Satellite Symposium 1: Optimisation
Description
Irish sewage sludge production was over 30,000 t/year in the 1990s (EPA, Ireland, 2003). Application to agricultural land is a management option for this organic material as it results in the recycling of the nutrients they contain for crop production. The EU Directive (91/271/EEC) encourages the recycling of sewage sludge as biosolids to agriculture. However, up to 1999, only about 5 % of biosolids produced was applied to agricultural land. In this study, several biosolids and a chemical fertiliser were used to assess N availability for spring and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum,) production in a pot experiment.
Citation
Kato, W.; Carton, O. T.; McGrath, D.; Tunney, H.; Murphy, W. E.; and O'Toole, P., "Nitrogen Response of Spring and Winter Wheat to Biosolids Compared to Chemical Fertiliser" (2022). IGC Proceedings (1993-2023). 39.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/20/satellightsymposium1/39
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Nitrogen Response of Spring and Winter Wheat to Biosolids Compared to Chemical Fertiliser
Irish sewage sludge production was over 30,000 t/year in the 1990s (EPA, Ireland, 2003). Application to agricultural land is a management option for this organic material as it results in the recycling of the nutrients they contain for crop production. The EU Directive (91/271/EEC) encourages the recycling of sewage sludge as biosolids to agriculture. However, up to 1999, only about 5 % of biosolids produced was applied to agricultural land. In this study, several biosolids and a chemical fertiliser were used to assess N availability for spring and winter wheat (Triticum aestivum,) production in a pot experiment.
