| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|||||||||
a Dep. Agron. & Soils, Auburn Univ., Auburn, AL 36849
b Soil and Plant Nutrition Dep., Central China Agric. Univ., Wuhan 430070, China
* Corresponding author (mitchc1{at}auburn.edu)
Received for publication December 5, 2003. Land application of poultry broiler litter (BL) in agricultural production is a widely used practice. However, cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) growers in poultry-producing regions of the southern USA have been reluctant to use BL as a crop nutrient source. Field experiments were conducted for 13 yr to study the effect of BL application to cotton and corn (Zea mays L.) under conventional and conservation tillage systems. Nitrogen rates from 0 to 269 kg ha–1 were applied annually at two locations to compare the effect of BL and ammonium nitrate (AN) as N sources. The relationship between the total N rates (N) applied and the relative N availability (y) based on the crop yield by application of BL and AN is described by linear equation: y = 71.58 + 0.15N (r = 0.66). In most years, there were no differences in relative yields from total N applied as BL or AN. The amplitude of yield increase based on N source varied with rainfall during the growing season. The residual effect of BL in the second year after application resulted in 30 to 50% of the cotton lint yield and 25 to 65% of the corn grain yield that resulted from a standard N fertilization rate. General observations suggest that N availability from BL is similar whether surface-applied as in conservation tillage systems or incorporated as in conventionally tilled systems.
Abbreviations: AN, ammonium nitrate • BL, poultry broiler litter • CP, Coastal Plain • PSNT, presidedress soil nitrate test • TV, Tennessee Valley
This article has been cited by other articles:
|
|
 |
|
  K. C. Reddy, S. S. Reddy, R. K. Malik, J. L. Lemunyon, and D. W. Reeves Effect of Five-Year Continuous Poultry Litter Use in Cotton Production on Major Soil Nutrients Agron. J., June 16, 2008; 100(4): 1047 - 1055. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. Adeli, M. W. Shankle, H. Tewolde, K. R. Sistani, and D. E. Rowe Nutrient Dynamics from Broiler Litter Applied to No-Till Cotton in an Upland Soil Agron. J., May 7, 2008; 100(3): 564 - 570. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
H. Tewolde, K. R. Sistani, D. E. Rowe, and A. Adeli Phosphorus Extraction by Cotton Fertilized with Broiler Litter Agron. J., June 5, 2007; 99(4): 999 - 1008. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 H. Tewolde, K. R. Sistani, D. E. Rowe, A. Adeli, and D. L. Boykin Nitrogen Extraction by Cotton Fertilized with Broiler Litter Crop Sci., May 31, 2007; 47(3): 1131 - 1142. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
H. Tewolde, K. R. Sistani, D. E. Rowe, A. Adeli, and J. R. Johnson Lint Yield and Fiber Quality of Cotton Fertilized with Broiler Litter Agron. J., January 1, 2007; 99(1): 184 - 194. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 C. C. Mitchell and S. Tu Nutrient Accumulation and Movement from Poultry Litter Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., October 27, 2006; 70(6): 2146 - 2153. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
|
|
|
|
B. R. Golden, N. A. Slaton, R. J. Norman, E. E. Gbur Jr., K. R. Brye, and R. E. DeLong Recovery of Nitrogen in Fresh and Pelletized Poultry Litter by Rice Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., June 21, 2006; 70(4): 1359 - 1369. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]
|
|
| HOME | HELP | FEEDBACK | SUBSCRIPTIONS | ARCHIVE | SEARCH | TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| The SCI Journals | Crop Science | Vadose Zone Journal | |||
| Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education |
Soil Science Society of America Journal | ||||
| Journal of Plant Registrations | Journal of Environmental Quality |
The Plant Genome | |||
