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In Tunisia, agricultural soils are subjected to progressive degradation. Application of sewage sludge is an important way to recycle nutrient elements and improve soil fertility and physical properties, causing an increase in crop yield. A field experiment was carried out, using 15N isotope techniques, to investigate the effects of labeled sewage sludge (3.7% N, 2.3 atom%) application on sudangrass and its residual effects on barley crops. Sewage sludge was applied at rates equivalent to 113, 226, and 338 kg N ha−1. In addition, one control (no treatment) was also included in the experiment. Sewage sludge application increased the sudangrass yield and total nitrogen uptake as compared to the control treatment. A positive residual effect of sewage sludge application was also observed on yield and N uptake of the subsequent barley crop.
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Kchaou, R., Khelil, M.N., Rejeb, S., Henchi, B., Destain, J.P. (2017). Direct and Residual Effect of Sewage Sludge in a Sudangrass-Barley Cropping System. In: Ouessar, M., Gabriels, D., Tsunekawa, A., Evett, S. (eds) Water and Land Security in Drylands. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54021-4_11
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