Concetti, S.

Martiniello, Pasquale

Rossi, E.

Sabia, E.

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University of Kentucky UKnowledge International Grassland Congress Proceedings 21st International Grassland Congress / 8th International Rangeland Congress Exploitation Enhancement of Buffaloes Manure Application vs Conventional Cultivation in Intensive Two Forage Cropping Models per Year--Results on Agronomic Purposes Pasquale Martiniello Istituto Sperimentale Colture Foraggere, Italy E. Sabia Istituto Sperimentale Colture Foraggere, Italy E. Rossi Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia , Italy S. Concetti Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia , Italy Follow this and additional works at: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc  Part of the Plant Sciences Commons, and the Soil Science Commons This document is available at https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/21/10-1/7 The 21st International Grassland Congress / 8th International Rangeland Congress took place in Hohhot, China from June 29 through July 5, 2008. Proceedings edited by Organizing Committee of 2008 IGC/IRC Conference Published by Guangdong People's Publishing House This Event is brought to you for free and open access by the Plant and Soil Sciences at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Grassland Congress Proceedings by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact UKnowledge@lsv.uky.edu. 瞯 ]194　 瞯 　 Multifunctional Grasslands in a Changing World 　 Volume Ⅱ 　Grasslands/Rangelands Production Systems——— Integration of Crops , Forage and Forest SystemsExploitation enhancement of buffaloes manure application vs conventional cultivation inintensive two forage cropping models per year — results on agronomic purposesMartiniello P .1 倡 ,Sabia E .1 , Rossi E .2 and S . Concetti21 CRA Istituto Sperimentale Colture Foraggere , Foggia and 2 CRA Istituto Sperimentale per la Zootecnia , Roma ( Italy ) .倡 Corresponding author : P . Martiniello , Istituto S perimentale Colture Foraggere , V ia Napoli 52 , 71100‐Foggia ( I taly ) .Tel＝ f ax : ＋ 3908817136 ; E‐mail : pasquale .martiniello＠ entecra .itKey words :Buffalo manure ,cropping system ,forage crops models ,crops sustainability ,soil fertilityIntroduction Dairy farming is a successful economy activity in the agricultural sectors in terms of agronomic and livestockproductivity , use of agronomic inputs and equipment technology in farming management . However , derived waste product ofhusbandry activity , mainly manure , represents an undesirable product which jeopardizes the environment making soil and airpollution . Therefore , the use of manure in cropping management performed on agronomic use allows the opportunity toincrease the flow of nutrient cycling in farms and consequently decoupling livestock and crop production . Mixed farmersagronomic management of the livestock manure may provide the challenge to recycle waste as nutrient plant reducing thechemical fertilizers and increase soil organic carbon of Ap horizon . This experiment aimed at to compare the utilization ofbuffaloes liquid manures fertilization with conventional chemical fertilizers in cropping forage crops model ( autumn‐winter andspring‐summer double year) on productivity of crops , soil fertility and sustainability of the cropping system .Materials and methods The experiment was established in ２００６ and it isstill in progress at Monterotondo ( Longitude １２° ３７′E ,Latitude ４３° ３′ N and ２３ m above see level) .The experiment is carried out in a mixed farms of the Istituto Sperimentale per laZootecnia of Roma based on four models of forage crops grown in double crop cycles per year : autumn‐winter and spring‐summer crops growing under irrigated condition . The experiment is arranged in a factorial arrangement with three factors :manure applied before seeding ; manure spread before seeding and at the beginning of stem elongation ; and conventionalfertilization . Each factor considers four levels of crops .Results and discussion The crops evaluated in the models ( Table １) are strongly affected by experimental treatments . The effectof both manure treatments favoured the increase on dry matter production over conventional cultivation in winter crops (１４ .８％in ryegrass and ９ .８％ in barley ) and spring (２６ .２％ in corn , １２ .７％ in forage sorghum and １７ .８％ in seed sorghum) , and didnot affect moisture content at harvest . Winter and spring manure applications compete with nitrogen fertilizers .Results evidenced that manure application may substitute the conventional fertilization without reduce dry matter cropsproduction . The benefit of manure application in comparison to the conventional fertilization is evident . The one run manureapplication in comparison to the conventional fertilization favour biomass production in both harvest of the cultivated crops .Table 1 Dry matter and moisture at havest o f the corps under manure and conventional cultiv ation .Conclusions Favourable results for applying manure in the cropping system demonstrate that farmers can conveniently usemanure to replace fertilizer N for forage grass production . The benefits of the use of manure in dairy farms may improve theability to comply with tightening environmental constraints and should encourage farmers to utilize manure instead ofconventional fertilization in cropping process for producing herbage for animal feeding .

Exploitation Enhancement of Buffaloes Manure Application \u3ci\u3evs\u3c/i\u3e Conventional Cultivation in Intensive Two Forage Cropping Models per Year--Results on Agronomic Purposes

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