Soil Nutrient Availability, Plant Nutrient Uptake, and Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) Yield in Response to N-Viro Biosolids and Irrigation Applications
Joint Authors
Arshad, Muhammad
Madani, Ali
Abbas, Farhat
Zaman, Qamar U.
Farooque, Aitazaz A.
Percival, David C.
Source
Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-07-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Earth Science , Water and Environment
Abstract EN
We compared the impact of surface broadcasted N-Viro biosolids and inorganic fertilizer (16.5% Ammonium sulphate, 34.5% Diammonium phosphate, 4.5% Potash, and 44.5% s and/or clay filler) applications on soil properties and nutrients, leaf nutrient concentration, and the fruit yield of lowbush blueberry under irrigated and nonirrigated conditions during 2008-2009 at Debert, NS, Canada.
Application rates of N-Viro biosolids were more than double of inorganic fertilizer applied at a recommended N rate of 32 kg ha−1.
The experimental treatments NI: N-Viro with irrigation, FI: inorganic fertilizer with irrigation, N: N-Viro without irrigation, and F: inorganic fertilizer without irrigation (control) were replicated four times under a randomized complete block design.
The NI treatment had the highest OM (6.68%) followed by FI (6.32%), N (6.18%), and F (4.43%) treatments during the year 2008.
Similar trends were observed during 2009 with the highest soil OM values (5.50%) for NI treatment.
Supplemental irrigation resulted in a 21% increase in the ripe fruit yield.
Nonsignificant effect of fertilizer treatments on most of the nutrient concentrations in soil and plant leaves, and on ripe fruits yield reflects that the performance of N-Viro was comparable with that of the inorganic fertilizer used in this study.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Farooque, Aitazaz A.& Abbas, Farhat& Zaman, Qamar U.& Madani, Ali& Percival, David C.& Arshad, Muhammad. 2011. Soil Nutrient Availability, Plant Nutrient Uptake, and Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) Yield in Response to N-Viro Biosolids and Irrigation Applications. Applied and Environmental Soil Science،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Farooque, Aitazaz A.…[et al.]. Soil Nutrient Availability, Plant Nutrient Uptake, and Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) Yield in Response to N-Viro Biosolids and Irrigation Applications. Applied and Environmental Soil Science No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Farooque, Aitazaz A.& Abbas, Farhat& Zaman, Qamar U.& Madani, Ali& Percival, David C.& Arshad, Muhammad. Soil Nutrient Availability, Plant Nutrient Uptake, and Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) Yield in Response to N-Viro Biosolids and Irrigation Applications. Applied and Environmental Soil Science. 2011. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-7.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-487283