Journal
COMMUNICATIONS IN SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT ANALYSIS
Volume 47, Issue 21, Pages 2387-2395Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2016.1243703
Keywords
Crop residue; fertilizer; FYM; P and SOC stratification
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal
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The long-term crop residue retention coupled with external nutrient inputs are crucial for maintaining soil phosphorus (P) and soil organic carbon (SOC) in Vertisols of Central India. A study was conducted to evaluate the long-term effect of three wheat residue management practices (residue burning, incorporation, and surface retention) in combination with three supplementary nutrient inputs (SNI) [control, fertilizer, and farmyard manure (FYM)] on stratification of P and SOC in the soybean-wheat system in Vertisol. The wheat residue either incorporated or retained on the soil surface increased the availability of P and SOC content as compared to the common practices of residue burning. Residue retention or incorporation increased stratification of P and soil organic carbon over the residue burning. Irrespective of the nutrient treatments, greater stratification ratio of SOC and P were registered under wheat residue incorporation or retention compared to residue burning. It is evident from the study that wheat residue incorporation or retention plus addition of FYM could be an effective strategy for increasing the soil fertility in a soybean-wheat system of Vertisols of Central India.
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