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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


Volume 14, No. 07, Month DECEMBER, Year 2018, Pages 1999 - 2014


Effects of organic fertilizer application on the transformation of nitrogen in paddy soil

Supsuan, P., Surin, P. and Yampracha, S.


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The effect of different types of organic fertilizer on the availability of nitrogen in paddy soil was determined. The soil samples were collected from an organic rice field in Nongchok District, Bangkok. The results showed that the soil pH of all treatments increased from 5.3 to 6.9 and 7.2. The cumulative N mineralization of sunn hemp was the highest (121.33 mg N/kg), but no significant difference was compared to for other organic fertilizers. The change of AHN was increased at the start of incubation and decreased after 70 days of incubation. It indicated that the AHN changed to ammonium. The potential N mineralization of control, cow manure, compost and sunn hemp were 95.34, 109.90, 107.23 and 114.53 mg N/kg, respectively. The K values indicated the mineralization rate of control, cow manure, compost and sunn hemp which were 0.2095, 0.2075, 0.2053 and 0.1992 mg N/kg, respectively.


Keywords

Nitrogen, Organic fertilizers, Paddy soil



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