Hindawi Publishing Corporation Applied and Environmental Soil Science Volume 2012, Article ID 638984, 7 pages doi:10.1155/2012/638984 Research Article Soil Nutrient Availability, Plant Nutrient Uptake, and Wild Blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium Ait.) Yield in Response to N-Viro Biosolids and Irrigation Applications Aitazaz A. Farooque,1 Farhat Abbas,2 Qamar U. Zaman,1 Ali Madani,1 David C. Percival,1 and Muhammad Arshad1 1 Engineering Department, Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Truro, NS, Canada B2N 5E3 2 Department of Environmental Sciences, GC University Faisalabad, Punjab, Faisalabad, Pakistan Correspondence should be addressed to Qamar U. Zaman,
[email protected] Received 25 March 2011; Revised 8 May 2011; Accepted 23 May 2011 Academic Editor: David C. Weindorf Copyright © 2012 Aitazaz A. Farooque et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We compared the impact of surface broadcasted N-Viro biosolids and inorganic fertilizer (16.5% Ammonium sulphate, 34.5% Diammonium phosphate, 4.5% Potash, and 44.5% s and/or clay filler) applications on soil properties and nutrients, leaf nutrient concentration, and the fruit yield of lowbush blueberry under irrigated and nonirrigated conditions during 2008-2009 at Debert, NS, Canada. Application rates of N-Viro biosolids were more than double of inorganic fertilizer applied at a recommended N rate of 32 kg ha−1. The experimental treatments NI: N-Viro with irrigation, FI: inorganic fertilizer with irrigation, N: N-Viro without irrigation, and F: inorganic fertilizer without irrigation (control) were replicated four times under a randomized complete block design.