Log in

Dairy Manure Application Effects on Water Percolation, Nutrient Leaching and Rice Yield Under Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation

  • Research
  • Published:
International Journal of Plant Production Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

We conducted a study over four rice seasons to assess the effects of dairy manure application on water loss, nutrient leaching, and rice yield compared to chemical fertilization. Water input, soil water storage, water percolation, plant growth, and yield data were recorded under triplicate field lysimeters that received either chemical fertilizers or organic manure. The lysimeters received alternate wetting and drying irrigation (5-cm after 3 days (2018 Aman season), 6 days (2019 Boro and Aman seasons), and 9 days (2020 Boro season) of ponded water disappearance) in addition to rainfall (37.5, 33.1, 40.9, and 47.4 cm, respectively). Leachate and ponded water samples were analyzed for nitrogen (N) species (\({\text{NH}}_{4}^{ + } {\text{ - N}}\) and \({\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } {\text{ - N}}\)) and available phosphorus (P) content. Manure application increased soil water storage by 1.2–4.4 cm/m but did not affect percolation loss (44–64% of water input) in silt loam soil. The chemical fertilization had significantly higher leaching concentrations of nutrients (\({\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } {\text{ - N}}\) at 0.75–3.6 mg/L and P at 0.02–0.15 mg/L) in several leaching events in the last three seasons than the manure treatment (\({\text{NO}}_{3}^{ - } {\text{ - N}}\) at 0.75–3.2 mg/L and P at 0–0.21 mg/L). Overall, the manure treatment reduced the leaching load of N and available P by 13% and 23.6%, respectively. The N and P concentrations in the topsoil were higher for the manure treatment. Manure application increased rice yield by 15% and water productivity by 0.07 kg/m3 by augmenting soil water availability during the drying cycles of alternate wetting and drying processes. In addition, recycling manure in soil significantly reduced its environmental pollution compared to other inappropriate disposal methods. However, research needs remain important to adjust manure management options.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
EUR 32.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or Ebook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Price includes VAT (Germany)

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3

Similar content being viewed by others

Data availability

The data used or generated in this study are available upon request from the corresponding author.

References

Download references

Acknowledgements

The Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, Bangladesh (Project # 2018/641/BAU; Title: Rice yield, water productivity and nutrient loss as affected by integrated water-soil-waste management: Experimental and modeling approach) supported this research work. We are thankful to Dr. Deen Islam and Md. Shariot-Ullah of BAU for their cooperation during the study.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Contributions

MGMA: Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, Original draft preparation, Software, Project administration, Funding acquisition, Supervision. LAL: Investigation, Writing, Visualization. AR: Investigation, Writing, Visualization. JL: Draft preparation, Investigation, Editing. MMRJ: Investigation, Supervision, Editing.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to M. G. Mostofa Amin.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Amin, M.G.M., Lima, L.A., Rahman, A. et al. Dairy Manure Application Effects on Water Percolation, Nutrient Leaching and Rice Yield Under Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation. Int. J. Plant Prod. 17, 95–107 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42106-022-00221-4

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42106-022-00221-4

Keywords

Navigation