Evaluating the effect of organic matter on soil quality score functions

آب و خاک

Article 7, Volume 28, Issue 3, July 2014, Pages 565-574   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jsw.v0i0.22840

Authors

H. Emami^* ; A.R. Astaraei; A. Fotovat

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Abstract

Soil quality is important for evaluating the soil fertility and physical condition. Soil physical and chemical indicators should be regarded for determining the soil quality. This research was conducted to study the effect of organic matter on quantitative value of soil quality. Three level (15, 30, and 60 ton/ha) of different organic compounds including municipal waste compost, sewage sludge, cattle manure, and wheat straw to gether with control treatment in three replications were applied into loamy soil. The treated soils were kept for 6 months at 70% of field capacity moisture in greenhouse condition. Then soil quality determined based on non-linear score function by using of 14 physical and chemical indicators. The results showed that the score of control treatment was 52.7, which it belong to class 4, i.e. low quality. Addition of different organic matter into studied soil led to improve soil quality score and soil quality class was increased one to 2 degrees. Among the studied treatments, the highest score of soil quality was obtained in 60 ton/ha sewage sludge and 30 and 60 ton/ha compost. Also, addition the other organic treatments cause to increase the quantitative soil quality score in relation to control, and soil quality class increased one degree. Among the studied indicators, iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn) micro-nutrients, aeration porosity (AC), and mean weight diameter of aggregates (MWD) were the important limiting indictors in degrading the soil quality in control treatment, and applying the compost and sewage sludge increased their scores.

Keywords

Cattle manure; Compost; Sewage sludge; Soil quality; Wheat straw

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