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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 24, No. 6, 545-551 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X06068517

Sulphur mineralization kinetics of cattle manure and green waste compost in soils

Alessandro Saviozzi

Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Roberto Cardelli

Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, cardelli{at}agr.unipi.it

Silvia Cipolli

Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Renato Levi-Minzi

Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Riccardo Riffaldi

Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Sulphur mineralization of cattle manure (CM) and green waste compost (GWC) added to six agricultural soils with different chemical properties was monitored over 10 weeks in a laboratory incubation experiment. Although the amount of sulphur was higher in CM than in GWC, the cumulative SO4 2--S values in GWC-treated soils were higher than in soil amended with CM. The percentages of mineralized S were always higher in GWC-treated soil (in the range 1.3-8.5%) than in CM-treated soil (in the range 0.9-3.8%). In three of the six soils, particularly for CM, an immobilization of sulphur was observed. Three kinetic models were evaluated for their suitability to describe the mineralization process. The first-order model best described S mineralization for both amended and control soils. The GWC substantially increased the amount of potentially mineralizable S (S 0) relative to the controls. In GWC-treated soils, the rates of S mineralization (k) were higher than rates in the controls. The k of CM-amended soils was often lower than the k of control soils. Parameters derived from the model were tested as indices for assessing the relationships between S mineralization and soil characteristics. The S 0 was positively correlated to the amount of cumulative SO4 2--S and also to the content of organic C, N and S in soil.

Key Words: Soil properties • sulphur mineralization • kinetic models • cattle manure • green waste compost • wmr 922-2216630


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