Synergetic Effect of Potassium, Biochar and Cattle Manure on the Growth and Yield of Maize, and Soil Physio-Chemical Characteristics
Zeqiang Shao, Xiuzhi Zhang, Jamal Nasar, Harun Gitari · 2024
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Zeqiang Shao and co-authors test a combined soil treatment for maize in this 2024 study. Biochar and cattle manure are rich in carbon and nutrients and are long used to lift crop yield and soil health. How they perform together with potassium fertilizer was unknown, so the team ran a two-year field trial.
Adding potassium with both materials raised most growth measures over the control in both years. Grain yield rose sharply, by up to about 3,300 kilograms per hectare in the best mix. Leaf greenness and gas exchange rates climbed as well, and plants took up more potassium as soil potassium rose. Soil nitrogen and organic matter also improved under the combined treatment.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zeqiang Shao, Xiuzhi Zhang, Jamal Nasar, Harun Gitari |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |