scholarly journals Changes in chemical properties of soil and sour cherry as a result of sewage sludge application

2012 ◽  
Vol 39 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 61-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Angin ◽  
R. Aslantas ◽  
M. Kose ◽  
H. Karakurt ◽  
G. Ozkan
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Growth Yield ◽  
Sour Cherry ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Application Rate ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Heavy Metal Accumulation ◽  
Sludge Application

This study, aimed at assessment of the effects of different sewage sludge application rates on heavy metal accumulation in the soil and in sour cherry leaves was carried out in the years 2005–2007. The rates applied were 0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0 and 12.5 kg of dry matter per tree. Eighteen uniform one-year-old Kütahya sour cherry trees on Prunus mahaleb rootstock were used. Sewage sludge not only improved soil chemical properties but also resulted in an increase of nutrient content in cherry leaves. Sewage sludge application increased heavy metal content of soils. However, this increase did not exceed the critical values and was not reflected in the leaf contents of heavy metals. The most effective application rate was 7.5 kg per tree. Studies should be continued to evaluate the effects of sewage sludge on vegetative and generative growth, yield and fruit quality parameters.

scholarly journals Copper, nickel and zinc phytoavailability in an oxisol amended with sewage sludge and liming

2003 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 747-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adão Luiz Castanheiro Martins ◽  
Ondino Cleante Bataglia ◽  
Otávio Antonio de Camargo
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Inductively Coupled Plasma ◽  
Agricultural Soils ◽  
Heavy Metal Accumulation ◽  
Inductively Coupled ◽  
Long Term Effect ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Sludge Application ◽  
Cu And Zn

Contents of heavy metal on agricultural soils have been raised by land applications of sewage sludge and may constitute a hazard to plants, animals and humans. A field experiment was carried out from 1983 to 1987, to evaluate the long-term effect of sewage sludge application, with and without liming, on heavy metal accumulation and availability in a Rhodic Hapludox soil grown with maize (HMD 7974 hybrid). Trials were set up in a completely randomized blocks design with four replications. Each block was split in two bands, one with and another without liming. The sludge was applied in each band at rates: 0, 20, 40, 60 and 80 Mg ha-1 (dry basis) in a single application; and 40, 60 and 80 Mg ha-1 split in two, three and four equal yearly applications, respectively. The soil was sampled for chemical analysis each year after harvest. Soil samples were analysed for Cu, Ni and Zn in extracts obtained with DTPA and Mehlich-3 solutions, and in extracts obtained by digestion with nitric-perchloric acid (total metal contents), using an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) spectrometer. In general, Zn, Cu and Ni concentrations in DTPA and Mehlich-3 extracts increased linearly with sludge application. Total Cu and Zn concentrations increased when sludge was applied, whereas total Ni concentrations were not affected. Both extractants were suitable to evaluate Cu and Zn availability to corn in the soil treated with sewage sludge. Liming reduced the DTPA extractability of Zn. DTPA-extractable Cu concentrations were not significantly affected by liming. Mehlich-3-extractable Cu and Zn concentrations increased with liming. Only DTPA extractant indicated reduction of Ni concentrations in the soil after liming.

Assessing heavy metal accumulation in plants and soil with sewage sludge application under rice–wheat system in an Indo-Gangetic Inceptisol

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (22) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashish Latare Marotrao ◽  
Satish Kumar Singh ◽  
Abhik Patra ◽  
Omkar Kumar ◽  
Surendra Singh Jatav ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metal ◽  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Metal Accumulation ◽  
Heavy Metal Accumulation ◽  
Sludge Application

scholarly journals The effect of various composts on vegetable green mass on two soil types

2017 ◽  
pp. 179-183
Author(s):  
Judit Szűcsné Szolomájer ◽  
Marianna Makádi ◽  
Ibolya Demeter ◽  
Attila Tomócsik ◽  
Tibor Aranyos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Organic Matter Content ◽  
Chemical Properties ◽  
Nutrient Content ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Matter Content ◽  
Soil Types ◽  
Test Plant ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Supply Capacity

Composting of sewage sludges makes easier the utilization of sewage sludge in the agriculture and the composts in good quality could increase the nutrient content of soil. Due to the composting process, the sewage sludge composts with high organic matter content can be utilized in the same way as other composts or farmyard manure.Composts produced in different ways have different effects on the physical, chemical and biological properties of different soils, although their positive effects have already proved in the literature. In our study the effects of composts from different composting processes were investigated in soil-plant systems. The different physical and chemical properties of the two examined soil types (arenosol and chernozem)strongly influenced the nutrient supply capacity of composts which could be characterized by the growth of ray-grass as a test plant in the pot experiment. In this work we examined the effects of three different composts on the green weight of plants on the fourth and eighth weeks after the treatment and sowing.

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