TY - JOUR
T1 - New fertilizer strategies combining manure and urea for improved rice growth in Mozambique
AU - Ismael, Fátima
AU - Ndayiragije, Alexis
AU - Fangueiro, David
N1 - Funding Information#
FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia #
the Portuguese Government #
grants SFRH/BD/128098/2016
and through the Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food (LEAF) Research Unit#
grant UID/AGR/04129/2020#
Publisher Copyright#
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland#
Copyright#
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.#
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - The cost of chemical fertilizers is increasing and becoming unaffordable for smallholders in Africa. The present study aimed to assess the impact of combined fertilization strategies using urea and animal manure (beef cattle manure and poultry litter manure) on rice yield and nutrient uptake. For this, a field experiment was carried out on a loam sandy soil in the Chókwè Irrigation Scheme. We set seven treatments in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), namely: T0: no fertilizer, T1: 100% urea, T2: 100% beef cattle manure, T3: 100% poultry litter, T4: 50% urea + 50% beef cattle manure, T5: 50% urea + 50% poultry litter and T6: 40% urea + 30% beef cattle manure + 30% poultry litter, replicated four times each. All treatments, except T0, received an amount of nitrogen (N) equivalent to 100 kgN·ha−1 . Results revealed that the highest yield grain (425 g·m−2 ), plant height (115 cm), number of tillers (18) and thousand-grain weight (34g) were observed in treatments combining urea with manure (T4, T5 and T6) indicating that N supply in the mixture (urea + manure) is more efficient than in isolated applications of N (T1, T2 and T3). The data obtained in this study suggest that a combination of fertilizers (T6) lead to competitive yields and is thus recommended for best soil management practices.
AB - The cost of chemical fertilizers is increasing and becoming unaffordable for smallholders in Africa. The present study aimed to assess the impact of combined fertilization strategies using urea and animal manure (beef cattle manure and poultry litter manure) on rice yield and nutrient uptake. For this, a field experiment was carried out on a loam sandy soil in the Chókwè Irrigation Scheme. We set seven treatments in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD), namely: T0: no fertilizer, T1: 100% urea, T2: 100% beef cattle manure, T3: 100% poultry litter, T4: 50% urea + 50% beef cattle manure, T5: 50% urea + 50% poultry litter and T6: 40% urea + 30% beef cattle manure + 30% poultry litter, replicated four times each. All treatments, except T0, received an amount of nitrogen (N) equivalent to 100 kgN·ha−1 . Results revealed that the highest yield grain (425 g·m−2 ), plant height (115 cm), number of tillers (18) and thousand-grain weight (34g) were observed in treatments combining urea with manure (T4, T5 and T6) indicating that N supply in the mixture (urea + manure) is more efficient than in isolated applications of N (T1, T2 and T3). The data obtained in this study suggest that a combination of fertilizers (T6) lead to competitive yields and is thus recommended for best soil management practices.
KW - Chemical fertilizer
KW - Nutrient uptake
KW - Organic fertilizer
KW - Rice (Oryza sativa L.)
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U2 - 10.3390/agronomy11040783
DO - 10.3390/agronomy11040783
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107174637
SN - 2073-4395
VL - 11
JO - Agronomy
JF - Agronomy
IS - 4
M1 - 783
ER -