Induced Changes on Macro-aggregate Stability in a Sandy Loam Soil (Eutric leptosol) Treated with Cured Cow Dung
The mechanics of macro-aggregate stability of a sandy loam soil (Eutric leptosol) treated with different amounts cow dung organic matter was best fitted with a power law (y=Ax −D), in which A was a coefficient, D the approximated percentage remaining after 24 hours of wet-sieving of macro-aggregates >2.5 mm. Macro-aggregate stability was greatest for soil samples treated with 1.5 kg of cow dung organic matter per 5 kg of soil (A=118), 1.0 kg (A=48.1), 0.5 kg (A=27.8) and for the control 0.0 kg (A=26.2). Macro-aggregate stability was measured in terms of Water Stable Aggregates, WSA showed a strong positive correlation with cow dung organic matter (r2=0.83, p<0.05) while the cow dung organic matter negatively correlated to the Coefficient Vulnerability at (r2=0.42, P<0.05). Using the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and HCA, results also revealed that most soil samples treated with 1.0 and 1.5 kg cow dung organic matter had positive loading on WSA but negative loading on Kv. Conversely, most samples treated with 0.0 and 0.5 kg cow dung organic matter had negative loading on WSA but positive loading on the Kv. The findings of this study revealed that under warm tropical temperatures (>35°C), application of about 0.67 t/ha of cow dung after a 4-6 weeks curing period and mixing with soil in-situ is critical in inducing macro-aggregate stability. We propose a novel approach using the Slaking Potential (SP) and Dispersion Value (DV) to assess and classify the soil´s disposition to structural and aggregate breakdown and therefore slaking and dispersion.
Coefficient of Vulnerability, Macro-aggregate Stability, Water Stable Aggregates, Principal Component Analysis, Slaking, Dispersion
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