Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays)

Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays)

Biological agriculture concept has been recently introduced to solve problems related to the continuous and excessive application of mineral fertilizers for crop production. This concept emphasizes the importance of combined use of organic and mineral fertilizers. Thus, this research was conducted...

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Main Authors: Syahmi Salleh, Nik M. Majid, Nor Azwady Abd. Aziz
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015
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spelling ukm-87042016-12-14T06:47:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8704/ Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays) Syahmi Salleh, Nik M. Majid, Nor Azwady Abd. Aziz, Biological agriculture concept has been recently introduced to solve problems related to the continuous and excessive application of mineral fertilizers for crop production. This concept emphasizes the importance of combined use of organic and mineral fertilizers. Thus, this research was conducted to investigate the potential of sewage sludge vermicompost to substitute mineral fertilizer in maize planting. Treatments involved were mixture of vermicompost (VC) and mineral fertilizer (MF) in the following ratios of VC and MF: 100% VC (T1), 75:25 (T2), 50:50 (T3), 25:75 (T4), and 100% MF (T5) along with T6 (without fertilizer) as the control. Standard laboratory procedures were used to analyze nutrient and heavy metal concentrations in the vermicompost. The fresh yield and total aboveground dry matter biomass of T5 (239.34 gm plant-1 and 75.00 gm plant-1) were not significantly different with T3 (201.15 gm plant-1 and 73.61 gm plant-1) and T4 (226.49 gm plant-1 and 70.00 gm plant-1), respectively. These results showed that mixing 25% and 50% sewage sludge vermicompost with mineral fertilizer (T4 and T3) produced similar yield as the conventional rate of mineral fertilizer application (T5). Therefore, the amount of inorganic fertilizer for maize cultivation could be reduced. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2015-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8704/1/44_1_07.pdf Syahmi Salleh, and Nik M. Majid, and Nor Azwady Abd. Aziz, (2015) Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays). Malaysian Applied Biology, 44 (1). pp. 37-40. ISSN 0126-8643 http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=505&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
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description Biological agriculture concept has been recently introduced to solve problems related to the continuous and excessive application of mineral fertilizers for crop production. This concept emphasizes the importance of combined use of organic and mineral fertilizers. Thus, this research was conducted to investigate the potential of sewage sludge vermicompost to substitute mineral fertilizer in maize planting. Treatments involved were mixture of vermicompost (VC) and mineral fertilizer (MF) in the following ratios of VC and MF: 100% VC (T1), 75:25 (T2), 50:50 (T3), 25:75 (T4), and 100% MF (T5) along with T6 (without fertilizer) as the control. Standard laboratory procedures were used to analyze nutrient and heavy metal concentrations in the vermicompost. The fresh yield and total aboveground dry matter biomass of T5 (239.34 gm plant-1 and 75.00 gm plant-1) were not significantly different with T3 (201.15 gm plant-1 and 73.61 gm plant-1) and T4 (226.49 gm plant-1 and 70.00 gm plant-1), respectively. These results showed that mixing 25% and 50% sewage sludge vermicompost with mineral fertilizer (T4 and T3) produced similar yield as the conventional rate of mineral fertilizer application (T5). Therefore, the amount of inorganic fertilizer for maize cultivation could be reduced.
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author Syahmi Salleh,
Nik M. Majid,
Nor Azwady Abd. Aziz,
spellingShingle Syahmi Salleh,
Nik M. Majid,
Nor Azwady Abd. Aziz,
Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays)
author_facet Syahmi Salleh,
Nik M. Majid,
Nor Azwady Abd. Aziz,
author_sort Syahmi Salleh,
title Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays)
title_short Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays)
title_full Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays)
title_fullStr Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays)
title_full_unstemmed Effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (Zea mays)
title_sort effects of sewage sludge vermicompost and mineral fertilizer application on the aboveground biomass and yield of maize (zea mays)
publisher Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/8704/
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