Recycling of Biological Sludge for the Fertilizing of Soils Cultivated with Lolium perenne
Keywords:
fertilization efficiency, grass harvested, metal bioaccumulation, slaughterhouse sludge recyclingAbstract
The present study has been elaborated with the aim of justifying the high efficiency of in-situ slaughterhouse sludge recycling and its usage in Lolium perenne cultures. Stabilized slaughterhouse sludge was used to complete the high deficiency in nutrients of the poor terrains. Slaughterhouse sludge represents an excessive, final by product from a meat-processing unit in Western Romania. It contains 59.78-90.77% easily bio-degradable organic substances.
Moreover, it has compounds containing nitrogen and phosphorus, total N=1.922-3.318%, total P=1107-1126mg*kg‘ 'D.M. The experimental variants have been prepared, having the following characteristics: control variants of nonfertilized soils and variants of soils fertilized with slaughterhouse sludge, 50t*ha''. The experimental variants used were arranged in a completely randomized block design, with three replicates each. The efficiency of fertilization with slaughterhouse sludge was a 30-35% rise in the quantity of grass harvested vs. the quantities harvested from the control variants. The quantity of Cd and Pb has been determined from the aerial parts of the harvested plants and they were below the maximum limit admitted by the sanitary regulations in Romania. Cr didn’t bio-accumulate in plants at a detection limit. The quantity of other metals determined from the aerial parts of the plants was low: i.e.<10mg*kg"1D.M. for Cu or Ni <50mg*kg‘1D.M. for Zn, <150mg*kg"lD.M.for Mn. Green feed harvested from fields fertilized with slaughterhouse sludge can be part of animal nutrition.
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