baltazár} and Oldřich {Látal} and Martin {Brtnický}",
  title="Manure Maturation with Biochar: Effects on Plant Biomass, Manure Quality and Soil Microbiological Characteristics",
  journal="Agriculture",
  year="2022",
  volume="12",
  number="3",
  pages="17",
  doi="10.3390/agriculture12030314",
  issn="2077-0472",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/12/3/314"
}