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Leaching losses of nutrients from farmyard manure pits in Central India

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Title Leaching losses of nutrients from farmyard manure pits in Central India
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Creator 228. Sammi Reddy, K., C. Blamey, F. Pax., Dalal, Ram C., Mohanty, M., Singh, Muneshwar, Subba Rao, A., Pandey, M. and Menzies, Neal W.
 
Subject Farmyard manure, nutrient mass balance, nutrients loss, leaching, ion exchange resin
 
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Nutrients in cattle manure and other inputs, components of farmyard manure (FYM), are important for
sustained crop production in India, but little quantitative data exists on nutrient fluxes. Mass balance studies
were conducted on a representative FYM pit in Geelakhedi village, Madhya Pradesh, India to determine the
inputs and outputs of N, P and K. Cattle dung was the main component of FYM (67%) followed by cattle
shed wastes (20%); household wastes, ash and vegetable wastes were minor components. A total of 3.70 t of
FYM was produced from the 5.76 t of materials that were put into the pit. Importantly, 39% of the N, 20% of
the P, and 32% of the K inputs were lost during the preparation of FYM by conventional methods. Ion
exchange resin core studies showed that at least 20% of the N, 30% of the P and 50% of the K were lost
through leaching, but failed to quantify this loss accurately. Further studies are needed to quantify the fluxes
of other nutrients and to establish losses through other mechanisms (e.g. volatilization, runoff).
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Date 2021-08-21T04:45:35Z
2021-08-21T04:45:35Z
2010-08-06
 
Type Proceedings
 
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http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/58968
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Published on DVD.