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Paddy husk compost addition for improving nitrogen availability

Author(s) -

Latifah Omar,

Osumanu Haruna Ahmed,

Nik Muhammad Abdul Majid

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

indian journal of agricultural research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.241

H-Index - 8

eISSN - 0976-058X

pISSN - 0367-8245

DOI - 10.18805/a-387

Subject(s) - husk , compost , leaching (pedology) , urea , ammonium , agronomy , nitrate , nitrogen , chemistry , ammonium nitrate , ammonia volatilization from urea , environmental science , soil water , botany , biology , soil science , organic chemistry

Mature compost with good agronomic properties can be used to control nitrogen loss from soil. Soil incubation and leaching experiments were conducted to determine the effects of paddy husk compost addition on controlling ammonium and nitratelosses from Bekenu Series soil. Retention of soil exchangeable ammonium and available nitrate were significantly improved in soil amended with paddy husk compost treatments compared with urea alone thus, reducing leaching of these ions. At 30 days ofthe leaching experiment, ammonium and nitrate losses were highest in urea without paddy husk compost addition compared with co-application of urea and paddy husk compost because the treatment significantly improved retention of soil exchangeableammonium and available nitrate. Urea can be co-applied with paddy husk compost to improve release of ammonium and nitrate and to retain nitrogen availability.

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