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Effects Of Organically Enhanced Biofertilizer And Fertilizer Briquettes On Mineral Nutrition, Quality, And Yield Of Corn And Soil Health, John Heggie Winings
Effects Of Organically Enhanced Biofertilizer And Fertilizer Briquettes On Mineral Nutrition, Quality, And Yield Of Corn And Soil Health, John Heggie Winings
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Interest in alternate fertilizers has increased in recent years in order to improve crop nutrition and soil health. The efficacy of these fertilizers on corn (Zea mays L.) production and quality has been scarcely documented. Two alternative fertilizers, organically enhanced NPSFe Unity biofertilizer (Unity) manufactured from sterilized organic additives extracted from municipal wastewater biosolids and NPKZn briquettes (briquettes) produced by compacting solid fertilizers into a super-granule between 1-3 grams, were evaluated for nutrient concentrations, growth, quality, and yield of corn, residual soil nutrient levels, and soil microbial community structure relative to the conventional fertilizers ammonium sulfate and urea at …