ORIGINAL RESEARCH
The Effect of Increased Doses of Compost on Leaching of Mineral Nitrogen from Arable Land
Jakub Elbl1, Lukáš Plošek1, Antonín Kintl1, Jitka Přichystalová1, Jaroslav Záhora1, Jürgen K. Friedel2
 
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1Department of Agrochemistry, Soil Science, Microbiology and Plant Nutrition, Faculty of Agronomy,
Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, Brno 614 00, Czech Republic
2Division of Organic Farming, Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems,
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna,
Gregor-Mendel-Str. 33, A-1180 Vienna, Austria
 
 
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2014;23(3):697-703
 
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This work presents the analysis of the effect of compost addition on leaching of mineral nitrogen from arable land, plant biomass production and soil properties. Compost used for experiment consists of the basic raw materials for the production of reclamation substrates in company CKB. These substrates are often used for restoring the damaged agricultural lands. Therefore, this compost was applied in increased doses (300% of recommended dose) to determine the potential impact on the parameters above. To demonstrate this effect, five variants with same doses of compost and different doses of mineral and organic fertilizers, were prepared. The highest decrease of mineral nitrogen leaching was observed by the simultaneous applications of soluble humic substances and compost to soil samples, about 400% in comparison with the control variant.
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