Lime and Manure Amendment Improve Soil Fertility, Productivity and Nutrient Uptake of Rice-Mustard-Rice Cropping Pattern in an Acidic Terrace Soil

Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Mohammad Moyeed Hasan Talukder, Mohammad Anamul Hoque, Shihab Uddin, Tahsina Sharmin Hoque, Rafea Sultana Rea, Mohammed Alorabi, Ahmed Gaber and Susilawati Kasim
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Mohammad Rafiqul Islam: Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Mohammad Moyeed Hasan Talukder: Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Mohammad Anamul Hoque: Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Shihab Uddin: Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Tahsina Sharmin Hoque: Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Rafea Sultana Rea: Department of Agriculture, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666-4684, USA
Mohammed Alorabi: Department of Biotechnology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Ahmed Gaber: Department of Biology, College of Science, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
Susilawati Kasim: Department of Land Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University Putra Malaysia, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: Acid soil is an obstacle to agricultural development and a concern regarding food and environmental security. Therefore, a study was carried out for two consecutive years to see how lime and organic manure (OM) amendments affect yield and nutrient absorption in the Transplanted (T.) Aman–Mustard–Boro cropping pattern in an acidic terrace soil. With nine treatments and three replications, the experiment was set in a randomized complete block design. The treatments were applied to the first crop, T. Aman, with different dosages of lime (dololime at the rate of 1 and 2 t ha ?1 ), OM (cow dung at 5 t ha ?1 , poultry manure at 3 t ha ?1 ) and lime–OM combination, and their residual effects were studied in the following mustard and boro rice crops. Results demonstrate that the effect of lime and manure was more pronounced in the case of the second and third crops in the first year and of all crops in the pattern in the second year. In the first year, grain and straw yield of T. Aman as well as the overall system productivity were not influenced significantly by the application of lime and manure, but significant increases were obtained in the second year. As an average of both years, the highest grain yield of 5.2 t ha ?1 (12% over control) was recorded for T. Aman, 1.7 t ha ?1 (41% over control) for mustard and 5.9 t ha ?1 (47% over control, 3.9 t ha ?1 ) for boro rice when dololime was applied in combination with poultry manure. In both years, N, P, K and S uptake were significantly increased compared to the control in all the crops due to the combined application of lime and cow dung or poultry manure. Combined application of lime and manure amendment significantly improved nutrient availability and soil quality. Therefore, applying lime in combination with manure can be practiced to uplift crop productivity in acidic terrace soils.

Keywords: dololime; poultry manure; cow dung; soil acidity; rice; grain yield; soil pH; soil physicochemical properties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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