Date of Award
5-27-2009
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Agriculture, MSA
First Advisor
Bill Humphrey
Second Advisor
Bud Kennedy
Committee Members
Steven Green
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2009 H25
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, ProAgriTM 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 ProAgriTM on water quality of runoff. Four different treatments which included a control with no poultry litter, untreated poultry litter, ProAgriTM treated poultry litter, and ProAgriTM 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.
Rights Management
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Recommended Citation
Harris, Chrissy, "Characterization Of Agricultural Runoff Associated with ProAgriTM Treatment of Poultry Litter Added to Soils" (2009). Student Theses and Dissertations. 1009.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/1009
