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Biomass Ash as a Substitute for Lime and Its Impact on Grassland Soil, Forage, and Soil Microbiota
| العنوان: | Biomass Ash as a Substitute for Lime and Its Impact on Grassland Soil, Forage, and Soil Microbiota |
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| المؤلفون: | Felix R. Kurzemann, Marina Fernández-Delgado Juárez, Maraike Probst, María Gómez-Brandón, Heide Spiegel, Reinhard Resch, Heribert Insam, Erich M. Pötsch |
| المصدر: | Agronomy, Vol 14, Iss 7, p 1568 (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Agriculture |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | liming, biomass ash, forage growth, microbial properties, long-term field trial, recycling, Agriculture |
| الوصف: | In this eight-year grassland field trial, we compared the fertilization effects of biomass ashes (BMAs) and carbonated lime (CaCO3) in combined application with cattle slurry (CS). Our study focused on plant coverage, forage yield, and quality, as well as soil physicochemical and microbiological properties. The fertilization strategies included CS mixed with BMA or CaCO3 applied three times a year and a separate annual application of ash or CaCO3, independent of CS. Samplings were performed in 2010, 2014, and 2018. Despite an absence of observable effects on soil, microbial properties, and forage quality, CS application, with or without BMA/CaCO3, resulted in higher forage yields compared to the unfertilized control and plots receiving only ash or CaCO3. Forage properties remained consistent across treatments. However, the combined application of CS with both ash and CaCO3 led to a reduction in volatile organic compounds, total carbon, total nitrogen, nitrate, and electrical conductivity in the soil from 2010 to 2018. Additionally, the relative abundance of specific microbial families (Nitrosomonadaceae, Acidothermaceae, Bacillaceae, and Peptostreptococcaceae) varied based on whether soils received a single amendment or a combination thereof. Our findings suggest that BMA is a valuable substitute for traditional liming agents, regardless of the application mode. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 14071568 2073-4395 |
| Relation: | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/14/7/1568; https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4395 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/agronomy14071568 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/badc9228a46b4b868602264f2fffce8c |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsdoj.badc9228a46b4b868602264f2fffce8c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 14071568 20734395 |
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| DOI: | 10.3390/agronomy14071568 |