Effect of Some Addictive Organic Compounds on Soil Microbial Population and Nutrients Concentration in Maize (Zea mays L.)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Associate Professor, Soil and Water Research Dept., West Azerbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Urmia, Iran.

2 CEO of Qizil Topraq Sahand Company

3 Department of Soil Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Maragheh,

Abstract

In this research, the effectiveness of five organic matter treatments were investigated to determine the amount of soil organic matter, rhizosphere fungal and bacterial population. Microbial population in rhizosphere and nutrients concentration in the aerial part of corn were carried out in the form of a randomized complete block design in three replications. Before planting maize, soil organic matter was measured before and after adding five organic matter treatments for one year. Then, maize was planted and harvested before it reached seed production, and the concentration of some nutrients in the aerial part of maize was determined. Also, the bacterial and fungal populations were determined in the rhizosphere and non-rhizosphere soils. The results showed that the largest population of rhizospheric bacteria in the treatments of Leonardite (231×104 cfu g-1 soil), fulvic acid (229×104 cfu g-1 soil) and calcium lignosulfonate (218×104 cfu g-1 soil) and the largest population of rhizospheric fungi in the treatment of calcium lignosulfonate (263×103 cfu g-1 soil) was observed to show a significant increase compared to the control treatment. The highest maize leaf nitrogen was observed in the treatment of fulvic acid (35.78 g kg-1) and calcium lignosulfonate (33.9 g kg-1), and the highest leaf phosphorus was observed in the treatment of fulvic acid (4.27 g kg-1) compared to the control treatment. In the treatments of fulvic acid, calcium lignosulfonate, and Leonardite, the highest amount of potassium was measured, and in the treatment of calcium lignosulfonate, the highest amount of calcium and magnesium was measured. Leaf sulfur was the highest in Leonardite treatment, but there was no significant difference with calcium lignosulfonate and fulvic acid treatments. The amounts of leaf micronutrients were the highest in the fulvic acid treatment, but iron and copper in the leaves were also the highest in the calcium lignosulfonate treatment.

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