Research Article
Impact of Poultry Litter Cake, Cleanout, and Bedding following Chemical Amendments on Soil C and N Mineralization
Table 1
Nutrient properties of soil and poultry litter components bedding, total cleanout, and broiler cake used for incubations, dry weight basis.
| Variables | pH | CEC | C | N | PP2O5 | KK2O | Ca | Mg | Al | B | Cu | Fe | Mn | Zn |
| | | | g kg−1 | | mg kg−1 |
| Poultry litter components | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Broiler cake | 7.6 | — | 375 | 42.1 | 41.3 | 37.4 | 25.0 | 60.0 | 997 | 39.0 | 461 | 903 | 751 | 572 | Total cleanout | 8.5 | — | 262 | 31.3 | 48.4 | 32.3 | 37.5 | 64.0 | 2813 | 39.0 | 332 | 2115 | 509 | 439 | Bedding | 4.9 | — | 456 | 0.50 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.20 | 203 | <0.1 | 13.36 | 4116 | 62 | 15 | Soil | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Sandy loam | 6.1 | 4.9 | 7.81 | 0.83 | 0.003 | 0.08 | 0.49 | 0.05 | 103 | <0.1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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