INTERACTION BETWEEN MANURE AND TILLAGE SYSTEM ON PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE AND RUNOFF LOSSES

Citation
D. Ginting et al., INTERACTION BETWEEN MANURE AND TILLAGE SYSTEM ON PHOSPHORUS UPTAKE AND RUNOFF LOSSES, Journal of environmental quality, 27(6), 1998, pp. 1403-1410
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
ISSN journal
00472425
Volume
27
Issue
6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1403 - 1410
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-2425(1998)27:6<1403:IBMATS>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Application of manure on soils having high P test has raised concerns over the eutrophication of lakes and rivers. The objective of this stu dy was to evaluate the effects of one time application of 164 kg P ha( -1) from solid beef (Bos taurus L.) manure on soil Olsen P dynamics, P uptake by corn (Zea mays L.) grain, and P losses as total P (TP), par ticulate P (PP), and dissolved molybdate reactive P (DMRP) in both sno wmelt and rainfall runoff under ridge tillage (RT) and moldboard plow (MP) systems from 1992 to 1994. Soil P was consistently higher in the manure than no manure treated plots (17.9 vs. 12.3 mg kg(-1) in 1993 a nd 23.7 vs. 13.8 mg kg(-1) in 1994), Phosphorus uptake was greater fro m the manure than no manure treated plots (24.5 vs. 19.8 kg ha(-1) and 23.5 vs. 18.8 kg ha(-1)). Annual PP and TP losses were either similar or lower from manure than no manure treated plots. Particulate P loss es by rainfall runoff were lower from the RT vs. MP systems (0.25 vs. 1.95 kg ha(-1) in 1993 and 0.06 vs. 0.65 kg ha(-1) and 1994), The oppo site was apparent for DMRP losses in snowmelt, which were higher from the RT than MP system (0.11 vs. 0.01 kg ha(-1) and 0.14 vs. 0.03 kg ha (-1)). The RT system is an environmentally better system than the MP s ystem due to its substantial reduction in annual PP and TP losses.