dc.contributor.author | Siebert, Stefan John | |
dc.contributor.author | Maliba, Bheki G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Zobolo, Alpheus M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-28T12:28:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-08-28T12:28:12Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Maliba, B.G. et al. 2011. Poultry manure enhances grass establishment at a quarry rehabilitation site in subtropical South Africa. African journal of agricultural research, 6(1):46-50. [http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/ajar] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1991-637x | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/7113 | |
dc.description.abstract | The rehabilitation of a quarry was conducted with selected grass species in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The seed cocktail applied contained Chloris gayana, Cynodon dactylon, Digitaria eriantha, Eragrostis curvula, Panicum maximum and Paspalum distichum. Three treatments used were: No soil enhancement (control), poultry manure application, and commercial fertilizer application. Four months after sowing, the percentage grass cover per 1 m2 of treatment was 33% for the control, 65% where manure was applied and 76% with fertilizer application. Both fertilizer and manure applications promoted the colonization of grass species. Fertilizer application significantly increased biomass of grass (P_0.05). Poultry manure resulted in higher biomass of approximately 5 g per m2 more than the control; however the mean was not significantly different from the control (P_0.05). These results suggest that fertilizer application prior to seed sowing in a rehabilitated quarry provide the highest biomass after four months. The application of poultry manure proved to be a cheaper option to increase aboveground plant cover in a rehabilitated area, but it is less effective than fertilizer in terms of biomass production. | en_US |
dc.description.uri | http://www.academicjournals.org/ajar/PDF/pdf2011/4%20Jan/Maliba%20et%20al.pdf | |
dc.description.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJAR10.881 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Academic Journals | en_US |
dc.subject | Quarry | en_US |
dc.subject | vegetation | en_US |
dc.subject | restoration | en_US |
dc.subject | biomass | en_US |
dc.subject | grassland | en_US |
dc.title | Poultry manure enhances grass establishment at a quarry rehabilitation site in subtropical South Africa | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.contributor.researchID | 12204145 - Siebert, Stefan John | |