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Effect of Soil Application of Dairy Manure on Germination and Emergence of Some Selected Crops¹

ABSTRACT

Germination and emergence of sudangrass (Sorghum sudanense Stapf ‘Piper’), barley (Hordeum vulgare L. ‘Numar’), radish (Raphanus sativus L. ‘Cherry Belle’), and spinach (Spinacea oleracea L. ‘Bloomsdale’) in a glasshouse were investigated using a Chino loam soil where various amounts (0, 5, 10, 15, and 20% dry manure by weight) of dairy manure were added. The degree of germination injury depended on the crop species and rate of application or the salt and N inputs. The crop sensitivity to salt or NH₃ were as follows: barley < sudangrass and spinach < radish. Barley and sudangrass were more tolerant to salt or NH₃ than spinach and radish. Barley germination data from treatments which had NaCl added to the soil extracts to obtain the same osmotic potential as those treated with urine, urea, or manure suggest that the germination injury was not salt specific and that other compounds such as NH₃ were also contributing factors.

Germination injury can be minimized by planting several days after soil application of large amounts of dairy or feedlot manure to allow volatilization of a significant quantity of NH₃ or after adequate preirrigation, or both.

Key Words: salt injury • NH₃ toxicity • manure decomposition • plant growth

¹ Contribution of the Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Engineering, University of California, Riverside 92502. Financial support from the USDA through Cooperative Agreement No. USDA 12-14-100-10432(41) is gratefully acknowledged.

² Former Postdoctoral Fellow (now Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Crop & Soil Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich. 48823), Assistant Agricultural Engineer, Professor in Soil Science, and Research Associate, respectively.

Received for publication August 31, 1972.

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