Advances in Crop Science and Technology
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Long Term of Cattle Manure Amendments and Its Impact on Triticale (X. Triticosecale Wittmack) Production and Soil Quality

Enrique Salazar Sosa¹, Hector I Trejo Escareno^3*, Jesus Luna Anguiano², Miguel A. Gallegos Robles³, Enrique Salazar Melendez², Jose Dimas Lopez Martinez³ and Orona Castillo Ignacio³

¹Technology Institute of Torreon, Mexico

²Agricultural Sciences and Forestry, Mexico

³College of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of Durango University of Durango State (FAZ-UJED), Ejido Venecia Municipal of Gomez Palacio, Durango. Km 28 Gomez Palacio-Tlahualilo, Mexico

Corresponding Author:

Hector I. Trejo Escareno
College of Agriculture and
Animal Husbandry of Durango University of Durango State
(FAZ-UJED), Ejido Venecia Municipal of Gomez Palacio
Durango. Km 28 Gomez Palacio-Tlahualilo, Mexico
Tel: 5218712115284
E-mail: fazujed@yahoo.com.mx

Received March 09, 2016; Accepted April 13, 2016; Published April 19, 2016

Citation: Sosa ES, Escareno HIT, Anguiano JL, Robles MAG, Melendez ES, etal. (2016) Long Term of Cattle Manure Amendments and Its Impact on Triticale (X. Triticosecale Wittmack) Production and Soil Quality. Adv Crop Sci Tech 4:223. doi:10.4172/2329-8863.1000223

Copyright: © 2016 Sosa ES, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Organic amendment is a good alternative to improve soil fertility to maintain or increase crop forage and grain production. After several times of organic applications (crop cycles), it is important to follow soil physical and chemical parameters to avoid soil pollution such as salinity and nitrate. The main objective of this study was to maintain good triticale forage production and soil quality after seven years in plots where two factors were studied: cow manure amendments; 0, 40, 80, 120 and 160 t ha-1 and one chemical level with 150-100-00 kg ha-1 of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and potassium, respectively just to compare manure amendments. After this, to decrease soil salinity and high levels of nitrate, triticale forage was planted in the same plots using two varieties without manure and chemical fertilizer application. Triticale variables measured were green forage and ential (Ph) and Nitrates (NO3). Results indicated that triticale forage production was high in all plots were cow manure was applied after three years than the control and chemical fertilizer level, also, the chemical soil parameters such as, salinity and nitrate decrease to adequate levels of: 4 mmhos cm-1 in salinity and less than 20 ppm of nitrates. Triticale forage production was better in all plots with cow manure application with more than 25 mg ha-1, that’s the triticale average production in this region and more than 100% of the control and chemical fertilizer plots. According to these results, cow manure amendments is a good alternative to get high triticale forage production and maintain a good soil quality.

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