World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020
Applying Swine Effluent for Grass Production Using Subsurface Drip Irrigation
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020: Water Resources Planning and Management and Irrigation and Drainage
ABSTRACT
Swine effluent (SE) is a valuable source of plant nutrients that can be used as irrigation supply, but nutrients distribution in soil profile under subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) is not well documented. We evaluated the impacts of SE application trough SDI on bermudagrass production and soil salinity. The average (2008–2015) annual amounts of effluent, N, P2O5, and K2O applied were 58 mm ha-1, 88.5, 78.5, and 20.2 kg ha-1, respectively. Nutrients distribution was uninform, evidenced by bermudagrass height and nutrient levels with respect to the distance to the drip tapes. Soil N, P, and K concentrations were higher above the drip tape, with major differences found along the soil profile and not between drip tapes. Sodium and EC were higher at the depth of the drip tape, but P, NO3-, and soluble salts did not accumulate to an excessive level. Although SDI was efficient in distributing nutrients, the uniformity was less than ideal.
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World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020: Water Resources Planning and Management and Irrigation and Drainage
Pages: 15 - 26
Editors: Sajjad Ahmad, Ph.D., and Regan Murray, Ph.D.
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8295-7
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Published online: May 14, 2020
Published in print: May 14, 2020
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