Soil Properties and Maize Yield Improvement with Biochar-Enriched Poultry Litter-Based Fertilizer

TitleSoil Properties and Maize Yield Improvement with Biochar-Enriched Poultry Litter-Based Fertilizer
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsHolatko J., Hammerschmiedt T., Kucerik J., Baltazar T., Radziemska M., Havlicek Z., Kintl A., Jaskulska I., Malicek O., Brtnicky M.
JournalMaterialsMaterials
Volume15
Pagination12
Date PublishedDec
Type of ArticleArticle
Accession NumberWOS:000902858200001
Keywordsammonia emissions, central china, Chemistry, co-matured organic amendment, crop yield improvement, GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS, manure compost, Materials Science, Metallurgy & Metallurgical Engineering, microbial community structure, nitrogen-retention, organic-matter, phosphorus availability, Physics, pyroligneous, pyrolyzed nutrient stabilizer, respiration enhancement, saline soil, soil, solution
Abstract

Conversion of poultry litter into fertilizer presents an environmentally friendly way for its disposal. The amendment of stabilizing sorption materials (e.g., biochar) to broiler chicken rearing seems promising, as it protects produced litter from nutrient losses and improves fertilizing efficacy. Thus, a pot experiment was carried out with maize and organic fertilizers produced from biochar-amended chicken bedding. The properties of three types of poultry-matured litter, amended with biochar at 0%, 10% and 20% dose, were analyzed. These matured litters were added to soil and physicochemical, biological properties and dry aboveground crop biomass yield were determined. Both biochar doses improved matured litter dry matter (+29%, +68% compared to unamended litter) and organic carbon (+5%, +9%). All three fertilizers significantly increased dry plant aboveground biomass yield (+3% and +42% compared to control litter-treated variant) and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase activity (+51%, +57%) compared to unamended control soil. The 20% biochar poultry-matured litter derived the highest dry plant aboveground biomass, highest respiration induced by D-glucose (+53%) and D-mannose (+35%, compared to control litter-treated variant), and decreased pH (-6% compared to unamended control). Biochar-derived modification of poultry litter maturation process led to organic fertilizer which enhanced degradation of soil organic matter in the subsequently amended soil. Furthermore, this type of fertilizer, compared to conventional unamended litter-based type, increased microbial activity, nutrient availability, and biomass yield of maize in selected biochar doses, even under conditions of significant soil acidification.

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Holatko, Jiri Hammerschmiedt, Tereza Kucerik, Jiri Baltazar, Tivadar Radziemska, Maja Havlicek, Zdenek Kintl, Antonin Jaskulska, Iwona Malicek, Ondrej Brtnicky, Martin
Holatko, Jiri/AAX-5624-2020; Kintl, Antonín/AAJ-3773-2021; Brtnický, Martin/AAV-1454-2020; Radziemska, Maja/AAW-2607-2020; Baltazar, Tivadar/B-6599-2019; Hammerschmiedt, Tereza/W-5891-2018
Holatko, Jiri/0000-0003-4156-4673; Kintl, Antonín/0000-0002-0031-083X; Brtnický, Martin/0000-0001-5237-722X; Radziemska, Maja/0000-0002-3526-5944; Baltazar, Tivadar/0000-0001-5381-257X; Hammerschmiedt, Tereza/0000-0003-1621-2019
project of Technology Agency of the Czech Republic; Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic; Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic; [TH03030319]; [MZE-RO1218]; [MZE-RO1722]; [FCH-S-22-8001]
The work was supported by the project of Technology Agency of the Czech Republic TH03030319, by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic, institutional support MZE-RO1218, MZE-RO1722 and by Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic, grant number FCH-S-22-8001.

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