Abstract
Inoculation of sugar mill by-products compost with N2-fixing bacteria may improve its quality by increasing total N and available P. Compost was inoculated with Azotobacter vinelandii(ATCC 478), Beijerinckia derxii (ATCC 49361), and Azospirillumsp. TS8, each alone and all three together. Numbers of all N2-fixing bacteria in compost declined from an initial population of 5 × 105 cells g−1 during incubation. The population of Azotobacter declined to approximately 2 × 102 cells g−1 and the population of Beijerinckia and Azospirillum declined to approximately 9 × 103 and 3.5 × 104 cells g−1 respectively, at day 50. Inoculation with N2-fixing bacteria increased acetylene reduction, total N by 6–16 and available P by 25–30% in comparison to the uninoculated control. Increasing the N content and P availability of compost increases its value and there may be additional benefit from providing N2 fixing bacteria.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
V L D Baldani J I Baldani F Oliveira J Döbereiner (1992) ArticleTitleIdentification and ecology of Herbaspirillum seropedicae and the closely related Pseudomonas rubrisubalbicans Symbiosis 13 65–73
W L Barraquio L Revilla J K Ladha (1997) ArticleTitleIsolation of endophytic diazotrophic bacteria from wetland rice Plant Soil 194 15–24 Occurrence Handle10.1023/A:1004246904803 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK2sXnt1Wjtbk%3D
L L Barton G V Johnson S Orbock Miller (1986) ArticleTitleThe effect of Azospirillum brasilense on iron adsorption and translocation by sorghum J. Plant Nutr. 9 556–565
Y Bashan G Holguin (1997) ArticleTitleAzospirillum–plant relationships: environmental and physiological advances (1990–1996) Can. J. Microbiol. 43 103–121 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK2sXhsFGmsr0%3D
Y Bashan H Levanomy (1990) ArticleTitleCurrent status of Azospirillum inoculation technology: Azospirillum as a challenge for agriculture Can. J. Microbiol. 36 591–607 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK3cXmtVOqtrk%3D
M Bertoldi ParticleDe G Vallini A Para (1983) ArticleTitleThe biology of composting: a review Waste Manage. Res. 1 157–176
S Dobbelaere J Vanderleyden Y Okon (2003) ArticleTitlePlant growth promoting effects of diazotrophs in the rhizosphere Crit. Rev. Pl. Sci. 22 IssueID2 107–149 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3sXjt1yktLY%3D
J Döbereiner (1980) Forages grasses and grain crops F J Bergersen (Eds) Methods for Evaluating Biological Nitrogen Fixation John Wiley & Sons Ltd. New York 535–555
M H Dorothy (1993) ArticleTitleInoculation of wheat straw to enhance lignocellulose breakdown and associated nitrogenase activity Soil Biol. Biochem. 25 IssueID4 419–429
M H Dorothy A H Gibson (1989) ArticleTitleNitrogenase activity by diazotrophs grown on a range of agricultural plant residues Soil Biol. Biochem. 21 IssueID8 1037–1043
M K John (1970) ArticleTitleColorimetric determination of phosphorus in soil and plant materials with ascorbic acid Soil Sci. 109 214–220 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaE3cXktVSrtLk%3D
A A Keeling B S Griffiths K Ritz M Myers (1995) ArticleTitleEffects of compost stability on plant growth, soil microbiological parameters and nitrogen availability in media containing mixed garden waste compost Bioresource Technol. 54 279–284 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK28XhvFyjs7g%3D
G Kirchhof V M Reis J I Baldani B Eckert J Dobereiner A Hartmann (1997) ArticleTitleOccurrence, physiological and molecular analysis of endophytic diazotrophic bacteria in gramineous energy plants Plant Soil 194 45–55 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK2sXnt1Wju70%3D
V Kumar N Narula (1999) ArticleTitleSolubilization of inorganic phosphates and growth emergence of wheat as affected by Azotobacter chroococcum Biol. Fert. Soils 28 301–305 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK1cXnslKjurs%3D
V Kumar K P Singh (2001) ArticleTitleEnriching vermicompost by nitrogen fixing and phosphate solubilizing bacteria Bioresource Technol. 76 173–175 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3cXnvVGjur0%3D
W Lin Y Okon R W F Hardy (1983) ArticleTitleEnhanced mineral uptake by Zea maysand sorghum bicolor roots inoculated with A. brasilense Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45 1775–1779
A F Navarro J Cegarra A Roig D Garcia (1993) ArticleTitleRelationships between organic matter and carbon contents of organic waste Bioresource Technol. 44 203–207 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK3sXlsVGrtbk%3D
Y Okon C A Labandera-Gonzalez (1994) ArticleTitleAgronomic application of Azospirillum: an evaluation of 20 years worldwide inoculation Soil Biol. Biochem. 26 1591–1601 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK2MXisFWrtbY%3D
C Paredes M P Bernal J Cegarra A Roig A F Novarro (1996) Nitrogen transformations during the composting of different organic wastes Cleemput Particlevan O Hofman G Vermoesen (Eds) Progress in Nitrogen Cycling Studies Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht 121–125
C Paredes M P Bernal J Cegarra A Roig (2002) ArticleTitleBio-degradation of olive mill wastewater sludge by its co-composting with agricultural waste Bioresource Technol. 85 1–8 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DC%2BD38XksFeqsLY%3D
C R Schwintzer J D Tjepkema B Seekins (2002) ArticleTitleNitrogenase activity in composting horse bedding and leaves Plant Soil 242 277–282 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DC%2BD38XltFKisbY%3D
Meunchang S, Panichsakpatana S and Weaver R W 2004 Co-composting of filter cake and bagasse; by-products from a sugar mill. Bioresource Tech. (In press).
E I Stantiford (1987) Resent developments in composting M Debertoldi M L Ferranti P Hermite F Zucconi (Eds) Compost, Production, Quality and Use Elsevier London 52–62
Weaver R W and Danso K A 1994 Dinitrogen fixation. In Methods of Soil Analysis, part 2 Microbial and Biochemical Properties. Eds. R W Weaver, J S Angle and P S Bottomley. pp. 1019–1043. Madison, WI. USA: Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Inc.
O B Weber V L D Baldani K R S Teixeira G Kirchhof J I Baldani J Dobereiner (1999) ArticleTitleIsolation and characterization of diazotrophic bacteria from banana and pineapple plants Plant Soil 210 103–113 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK1MXmsVygur4%3D
A K Zlotnikov O B Glagoleva M M Umarov (1997) ArticleTitleRelationship between nitrogenase activity, stability and the ratio of components in mixed cultures of diazotrophic bacteria Microbiology 66 676–680 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK1cXmtVWm
Zuberer D 1994 Recovery and enumeration of viable bacteria. In Methods of Soil Analysis, part 2 Microbial and Biochemical Properties. Eds. R W Weaver, J S Angle and P␣S␣Bottomley, pp. 118–144. Madison, WI. USA: Soil Sci. Soc. Am., Inc.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Meunchang, S., Panichsakpatana, S. & Weaver, R.W. Inoculation of sugar mill by-products compost with N2-fixing bacteria. Plant Soil 271, 219–225 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-004-2389-3
Received:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-004-2389-3