Co-composting of pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry
Background: The common practice of clearing pineapple (Ananas comosus) residues for land preparation for cultivation is by burning, an unsustainable agricultural practice that causes environmental pollution. Chicken manure produced from the poultry industry is also increasing. Inappropriate disposal...
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| author | Ch'ng, Huck Ywih Ahmed, Osumanu Haruna Kasim, Susilawati Nik Ab. Majid, Nik Muhamad |
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| description | Background: The common practice of clearing pineapple (Ananas comosus) residues for land preparation for cultivation is by burning, an unsustainable agricultural practice that causes environmental pollution. Chicken manure produced from the poultry industry is also increasing. Inappropriate disposal or treatment can pose harm to the environment and humans. In order to reduce environmental pollution, pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry were co-composted to obtain high-quality organic fertilizer. The shredded pineapple leaves were thoroughly mixed with chicken manure slurry,chicken feed and molasses in polystyrene boxes. Co-compost temperature readings were taken three times daily.
Results: Nitrogen and P concentrations increased whereas C content was reduced throughout the co-composting.
The CEC increased from 32.5 to 65.6 cmol kg−1 indicating humified organic material. Humic acid and ash contents also
increased from 11.3% to 24.0% and 6.7% to 15.8%, respectively. The pH of the co-compost increased from 6.14 to 7.89. The final co-compost had no foul odour, low heavy metal content and comparable amount of nutrients. Seed
germination indices of phytotoxicity test were above 80% of final co-compost. This suggests that the co-compost
produced was phytotoxic-free and matured.
Conclusion: High-quality co-compost can be produced by co-composting pineapple leaves and chicken manure
slurry and thus have potential to reduce environmental pollution that could result from poorly managed
agricultural wastes |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-307152015-09-11T00:55:35Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30715/ Co-composting of pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry Ch'ng, Huck Ywih Ahmed, Osumanu Haruna Kasim, Susilawati Nik Ab. Majid, Nik Muhamad Background: The common practice of clearing pineapple (Ananas comosus) residues for land preparation for cultivation is by burning, an unsustainable agricultural practice that causes environmental pollution. Chicken manure produced from the poultry industry is also increasing. Inappropriate disposal or treatment can pose harm to the environment and humans. In order to reduce environmental pollution, pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry were co-composted to obtain high-quality organic fertilizer. The shredded pineapple leaves were thoroughly mixed with chicken manure slurry,chicken feed and molasses in polystyrene boxes. Co-compost temperature readings were taken three times daily. Results: Nitrogen and P concentrations increased whereas C content was reduced throughout the co-composting. The CEC increased from 32.5 to 65.6 cmol kg−1 indicating humified organic material. Humic acid and ash contents also increased from 11.3% to 24.0% and 6.7% to 15.8%, respectively. The pH of the co-compost increased from 6.14 to 7.89. The final co-compost had no foul odour, low heavy metal content and comparable amount of nutrients. Seed germination indices of phytotoxicity test were above 80% of final co-compost. This suggests that the co-compost produced was phytotoxic-free and matured. Conclusion: High-quality co-compost can be produced by co-composting pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry and thus have potential to reduce environmental pollution that could result from poorly managed agricultural wastes Springer 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30715/1/Co.pdf Ch'ng, Huck Ywih and Ahmed, Osumanu Haruna and Kasim, Susilawati and Nik Ab. Majid, Nik Muhamad (2013) Co-composting of pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry. International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 2. art. no. 23. pp. 1-8. ISSN 2195-3228; ESSN: 2251-7715 10.1186/2251-7715-2-23 |
| spellingShingle | Ch'ng, Huck Ywih Ahmed, Osumanu Haruna Kasim, Susilawati Nik Ab. Majid, Nik Muhamad Co-composting of pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry |
| title | Co-composting of pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry |
| title_full | Co-composting of pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry |
| title_fullStr | Co-composting of pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Co-composting of pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry |
| title_short | Co-composting of pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry |
| title_sort | co composting of pineapple leaves and chicken manure slurry |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30715/1/Co.pdf |
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