Long term Effects of manure, charcoal and mineral fertilization on crop production and fertility on a highly weathered Central Amazonian upland soil

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Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Steiner, Christoph; Wenceslau G. Teixeira; Johannes Lehmann; Nehls, Thomas; Jeferson Luis Vasconcelos de Mac; Winfried E. H. Blum; Wolfgang Zech

Source:

Plant Soil (2007)

Accession Number:

DOI 10.1007/s11104-007-9

URL:

http://www.css.cornell.edu/faculty/lehmann/publ/PlantSoil,%20online,%202007,%20Steiner.pdf

Keywords:

black carbon, Brazil Organic agriculture, Oxisol, terra preta de indio

Abstract:

Application of organic fertilizers and charcoal increase nutrient stocks in the rooting zone of crops, reduce nutrient leaching and thus improve crop production on acid and highly weathered tropical soils. In a Weld trial near Manaus (Brazil) 15 diVerent amendment combinations based on equal amounts of carbon (C) applied through chicken manure (CM), compost, charcoal, and forest litter were tested during four cropping cycles with rice (Oryza sativa L.) and sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) in Wve replicates. CM amendments resulted in the highest (P < 0.05) cumulative crop yield (12.4 Mg ha

Taxonomy upgrade extras: 
black carbon
terra preta de indio
Brazil Organic agriculture
Oxisol