IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/caa/jnlpse/v59y2013i5id857-2012-pse.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Root growth and survivorship in cow manure and compost amended soils

Author

Listed:
  • E. Baldi

    (Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)

  • M. Toselli

    (Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy)

Abstract

The effect of the application of compost and cow manure on nectarine (Prunus persica L.) root growth and survivorship was investigated in a commercial orchard during the growing seasons 2003, 2004 and 2005. Our main objective was to determine whether compost affects root dynamics differently than cow manure. The experiment was a complete randomized block design with four replicates of two treatments: cow manure and compost applied at planting in 2001 at 10 t dry weight (DW)/ha and from 2004 at the rate of 5 t DW/ha. The compost fertilization represented a yearly rate of 120 kg N/ha, while cow manure was approximately 80 kg N/ha/year. Both root growth and survival were evaluated at 20-day intervals during the growing season by the minirhizotron technique. Cow manure increased the production of new roots compared with compost (P ≤ 0.001). Roots were mainly produced at a depth of 21-40 cm for compost and 61-80 cm for cow manure. The root lifespan was longer in compost than in cow manure treated trees (P ≤ 0.05) and was strongly affected by depth. No differences were observed in root length and diameter.

Suggested Citation

  • E. Baldi & M. Toselli, 2013. "Root growth and survivorship in cow manure and compost amended soils," Plant, Soil and Environment, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 59(5), pages 221-226.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlpse:v:59:y:2013:i:5:id:857-2012-pse
    DOI: 10.17221/857/2012-PSE
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://pse.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/857/2012-PSE.html
    Download Restriction: free of charge
    File URL: http://pse.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/857/2012-PSE.pdf
    Download Restriction: free of charge
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.17221/857/2012-PSE?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Sławomir Głuszek & Lidia Sas-Paszt & Edyta Derkowska & Beata Sumorok & Mirosław Sitarek, 2021. "Influence of various biofertilizers on root growth dynamics in sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) cv. 'Vanda'," Horticultural Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 48(3), pages 105-116.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:caa:jnlpse:v:59:y:2013:i:5:id:857-2012-pse. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Ivo Andrle (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.cazv.cz/en/home/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.