Lime and Organic Manure Amendment: A Potential Approach for Sustaining Crop Productivity of the T. Aman-Maize-Fallow Cropping Pattern in Acidic Piedmont Soils

Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, Afsana Akter, Mohammad Anamul Hoque, Sumaiya Farzana, Shihab Uddin, Mohammad Moyeed Hasan Talukder, Walaa F. Alsanie, Ahmed Gaber and Mohammad Anwar Hossain
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Mohammad Rafiqul Islam: Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Afsana Akter: Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Mohammad Anamul Hoque: Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Sumaiya Farzana: Graduate Training Institute, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Shihab Uddin: Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Mohammad Moyeed Hasan Talukder: Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Walaa F. Alsanie: Department of Clinical Laboratories Sciences, The Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, 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
Mohammad Anwar Hossain: Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-16

Abstract: Acid soil is a hindrance to agricultural productivity and a threat to food and environmental security. Research was carried out to assess the impact of lime and organic manure (OM) amendments on yield and nutrient uptake by using the T. Aman-Maize-Fallow cropping pattern in acid soils. The experiment was set up in an RCBD design and used nine treatments and three replications. The treatments, comprising of various doses of lime, OM (cow dung and poultry manure), and a lime-OM combination, were applied to the first crop, T. Aman (Binadhan 7), and in the next crop, maize (BARI Hybrid Maize-9), the residual impacts of the treatments were assessed. Results demonstrate that the highest grain yield, 4.84 t ha −1 (13.61% increase over control) was recorded for T. Aman and 8.38 t ha −1 (58.71% increase over control) for maize, was achieved when dololime was applied in combination with poultry manure. The total rice equivalent yield increase over the control ranged from 20.5% to 66.1%. The application of lime with cow dung or poultry manure considerably enhanced N, P, K, and S content and uptake in both crops, compared to the control. Thus, it may be inferred that using dololime in association with poultry manure can increase crop productivity in acid soils.

Keywords: lime; organic manure; crop productivity; acidic soil; nutrient content and uptake; soil properties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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