Enhancement of Plant Nutrient Contents in Rice Straw Vermicompost through the Addition of Rock Phosphate

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Wei Yan ◽  
Nor Azwady Abd Aziz ◽  
Zulkifli H. Shamsuddin ◽  
Muskhazli Mustafa ◽  
Suriani Abd-Aziz ◽  
...  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (42) ◽  
pp. 3639-3645 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Wei Yan ◽  
Azwady Abd Aziz Nor ◽  
Hj Shamsuddin Zulkifli ◽  
Mustafa Muskhazli ◽  
Abd Aziz Suraini ◽  
...  

2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 72-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Kumari ◽  
K.K. Kapoor ◽  
B.S. Kundu ◽  
R. Kumari Mehta

The production of organic acids and changes during decomposition of rice straw amended with tricalcium phosphate (TCP) and Udaipur rock phosphate (URP) were studied under laboratory conditions. The organic C content of rice straw decreased and total N increased with time, resulting in a decrease in C:N ratio as the decomposition progressed. The pH decreased to acidic range in all the treatments on day 15, but became alkaline again later on. Soluble P increased at 15 days after incubation, declined later during decomposition, and was highest in the treatments containing TCP and <I>Aspergillus awamor</I>i inoculation. Citric, oxalic, formic and maleic acids were detected during decomposition of rice straw and maximum amounts were present on day 15. Citric and oxalic acids were responsible mainly for P solubilization from TCP and URP; generally, citric acid was the most effective in P solubilization.


2013 ◽  
Vol 280 (1754) ◽  
pp. 20122453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehdi Cherif ◽  
Michel Loreau

Plant stoichiometry is thought to have a major influence on how herbivores affect nutrient availability in ecosystems. Most conceptual models predict that plants with high nutrient contents increase nutrient excretion by herbivores, in turn raising nutrient availability. To test this hypothesis, we built a stoichiometrically explicit model that includes a simple but thorough description of the processes of herbivory and decomposition. Our results challenge traditional views of herbivore impacts on nutrient availability in many ways. They show that the relationship between plant nutrient content and the impact of herbivores predicted by conceptual models holds only at high plant nutrient contents. At low plant nutrient contents, the impact of herbivores is mediated by the mineralization/immobilization of nutrients by decomposers and by the type of resource limiting the growth of decomposers. Both parameters are functions of the mismatch between plant and decomposer stoichiometries. Our work provides new predictions about the impacts of herbivores on ecosystem fertility that depend on critical interactions between plant, herbivore and decomposer stoichiometries in ecosystems.


2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 525-529
Author(s):  
Latha A ◽  
Chijina K ◽  
Asha V Pillai

The field experiments were conducted in farmer's field at five locations each of kole lands to study the effect of Magnesium (Mg) on yield and soil and plant nutrient status of rice during 2012-2013 and 2013-2014. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications. The treatments comprised of different levels of Mg viz; 40, 60, 80, 100, and 120 kg Magnesium sulphate(MgSO4)/ha along with control. Observations on growth characters yield attributes, yield and soil and plant nutrient status were recorded. The results revealed that application of 100 kg MgSO4 / ha recorded the maximum number of panicles/m2 (419.13), number of grains/panicle (109.36), thousand grain weight (28.78 g), grain (9.27 t/ha) and straw yield (9.04 t/ha) of rice. The results of pooled data on plant and soil nutrient status revealed that application of magnesium had a positive effect on nutrient content and availability of nutrients in soil. A significant positive correlation was also noticed between Mg application, yield attributes, yield and nutrient contents. The study concluded that application of 100 kg MgSO4 / ha was found to be optimum for correcting the deficiency in Mg deficient areas of kole lands under below sea level farming.


2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nabayi Abba ◽  
Christopher Teh Boon Sung ◽  
Tan Ngai Paing ◽  
Ali Tan Kee Zuan

A significant wastewater source in every household is washed rice water (WRW) because it contains leached nutrients (from washing the rice prior to cooking) that could be used as fertilizer. The paper reviewed the current understanding of the potential use of WRW as a plant nutrient source. WRW was shown to increase vegetables growth, such as water spinach, pak choy, lettuce, mustard, tomato, and eggplant. Different researchers have used various amounts of WRW, and their results followed a similar trend: the higher the amount of WRW, the higher the plant growth. WRW has also been used for other purposes, such as a source of carbon for microbial growth. WRW from brown rice and white rice had nutrients ranging from 40-150, 43-16306, 51-200, 8-3574, 36-1425, 27-212, and 32-560 mg L-1 of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, and vitamin B1 (thiamine), respectively. Proper utilization of WRW could reduce chemical fertilizer use and prevent both surface and groundwater contamination and environmental pollution. However, only a few of the studies have compared the use of WRW with the use of conventional NPK fertilizer. The major drawback of WRW studies is that they lack depth and scope, such as determining the initial and (or) final soil physico-chemical properties or plant nutrient contents. Considering the rich nutrient content in WRW, it will impact plant growth and soil fertility when used as both irrigation water and plant nutrient source. Therefore, it is recommended that studies on WRW effect on soil microbial population, plant, and soil nutrient contents to be carried out to ascertain the sustainability of WRW use as a plant nutrient source.


2018 ◽  
Vol 100 (5) ◽  
pp. 727-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saqib Bashir ◽  
Muhammad Shahid Rizwan ◽  
Abdus Salam ◽  
Qingling Fu ◽  
Jun Zhu ◽  
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