Characterization of Agricultural Runoff Associated with ProAgri™ Treatment of Poultry Litter Added to Soils
| dc.contributor.author | Harris, Cl | en |
| dc.contributor.department | College of Agriculture | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-27T19:04:14Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-27T19:04:14Z | en |
| dc.date.created | 2009-05 | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2009-05 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | One of the greatest problems facing crop producers, who utilize poultry litter as a fertilizer for their fields, is phosphorus (P) runoff. Although phosphorus is a necessary element for optimal crop production, it can also have an adverse reaction when introduced into the aquatic environment. This problem is thought to have been helped by a new litter treatment product, ProAgri™ that became available for use in the poultry houses, which allegedly binds up the excess P. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the ProAgri™ on water quality of runoff. Four different treatments which included a control with no poultry litter, untreated poultry litter, ProAgri™ treated poultry litter, and ProAgri™ plus Activator treated poultry litter were applied at the rate of 2 tons per acre. Natural and simulated rainfall events produced runoff that was analyzed for water quality. No statistical differences (p>0.05) were found in soluble phosphorus, total suspended solids, turbidity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, hardness, and pH in runoff water between treatments. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier | eprint:398 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71632 | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Arkansas State University | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject.lcc | S1 | en |
| dc.title | Characterization of Agricultural Runoff Associated with ProAgri™ Treatment of Poultry Litter Added to Soils | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Arkansas State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
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