Abstract:
A pot experiment was conducted to compare the effects of municipal solid waste compost and chemical fertilizer on the growth of ryegrass(
Lolium perenne L.) in different soils. The results show that the compost and chemical fertilizer significantly increase the dry matter production of ryegrass.The application of 50t/hm
2 of compost alone inceases the dry matter yield by 39.53% and 109.38%, while that of chemical NPK alone, by 267.44% and 406.25% for Yangchun and Da'an soils,respectively. The combination of compost and chemical NPK( NPK+C
25 for Yangchun and NPK+C
50 for Da'an) shows the highest crop yields. The contents of soil organic carbon,available P,K,Fe,Mn,Zn,Cu,and pH are obviously increased after the treatment with compost.