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Changes in microbial biomass and activity support ecological intensification of marginal land through cultivation of perennial wheat in organic agriculture 微生物生物量和活性的变化支持有机农业中多年生小麦种植对边缘土地的生态强化

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Biological Agriculture & Horticulture Pub Date : 2022-02-16 DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2022.2040589

V. Audu, T. Ruf, W. Vogt-Kaute, C. Emmerling

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Differentiation of eggs from organic and conventional production systems using fluorescence excitation spectroscopy (FES) 用荧光激发光谱(FES)鉴别有机和常规生产系统的鸡蛋

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Biological Agriculture & Horticulture Pub Date : 2022-02-07 DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2022.2032347

Jenifer Wohlers, P. Stolz, Gudrun Mende

{"title":"Differentiation of eggs from organic and conventional production systems using fluorescence excitation spectroscopy (FES)","authors":"Jenifer Wohlers, P. Stolz, Gudrun Mende","doi":"10.1080/01448765.2022.2032347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.2022.2032347","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The decay curves of the delayed luminescence of egg yolks after excitation with white, yellow and blue light were investigated, using fluorescence excitation spectroscopy (FES), and the relationships to the origin of the eggs were examined. FES measurements were done by exciting the sample with light of defined wavelengths, representing the colours white (w), blue (bl) and yellow (ye), and the subsequent photon emission was detected. A total of 147 samples (each sample consisted of 10 eggs) were analysed, which originated from samples collected directly from the farm as well as from retail markets. Classification by partitioning and Tukey HSD tests were used to show differences between the origin of the eggs. It was shown that the induced emission of the conventional eggs was different compared with that of the organic eggs, which was reflected especially in the long-time emission parameters R40-w and R80-ye/bl, with lower values for conventional samples. Classification was possible with the parameters R40-w and R80-ye/bl, allowing correct classifications of 91.8% and 95.9% of the samples, respectively.","PeriodicalId":8904,"journal":{"name":"Biological Agriculture & Horticulture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47863131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Nutrient quality characteristics of fresh tomatoes subjected to various transportation and disinfection treatments under commercial conditions in South African supply chains 南非供应链中商业条件下经过各种运输和消毒处理的新鲜番茄的营养品质特征

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Biological Agriculture & Horticulture Pub Date : 2022-01-06 DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2021.2011783

K. Cherono, Tiluhun S. Workneh

{"title":"Nutrient quality characteristics of fresh tomatoes subjected to various transportation and disinfection treatments under commercial conditions in South African supply chains","authors":"K. Cherono, Tiluhun S. Workneh","doi":"10.1080/01448765.2021.2011783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.2021.2011783","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study investigated effects of disinfection treatments and storage conditions on the nutrient quality characteristics of tomatoes harvested and transported under typical commercial conditions in South Africa. The experimental treatments included harvest of tomatoes in two seasons, three maturity stages, three transportation conditions (varying distances and road surface profiles), four disinfection treatments (control, hot water, chlorinated or anolyte water in combination with biocontrol) and two storage conditions (cold (11°C) and ambient). For fruit harvested in winter, treatment with hot water (also for summer harvest) or with anolyte water + biocontrol and storage in cold conditions resulted in the highest concentrations of ascorbic acid (AA) compared with the other treatments. Fruit transported along the shorter and relatively smoother roads maintained higher AA (summer harvest) and lycopene concentrations compared with fruit transported the longest distance with moderately rough surface profile. The harvesting season and the disinfection treatments had significant effects on the concentrations of sugars. The nutrient characteristics of the tomatoes in the supply chain were shown to be affected not only by environmental and postharvest practices, but also by the road quality, demonstrated for the first time in this study. Cold storage of tomatoes, disinfection with hot water or anolyte water + biocontrol, and transportation planning to minimise the use of rough road surfaces and to use the shortest distances to markets, were recommended as best practices for the industry. Options for improvement of fruit packaging to provide adequate cushioning against physical damage during transportation should be investigated.","PeriodicalId":8904,"journal":{"name":"Biological Agriculture & Horticulture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43569482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The use of plant growth promoting bacteria for biofertigation; effects on concentrations of nutrients in inoculated aqueous vermicompost extract and on the yield and quality of tomatoes 利用植物生长促进细菌进行生物施肥；接种后蚯蚓粪水提取物中营养成分浓度对番茄产量和品质的影响

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Biological Agriculture & Horticulture Pub Date : 2022-01-05 DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2021.2010596

J. Ruiz, María Del Carmen Salas Sanjuan

{"title":"The use of plant growth promoting bacteria for biofertigation; effects on concentrations of nutrients in inoculated aqueous vermicompost extract and on the yield and quality of tomatoes","authors":"J. Ruiz, María Del Carmen Salas Sanjuan","doi":"10.1080/01448765.2021.2010596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.2021.2010596","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Plant nutrient deficiencies can reduce crop development and yields and can be especially problematic in high-yielding intensive crop production systems and when organic materials are used as the only source of nutrients. Aqueous extracts used in organic agriculture, such as compost – or vermicompost-tea, often have deficiencies in macro-nutrients and ionic imbalances. However, when organic materials are used as fertilisers, they are often applied in combination with plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB), which can improve the availability of the nutrients. In this study, PGPB were used as a tool to facilitate the nutrition of horticultural crops without using synthetic fertilisers. Three bacterial species (Azotobacter vinelandii (AV), Bacillus megaterium (BM) and Frateuria aurantia (FA)) were tested as (i) inoculated to an aqueous vermicompost extract and (ii) applied directly by fertigation to the growing medium in two tomato production cycles. The results showed that it was possible to obtain a balanced nutrient solution, with adequate concentrations of the main nutrient ions, from an aqueous and aerated solution made from vermicompost, without the addition of PGPB. In the second trial, the inoculation with PGPB to the growing substrate for tomatoes fertigated with vermicompost tea, resulted in significant increases in the yield and quality of the tomato fruit, increased nutrient assimilation by the plants and increased enzymatic activity in the growing substrate.","PeriodicalId":8904,"journal":{"name":"Biological Agriculture & Horticulture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43696161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 9

Effects of fertiliser application and shading on pomological properties and chemical composition of Aronia melanocarpa fruit in organic production 有机肥施用和遮荫对黑果野樱果理化性质的影响

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Biological Agriculture & Horticulture Pub Date : 2021-12-30 DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2021.2013942

B. Đorđević, D. Pljevljakušić, K. Šavikin, Dubravka Bigović, T. Janković, N. Menković, G. Zdunić

{"title":"Effects of fertiliser application and shading on pomological properties and chemical composition of Aronia melanocarpa fruit in organic production","authors":"B. Đorđević, D. Pljevljakušić, K. Šavikin, Dubravka Bigović, T. Janković, N. Menković, G. Zdunić","doi":"10.1080/01448765.2021.2013942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.2021.2013942","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Agronomic and chemical parameters of chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) with respect to the effects of different rates of fertiliser and of net shading were evaluated in a plantation that was in the fifth and sixth year of cultivation. Two commercial organic fertilisers, Fertor and Siforga, were applied at four rates (0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0 t ha−1), and shading was applied with two types of green polyethylene shading nets, retaining 30% and 50% of sunlight, respectively. Among the pomological characteristics, the clearest difference was observed for the number of clusters, which, in the second year, was significantly increased by both factors. The number of clusters was shown to have the highest correlation with the yield of berries. In the first year, only the higher rates of fertilisation affected the yields, but in the second year, the yields were significantly increased by all of the fertiliser treatments, compared with the control. For metabolic parameters such as dry matter, soluble solids, titratable acidity, sugars and ascorbic acid, the effects of the treatments were inconsistent. Only the highest rates of the fertilisers and the dark net had significant positive effects on the total phenolics. The concentrations of hyperoside in fruit from the shaded shrubs were significantly higher than in the control, with a similar pattern also for isoquercetin, but only for the dark net. Concentrations of the other individual phenolic compounds differed only slightly.","PeriodicalId":8904,"journal":{"name":"Biological Agriculture & Horticulture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41677142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Estimated effects of cornflower presence on winter wheat 矢车菊对冬小麦的影响

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Biological Agriculture & Horticulture Pub Date : 2021-11-26 DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2021.2006783

J. Guillemin, Bachar Alrustom, H. Darmency

{"title":"Estimated effects of cornflower presence on winter wheat","authors":"J. Guillemin, Bachar Alrustom, H. Darmency","doi":"10.1080/01448765.2021.2006783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.2021.2006783","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Cornflower (Cyanus segetum Hill) used to be very frequent and abundant in winter wheat a few decades ago, but because of agricultural intensification it is now an insignificant weed, even classified as endangered in Western Europe. However, cornflower produces nectar that is a resource for pollinators and crop pest predators and parasitoids. To gain benefit from this resource, it is necessary to manage the presence of cornflowers and to maintain the population at a balance that ensures the beneficial ecosystem services whilst avoiding competition with the arable crops. This paper describes bispecific competition trials between cornflower and winter wheat in small experimental plots. The annual experimental conditions were highly variable, leading to plant densities that were too high or too low to estimate a competition threshold. The results provided relevant information on intraspecific competition among cornflower plants and its effect on the growth, the biomass and the yield of wheat. Conventional and organic farming could gain from growing some weeds like cornflower in the fields to provide ecosystem services for the crops.","PeriodicalId":8904,"journal":{"name":"Biological Agriculture & Horticulture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44812537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Yield and nutrient concentrations of organic cherry tomatoes and legumes grown in intercropping systems in rotation with maize 与玉米轮作的有机圣女果和豆类的产量和养分浓度

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Biological Agriculture & Horticulture Pub Date : 2021-11-22 DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2021.1992796

Gabriela Cristina Salgado, E. Ambrosano, F. Rossi, I. Otsuk, Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosao, Patricia Patri, C. M. Henrique, Cesar Augusto Santana, T. Muraoka, P. Trivelin

{"title":"Yield and nutrient concentrations of organic cherry tomatoes and legumes grown in intercropping systems in rotation with maize","authors":"Gabriela Cristina Salgado, E. Ambrosano, F. Rossi, I. Otsuk, Gláucia Maria Bovi Ambrosao, Patricia Patri, C. M. Henrique, Cesar Augusto Santana, T. Muraoka, P. Trivelin","doi":"10.1080/01448765.2021.1992796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.2021.1992796","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study evaluated the productivity and nutrient concentrations of organic cherry tomatoes and leguminous green manures grown in intercropping systems in rotation with maize. The experimental design was a complete randomised block design with five replications and eight treatments, as follows: monocrop of cherry tomato adding residual maize crop residue (straw) as a mulch (control), monocrop of cherry tomato without the addition of maize crop residue (control), cherry tomatoes intercropped with jack bean, sun hemp, dwarf velvet bean, mung bean, white lupin or cowpea bean grown as green manures. In this production system, which was evaluated between 2011 and 2013, maize was cultivated from January to April, and the cherry tomatoes, with or without leguminous green manures, were grown from May/July to November/December. The number and weight of total and marketable fruits of tomatoes were 70% – 88% higher in 2011 than in 2012 and the number of damaged fruits was 12% lower in 2011 than in 2012. In 2011, the weights of total and marketable fruits in the intercropping treatment with white lupin were lower than that in the controls and in the intercropping treatments with dwarf velvet and cowpea bean. The white lupin and sun hemp green manures produced the highest biomass dry weight, followed by the jack bean, cowpea bean, mung bean and dwarf velvet bean. The different treatments had no effect on the yield of the maize.","PeriodicalId":8904,"journal":{"name":"Biological Agriculture & Horticulture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45743380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 1

Soil carbon and nutrient variations in an arable-ley rotation with organic pig production 有机养猪轮作条件下土壤碳和养分的变化

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Biological Agriculture & Horticulture Pub Date : 2021-10-26 DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2021.1991845

B. Sun, T. Overbury, D. Hopkins

{"title":"Soil carbon and nutrient variations in an arable-ley rotation with organic pig production","authors":"B. Sun, T. Overbury, D. Hopkins","doi":"10.1080/01448765.2021.1991845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.2021.1991845","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations were determined and the soil structure evaluated for four annual courses in a rotation (Year 1, fattening, non-nose-ringed pigs at a stocking density of one pig produced per 150–200 m2 depending on seasonal conditions; Years 2 and 3, spring wheat; Year 4, reseeded grass-clover) for organically accredited pig production on a shallow calcareous soil in southwest England. Soil nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and organic decomposition rates were highest when pigs were present, consistent with recent inputs of feed and nutrient redistributed in dung and urine. Soil nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations and organic decomposition rates declined over the subsequent courses. The overall production system was sustained by inputs of pig feed one year in four, with nutrients being carried over to subsequent years. The pigs caused significant physical damage leading to soil disaggregation, but the soil structure recovered over the following 2 years. The high concentrations of inorganic nitrogen, particularly nitrate at high concentration ‘hot-spots’ around feeders and housings, and the poor soil structure caused by the pigs represented a significant risk of loss of nutrients and soil. At this site, vertical movement of disaggregated soil and nutrients through cracks and fissures in the underlying limestone may have been an additional route of loss alongside denitrification, volatilisation, erosion and run-off.","PeriodicalId":8904,"journal":{"name":"Biological Agriculture & Horticulture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47260288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Grass (Paspalum notatum) clippings, with and without cattle wastewater, supported production of organic cherry tomatoes in pots 有和没有牛废水的草屑（百年草）支持了有机樱桃番茄的盆栽生产

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Biological Agriculture & Horticulture Pub Date : 2021-09-13 DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2021.1966506

Evandro Francisco Ferreira da Silva Souza, L. O. Medici, Marcello A. D. Gentile, M. Hassanpouraghdam, Daniela F. Carvalho, Leonardo Duarte Batista da Silva

{"title":"Grass (Paspalum notatum) clippings, with and without cattle wastewater, supported production of organic cherry tomatoes in pots","authors":"Evandro Francisco Ferreira da Silva Souza, L. O. Medici, Marcello A. D. Gentile, M. Hassanpouraghdam, Daniela F. Carvalho, Leonardo Duarte Batista da Silva","doi":"10.1080/01448765.2021.1966506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.2021.1966506","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Plant residues are often composted prior to use as organic amendments or fertilisers, but in this study a new approach, referred here to as greenponics, was evaluated, using undecomposed plant biomass as the growing substrate and fertiliser. Cherry tomatoes ( Solanum lycopersicum) cv. Perinha Água Branca, were grown in 8 L pots filled with 600 g of air-dried bahia-grass clippings (Paspalum notatum). Soil (750 g) was placed in the centre of the pot, into which the tomato seedling was transplanted, and on the top (1250 g) to retain the moisture in the grass. At 63 days after transplanting, an additional 300 g of grass clippings were applied to each pot. Three treatments were applied as microbial inoculants to support the mineralisation of nutrients from the grass; a control (tap water) and two types of dairy cattle wastewater, applied raw or after treatment in a constructed wetland system. For each treatment, nine doses of 150 mL of water/wastewater were applied manually during the experiment. The control and the raw wastewater treatment produced 937 and 913 g marketable fruit plant−1, respectively, yields similar to those reported in the literature for organic cultivation of the same cultivar. Application of the treated wastewater resulted in lower yields (811 g plant−1), indicating that the grass clippings did not necessarily require the microbial inoculant to release nutrients for the growth of the tomatoes. Greenponics with grass clippings as the only source of fertiliser could be recommended as a potential alternative for growing cherry tomatoes in pots.","PeriodicalId":8904,"journal":{"name":"Biological Agriculture & Horticulture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-09-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45212448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Litter production and litter dynamics in different agroforestry systems in the arid western region of India 印度西部干旱地区不同农林业系统凋落物产量和凋落物动态

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Biological Agriculture & Horticulture Pub Date : 2021-09-03 DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2021.1971110

A. Verma, P. Kumar, M. L. Soni, Navraten Pawar, Upendra Pradhan, S. Tanwar, Shrawan Kumar

{"title":"Litter production and litter dynamics in different agroforestry systems in the arid western region of India","authors":"A. Verma, P. Kumar, M. L. Soni, Navraten Pawar, Upendra Pradhan, S. Tanwar, Shrawan Kumar","doi":"10.1080/01448765.2021.1971110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.2021.1971110","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Litterfall production, decomposition and nutrient release was investigated for three prominent agroforestry tree species, Prosopis cineraria, Tecomella undulata and Hardwickia binata, grown in the arid western region of India. The highest litterfall was recorded for H. binata (9.44 Mg ha−l y−1) followed by P. cineraria (8.94 Mg ha−l y−1) and T. undulata (3.74 Mg ha−l y−1). It took 15, 12 and 9 months for decomposition of 90% of the litter of H. binata, P. cineraria and T. undulata, respectively. Regression analysis showed that rainfall and air temperature had significant impacts on the decomposition process. Soil moisture and soil microbial biomass carbon showed high correlations (R2 > 0.70, p < 0.01) with litter decay. The rate of release of N (k N = 0.0014, surface (0–15 cm); k N = 0.0015, sub-surface (15–30 cm)) and K (k K = 0.0041, surface; k K = 0.0047, sub-surface) was highest from P. cineraria, whereas release rates of P were statistically equivalent for all species. N release from the decomposing litter increased initially, but then decreased as decomposition progressed. Concentrations of P, K and Mg in the litter decreased throughout the decomposition, with some fluctuations in P and Mg for P. cineraria and H. binata at the later stage. Ca release did not follow any specific trend. P. cineraria, with considerable amounts of litterfall, the highest nutrient inputs to the soil and the most rapid release of nutrients during the decomposition, was concluded to facilitate greater fertility build-up of the soil compared with the other two species.","PeriodicalId":8904,"journal":{"name":"Biological Agriculture & Horticulture","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2021-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46734678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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