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DOI: | 10.2134/jeq2008.0185 |
Web URL(s): | https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jeq/articles/38/3/1216 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jeq/pdfs/38/3/1216 Last checked: 11/10/2016 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited access website |
Publication Type:
| Refereed |
Author(s): | Sistani, K. R.;
Torbert, H. A.;
Way, T. R.;
Bolster, C. H.;
Pote, D. H.;
Warren, J. G. |
Author Affiliation: | United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service |
Title: | Broiler litter application method and runoff timing effects on nutrient and Escherichia coli losses from tall fescue pasture |
Section: | Technical reports: Surface water quality Other records with the "Technical reports: Surface water quality" Section
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Source: | Journal of Environmental Quality. Vol. 38, No. 3, May/June 2009, p. 1216-1223. |
Publishing Information: | Madison, Wisconsin: American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and Soil Science Society of America |
# of Pages: | 8 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Animal manures; Surface runoff; Soil analysis; Phosphorus; Festuca arundinacea; Escherichia coli; Precipitation; Application methods
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Abstract/Contents: | "The inability to incorporate manure into permanent pasture leads to the concentration of nutrients near the soil surface with the potential to be transported off site by runoff water. In this study, we used rainfall simulations to examine the effect of broiler chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) litter application method and the runoff timing on nutrient and E. coli losses from tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) pasture on a Hartsells sandy loam soil (fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Hapludults)) in Crossville, AL. Treatments included two methods of litter application (surface broadcast and subsurface banding), commercial fertilizer, and control. Litter was applied at a rate of 8.97 Mg ha-1. Treatments were assigned to 48 plots with four blocks (12 plots each) arranged in a randomized complete block design to include three replications in each block. Simulated rainfall was applied to treatments as follows: Day 1, block 1 (runoff 1); Day 8, block 2 (runoff 2); Day 15, block 3 (runoff 3); and Day 22, block 4 (runoff 4). Total phosphorus (TP), inorganic N, and Escherichia coli concentrations in runoff from broadcast litter application were all significantly greater than from subsurface litter banding. The TP losses from broadcast litter applications averaged 6.8 times greater than those from subsurface litter applications. About 81% of the runoff TP was in the form of dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) for both litter-application methods. The average losses of NO3-N and total suspended solids (TSS) from subsurface banding plots were 160 g ha-1 and 22 kg ha-1 compared to 445 g ha-1 and 69 kg ha-1 for the broadcast method, respectively. Increasing the time between litter application and the first runoff event helped decrease nutrient and E. coli losses from surface broadcast litter, but those losses generally remained significantly greater than controls and subsurface banded, regardless of runoff timing. This study shows that subsurface litter banding into perennial grassland can substantially reduce nutrient and pathogen losses in runoff compared to the traditional surface-broadcast practice." |
Language: | English |
References: | 51 |
Note: | Pictures, b/w Tables Graphs |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Sistani, K. R., H. A. Torbert, T. R. Way, C. H. Bolster, D. H. Pote, and J. G. Warren. 2009. Broiler litter application method and runoff timing effects on nutrient and Escherichia coli losses from tall fescue pasture. J. Environ. Qual. 38(3):p. 1216-1223. |
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| DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0185 |
| Web URL(s): https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jeq/articles/38/3/1216 Last checked: 11/07/2016 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/jeq/pdfs/38/3/1216 Last checked: 11/10/2016 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited access website |
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