Evaluation of cornstalk as bulking agent on greenhouse gases emission and bacterial community during further composting

• DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125713
• Publication Date: 2021-08-04T07:07:43Z
• Authors: Tao Liu; Mukesh Kumar Awasthi; Shivpal Verma; Shiyi Qin; Sanjeev Kumar Awa...; Huimin Liu; Yuwen Zhou; Zengqiang Zhang
• Keywords: Amendment; Chicken manure

The aim of current work was to explore the impact of Cornstalk (CS) on greenhouse gaseous emission and maturation during further composting and analyzed its impact on bacterial diversity. Three kinds of immature fertilizers were collected from chicken, pig and dairy manure namely T1, T2 and T3 as control, T4, T5 and T6 were added CS into T1 to T3 and adjusted C/N to 25 namely treatment. The results illustrated that gases (N2O, CH4 and NH3) emission of CS added treatments decreased by 6.39%-24.68%, 10.60%-23.23% and 13.00%-19.58%, respectively. But the CS amendment increased CO2 emission by 15.53%-30.81%. The mineralization of carbon and nitrogen was mainly correlated to Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Proteobacteria and Bacteroidota, CS amendment increased abundance by 22.28%, 17.79%, 1.48% and 35.90%, respectively. The strategy of employing CS would be the most feasible approach for recycling of immature manure, considering its compost quality and environmental from farm.