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Farmyard manure, plant based organic fertilisers, inorganic fertiliser - which sustains soil organic matter best?

Raupp, Joachim and Oltmanns, Meike (2006) Farmyard manure, plant based organic fertilisers, inorganic fertiliser - which sustains soil organic matter best? In: Aspects of Applied Biology, Assoc. Applied Biologists, 79, pp. 273-276.

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Summary

Legume biomass or pulse meal may be considered as alternatives to farmyard manure (FYM) in organic farms with small scale animal husbandry or in stockless organic farms. From 1996 a field trial was established on a poor sandy soil to compare plant based organic fertilisers, FYM and inorganic fertilisers, each applied at 100 kg ha-1 N. Additionally, FYM was tested at a higher rate of 170 kg ha-1 N. Average soil organic carbon content in topsoil (Corg) of the last crop rotation period (2002-05) is compared to that in 1996. Corg remained at the same level of 0.78 % only with FYM, while plant based and inorganic fertiliser decreased carbon contents to 0.74 and 0.72 % Corg, respectively. The higher FYM rate increased Corg up to 0.84 %. Based on these results, for soil organic matter maintenance, plant based organic fertilisers can not be recommended generally.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Poster
Keywords:fertilization, soil fertility, soil life, organic carbon, long-term effects, stockless organic, biodynamics, faba bean meal, farmyard manure, plant based fertilizer, BÖL, BOEL, FKZ 03OE179
Subjects: Soil > Soil quality > Soil biology
Soil > Soil quality
Crop husbandry > Composting and manuring
Research affiliation: Germany > Institute for Biodynamic Research - IBDF > Farmyard Manure
Germany > Institute for Biodynamic Research - IBDF
Germany > Institute for Biodynamic Research - IBDF > Soil Life
Germany > Federal Organic Farming Scheme - BOELN > Plants > Pflanzenernährung
UK > Colloquium of Organic Researchers (COR) > COR 2006
Related Links:http://www.bundesprogramm-oekolandbau.de, http://www.bundesprogramm.de/fkz=03OE179, http://orgprints.org/perl/search/advanced?addtitle%2Ftitle=&keywords=03OE179&projects=BOEL&_order=bypublication&_action_search=Suchen
Deposited By: Raupp, Dr. Joachim
ID Code:9853
Deposited On:19 Oct 2006
Last Modified:12 Apr 2010 07:34
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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