AGRICULTURAL VALUE OF COMPOSTS PRODUCED WITH SAWDUST, RICE HULLS AND POULTRY MANURE
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https://doi.org/10.64132/cds.v43i1.887Keywords:
reuse, organic residues, water retention, aboveground biomass, root biomassAbstract
Large volumes of sawdust and rice hulls are produced in the province of Corrientes, which can be composted with N-rich wastes, such as chicken manure. In this work, we studied the short-term effect of five composts obtained from these wastes on soil water retention and biomass production in a loamy Mollisol from NW Corrientes, Argentina. Composts were obtained from three carbon-rich materials (only sawdust, only rice hulls, and sawdust+rice hulls), mixed with chicken manure in two volume ratios (2:1 and 1:1, v/v). Two greenhouse trials were conducted: one of 12 months, without plants, with final measurement of water-holding capacity at 0.03, 0.5 and 1.5 MPa, and a second one with annual ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L., var. Estanzuela) where aboveground biomass (at 5, 7, 10 and 13 weeks) and final root biomass were measured. The same treatments were applied in both trials: two doses of composts (20 and 40 g kg-1 soil), a control treatment and an inorganic fertilization (IF) treatment equivalent to 40 kg P and 120 kg N ha-1. Water-holding capacity at three tensions increased significantly with the 40 g kg-1 dose of compost, and a significant correlation was found with added organic C (R2=0,80; P=0,002 for the three tensions). Nitrogen availability (inorganic N) controlled the fertilizer value. The highest aboveground biomass yields were observed with sawdust composts at 40 g kg-1, even surpassing IF. On the other hand, root biomass correlated with total N added and composts promoted better root development than IF.
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