Agronomic Traits of Corn Fertilized with Sewage Sludge
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Agronomic Traits of Corn Fertilized with Sewage Sludge
This article was downloaded by: [Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florest] On: 28 June 2012, At: 11:40 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/lcss20 Agronomic Traits of Corn Fertilized with Sewage Sludge a a Fernando Giovannetti de Macedo , Wanderley José de Melo , a a Luciana Cristina Souza Merlino , Marina Hernandez Ribeiro , b Marcos Antonio Camacho & Gabriel Maurício Peruca de Melo c a Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, Brazil b Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco, Descalvado, Brazil c Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Aquidauana, Brazil Accepted author version posted online: 20 Jun 2012. 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Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 43:1790–1799, 2012 Copyright © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC ISSN: 0010-3624 print / 1532-2416 online DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.684987 Downloaded by [Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florest] at 11:40 28 June 2012 Agronomic Traits of Corn Fertilized with Sewage Sludge FERNANDO GIOVANNETTI DE MACEDO,1 WANDERLEY JOSÉ DE MELO,1 LUCIANA CRISTINA SOUZA MERLINO,1 MARINA HERNANDEZ RIBEIRO,1 MARCOS ANTONIO CAMACHO,2 AND GABRIEL MAURÍCIO PERUCA DE MELO3 1 Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal, Brazil 2 Universidade Camilo Castelo Branco, Descalvado, Brazil 3 Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul, Aquidauana, Brazil Although research on the environmental impacts of using waste as a fertilizer is of great importance, the basic principle for using a product as fertilizer is that it should provide nutrients for plants without causing any harm to them. The objective of this study was to evaluate the agronomic traits (number of nodes, plant height, leaf number, yield, and protein content of grains) and the nutritional status of corn treated with sewage sludge. The experiment was conducted in the municipality of Jaboticabal in a Red Latosol. A randomized block design with four treatments (0, 55, 110, and 167.5 Mg ha−1 of sewage sludge) and five repetitions was used. At 30 days after emergence (DAE), the dose of 110 Mg ha−1 dry weight presented greater values for plant height, leaf number and stem diameter. At 60 DAE, the treatments did not affect the agronomic traits. No influence from the treatments tested was observed for protein content of grains and yield. The dose of 167.5 Mg ha−1 showed greater weight of 100 seeds. All treatments showed nutritional imbalances. This study confirmed the agricultural potential of sewage sludge as a source of nutrients. Keywords Corn, sewage sludge, urban sludge Introduction In modern agriculture, large quantities of chemicals are distributed over the soil surface in the form of mineral fertilizers and organic, insecticides and herbicides, and even diverse residues (Costa et al. 1999). When sewage sludge for agricultural purposes is concerned, the first thing that comes to mind is the risk of environmental contamination, either by heavy metals, leaching of nitrate, presence of pathogens, or others. Although research on the environmental impacts of their use are of great importance, the basic principle for using a product as fertilizer is that it should provide nutrients for plants without causing any harm to them. Received 30 August 2010; accepted 29 November 2011. Address correspondence to Fernando Giovannetti de Macedo, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Via de acesso Professor Paulo Donato Castellane, km 5. CEP 14870-000. Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected] 1790 Downloaded by [Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florest] at 11:40 28 June 2012 Agronomic Traits of Corn 1791 Sewage sludge has shown to be a potential input of organic source for crops, as it has important characteristics for the soil physical, chemical, and biological properties. This residue provides elements such as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), and sulfur (S) and micronutrients varying in concentration according to the source and treatment method (Melo et al. 1994). However, in general, it appears that sewage sludge is presented as unbalanced in relation to the concentration of nutrients. Thus, it could be harmful to crops, either by excess or shortage of some nutrients that could be toxic in the first case and insufficient in the second, but both limiting to production. The efficiency of plants to obtain sufficient quantities of a nutrient for full development not only depends on the concentration of this element in the available form but also on certain environmental and physiological factors of the plant, which may affect its absorption. Among environmental factors, the element type and its concentration in relation to others, along with the presence of other elements, are worth mentioning (Carmelo 1989). If the contents of an element are changed by imbalanced fertilization, problems such as deficiency may occur (Malavolta 1980). Thus, imbalances between its concentrations cause reciprocal influences in the availability, absorption, and translocation in plants (Fernandes and Carvalho 2001). In general, excesses or deficiencies are visually identified only in extreme cases where human intervention no longer recovers such losses. During the crop development, agronomic parameters considered simple could be measured to identify suspected growth disorders. However, in most cases, nutrient imbalances are checked only at the end of the crop cycle with the productivity evaluation. Another relevant factor is to determine the nutrient concentration in the plant to assess the nutritional status of the culture. This study aimed to evaluate agronomic traits (number of nodes, plant height, leaf number, yield, and protein content of grains), as well as the nutritional status of corn treated with sewage sludge. Materials and Methods The experiment began in November 1997 and has been conducted at the experimental field of the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, UNESP, Jaboticabal, Brazil, located at an altitude of 610 m with the following geographic coordinates: 21◦ 15 22 S and 48◦ 15 18 W. The climate is Aw, according to the Köppen classification. The area has a clayey-textured red kaolinitic A moderate latosol LVef (EMBRAPA 2006), whose chemical properties (0–0.2 m deep) before the 11th year of the experiment are shown in Table 1. A randomized block design (RBD) with four treatments and five replications was used. The initial treatments were control (without fertilization), 2.5, 5, and 10 Mg ha−1 of sewage sludge (dry basis). From the second year on, the control treatment was fertilized according to the soil fertility analysis and information contained in the report of Raij and Cantarella (1997). From the fourth year on, based on results obtained so far and in an attempt to cause phytotoxicity, it was decided to change the dose from 2.5 to 20 Mg ha−1 so that the cumulative doses in year 11 were 0, 55, 110, and 167.5 Mg ha−1 of sewage sludge on a dry basis (Table 2). It was assumed that one third of the N contained in the residue would be available to plants. For doses of sewage sludge in which one third of the N present would not meet the corn crop requirements, a mineral source (ammonium sulfate) was applied in coverage. 1792 F. G. de Macedo et al. Table 1 Chemical characterization of LVef (0–0.2 m) prior to the experiment in the 11th growing season (2007/2008) OM Presin K Ca Mg H + Al SB T Treatments (g (SS Mg (mg (mmolc (mmolc (mmolc (mmolc (mmolc (mmolc V pH ha−1 ) (CaCl2 ) dm−3 ) dm−3 ) dm−3 ) dm−3 ) dm−3 ) dm−3 ) dm−3 ) dm−3 ) (%) Downloaded by [Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florest] at 11:40 28 June 2012 0 55 110 167.5 5.0 5.1 5.2 4.7 27 27 30 31 49 50 87 107 4.5 2.8 3.0 1.8 27 33 40 33 6 8 9 7 38 34 34 58 37.5 43.8 52.0 41.8 75.5 77.8 86.0 99.8 50 56 60 42 Note. SS, sewage sludge. Table 2 Treatments during the 11 years of the experiment Sewage sludge (Mg ha−1 ) dry weight Year 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 T1 T2 T3 T4 Without fertilization Mineral fertilization Mineral fertilization Mineral fertilization Mineral fertilization Mineral fertilization Mineral fertilization Mineral fertilization Mineral fertilization Mineral fertilization Mineral fertilization 2.5 2.5 2.5 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Corn was the crop used until the sixth to ninth growing seasons. On the seventh and eighth years, sunflower and crotalaria were used, respectively, for crop rotation because the corn crop productivity has decreased over time in all treatments. The sewage sludge used in the experiment was obtained from the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WTP) located in Franca, Brazil. For the chemical characterization of the sewage sludge (Table 3), six single samples were collected at different points in the residue mass, which were mixed and combined in a composite sample. The residue was thrown to the respective plots in the total area, evenly distributed in the respective doses of each treatment with the moisture content reaching the WTP (around 73%), and incorporated by means of light harrow (about 10 cm deep). The plots of the control treatment were grooved at distances of 0.90 m and mineral fertilizers nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) were immediately applied adjacent to and below the sowing furrow, using 30 kg of N, 50 kg of P2 O5 , and 50 kg of K2 O per hectare, using the following as source of these nutrients: urea (45% N), simple superphosphate (18% P2 O5 ), and potassium chloride (60% K2 O). Only K was applied in plots treated Agronomic Traits of Corn 1793 Table 3 Chemical characterization of sewage sludge used in the 11th year of experimentation Downloaded by [Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florest] at 11:40 28 June 2012 Element N (g kg−1 ) P (g kg−1 ) K (g kg−1 ) Ca (g kg−1 ) Mg (g kg−1 ) S (g kg−1 ) Cu (mg kg−1 ) Fe (mg kg−1 ) Mn (mg kg−1 ) Zn (mg kg−1 ) B (mg kg−1 ) Mo (mg kg−1 ) Cr (mg kg−1 ) Cd (mg kg−1 ) Ni (mg kg−1 ) Pb (mg kg−1 ) Ba (mg kg−1 ) Co (mg kg−1 ) Value 33.42 38.23 1.50 25.20 3.52 5.28 572.55 184100.00 726.99 1028.30 71.65 2.77 284.46 3.27 56.63 77.28 306.55 29.04 with sewage sludge, applying 41, 32, and 14 kg ha−1 K2 O in plots that received doses of 5, 10, and 20 Mg ha−1 of sewage sludge, respectively. The crop was then sown and when the seedlings were about 0.2 m in height, thinning was carried out, leaving 5 to 7 plants per linear meter. Two coverage fertilizations were performed, one at 28 and another at 49 days after emergence (DAE). The first cover received, per hectare, 80 kg of N and 40 kg of K2 O in the control and 5 Mg ha−1 treatments, 70 kg of N, and 40 kg of K2 O in the treatment 10 Mg ha−1 and 40 kg K2 O in treatment 20 Mg ha−1 . The second cover received, per hectare, 60 and 40 kg of N in the control treatment and 5 Mg ha−1 , respectively, using ammonium sulfate and potassium chloride as source of N and K, respectively. All values related to fertilization are in accordance with recommendations contained in the report of Raij and Cantarella (1997) for corn. At 30 and 60 DAE, the number of nodes, leaves, stem diameter, and plant height were evaluated. For this, five plants from four central rows from each repetition were randomly selected. For the stem diameter, calipers were used, and the stem (stalk) was measured at 0.15 m above the ground. For plant height, the vertical distance between the ground and the insert of the last leaf on the stem was considered. Also at 60 DAE, leaves for diagnosis were collected (Malavolta, Vitti, and Oliveira 1997) to assess the nutritional status (macronutrients and micronutrients) of plants according to the method used by Malavolta, Vitti, and Oliveira (1997). The leaves were washed as follows: running water, water + detergent solution (1 mL L−1 ), distilled water, and deionized water. After washing, the leaves were placed in paper bags and placed to dry with Downloaded by [Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florest] at 11:40 28 June 2012 1794 F. G. de Macedo et al. forced-air circulation maintained at 60–70 ◦ C until obtaining a constant weight. After drying, the material was ground in a Willey-type mill equipped with a 40-mesh sieve, packed in polyethylene bags, properly identified, and stored in a dry chamber until the time of analysis. In leaf diagnosis, the Kjeldahl-N content was determined according to method described in Melo (1974), which consists in oxidizing organic-N to ammonia-N by sulfuric acid in the presence of catalyzers and temperatures raisers. The ammonia-N produced was determined by steam distillation. Phosphorus, K, Ca, Mg, and S were determined in the extract obtained by digestion of samples with nitric acid (HNO3 ) + hydrogen peroxide (H2 O2 ) + hydrochloric acid (HCl) submitted to a temperature of 100 ◦ C as described by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA 1996). Phosphorus was determined by colorimetric method (Malavolta, Vitti, and Oliveira 1997), Ca and Mg were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry with air-acetylene flame, K was measured by flame photometry (Sarruge and Haag, 1974), and S was found by turbidimetry (Vitti 1989). Micronutrients Cu, Fe, Mn, and Zn were determined by atomic absorption spectrometry with air-acetylene flame in the extract obtained by the method described in USEPA (1996). Molybdenum was determined by colorimetry and B with azomethine-H, also by colorimetry [both described in Tedesco et al. (1995)]. For the crude protein contents in grain, the total-N contents were multiplied by 6.25 as suggested by Villegas, Ortega, and Bauer (1985). A sampling of ears (for determining the productivity) occurred at 128 DAE, collecting the ears from plants located at three linear meters from the central line of each plot. The grain productivity was expressed as mass, with moisture content adjusted to 13%. The weight of 100 seeds was obtained by the average of five samples randomly collected from each treatment. The results were submitted to analysis of variance. In cases where the F test was significant at 1% or 5% of probability, regression analysis was applied using the ASSISTAT statistical program (Silva and Azevedo 2002). Results and Discussion For plant height, leaf number, and stem diameter at 30 DAE, the treatment that received 110 Mg ha−1 of sewage sludge presented the greatest values (Table 4); that is, this was the treatment that provided the greatest plant development in the period mentioned. A major concern when using organic fertilizers is about the availability of nutrients in a timely manner to meet the crop requirements. In this sense, and for the parameters evaluated, the sewage sludge proved to be a better choice when compared to the control treatment in all doses applied. Although in this period, the amount of nutrients demanded by the crop was small, for example, less than 0.5 kg ha−1 day−1 of N (Schröder et al. 2000), which was the nutrient most absorbed by corn plants, and the reproductive period was still distant, nutritional deficiencies during this period directly affect the production quantity and quality (Schreiber, Stanberry, and Tucker 1988). As observed in Table 5, the agronomic traits evaluated at 30 DAE consistently showed a quadratic regression with the lowest values for control, increasing at dose of 50 Mg ha−1 up to dose of 110 Mg ha−1 , which was the peak, and then decreasing once again at the greatest sewage sludge dose applied. At 60 DAE, the treatments did not affect the agronomic traits evaluated. This effect was expected because if no severe nutrient restrictions are observed, there was a tendency Agronomic Traits of Corn 1795 Table 4 Agronomic traits (plant height, stem diameter, leaf number, productivity, protein content of grains, and weight of 100 seeds) of corn plants submitted to different doses of sewage sludge doses of sewage sludge (Mg ha−1 ) Downloaded by [Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florest] at 11:40 28 June 2012 Agronomic traits Plant height (m) 30 DAE Stem diameter (m) 30 DAE Leaf number 30 DAE Plant height (m) 60 DAE Stem diameter (m) 60 DAE Leaf number 60 DAE Productivity (Mg ha−1 ) Protein content of grains (g kg−1 ) Weight of 100 seeds (g) 0.0 55.0 110.0 167.5 0.4036 0.0102 7.44 2.02 0.0316 14.4 11.85 91.21 24.98 0.4872 0.0144 7.84 2.08 0.0297 14.8 13.35 96.84 26.93 0.4956 0.0142 8.08 2.06 0.0298 15.2 10.97 91.55 26.73 0.4784 0.0138 7.96 2.00 0.0302 14.8 12.01 99.46 27.42 Note. DAE, days after emergence. Table 5 Regression equations expressing the effect of doses of sewage sludge on agronomic traits (plant height, stem diameter, leaf number, productivity, protein content of grains, and weight of 100 seeds) of corn plants Agronomic traits Plant height (m) 30 DAE Stem diameter (m) 30 DAE Leaf number 30 DAE Plant height (m) 60 DAE Stem diameter (m) 60 DAE Leaf number 60 DAE Productivity Protein content of grains Weight of 100 seeds (g) Regression equation VC (%) Determination coefficient R2 y = −0.000008x2 + 0.0018x + 0.4063 y = −0.00004x2 + 0.0081x + 1.0415 y = −0.00004x2 + 0.0103x + 7.4303 — — — — — y = 0.0127x + 25.457 6.80 0.97∗∗ 8.59 0.92∗∗ 3.23 0.99∗ 8.80 7.32 6.67 14.67 7.68 5.96 ns ns ns ns ns 0.74∗ Note. VC, variation coefficient; ns, not significant. ∗∗ Significant at 1% of probability. ∗ Significant at 5% probability. for visual uniformity between treatment plants along the cycle. However, for the weight of 100 seeds (Tables 4 and 5), there was an increasing linear regression from the control up to the treatment using the greatest dose of sewage sludge, indicating that for this parameter, the residue has been always more effective than chemical fertilization. Downloaded by [Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florest] at 11:40 28 June 2012 1796 F. G. de Macedo et al. According to Carvalho and Nakagawa (2000), larger seeds or those with greater density within the same species are potentially more robust than smaller and less dense ones, resulting in more developed seedlings. Therefore, for the purpose of seed production, the greatest dose of sewage sludge applied was the most recommended. The treatments did not influence productivity and protein content of grains, which had means of 12.05 Mg ha−1 and 93.98 g kg−1 , respectively. Although the application of sewage sludge did not result in increases in productivity, it was worth recalling that all treatments that received sewage sludge also received mineral fertilizer (K and N). Literature shows that in some cases when using a composition of mineral and organic fertilizers, this can provide a greater demand for fertilizer to achieve maximum productivity, as found by Ferreira et al. (2006), and even decreases in productivity as obtained by Oliveira et al. (2000). In this sense, the fact of sewage sludge provides productivity similar to mineral fertilizer is advantageous, because works as those of Dou, Alva, and Khakural (1997) indicate that this residue has greater economic returns in relation to chemical fertilizers. As for the nutritional status assessment, all treatments showed imbalances (Tables 6 and 7). The N and P concentrations, major nutrients supplied by sewage sludge, were above the critical level (Malavolta, Vitti, and Oliveira 1997); however, the control treatment that has been fertilized according to the most widely used recommendations also had its leaf N and P concentrations above recommended levels, indicating that the chemical fertilizer used exceeds the corn crop requirements. From the six macronutrients assessed, only K was within the ideal limits in all treatments, but its source in the experiment was almost all the chemical fertilizer, because the sewage sludge used had only 1.5 g kg−1 of K, making necessary the use of potassium chloride to supply the deficiency. Calcium showed a linear and growing concentration from the control and, like N, it remained always above the critical level. Sulfur was the only macronutrient that had levels below the target level in all treatments. Although sewage sludge does not present large amounts of S, the control treatment was fertilized with simple superphosphate and ammonium sulfate, in sufficient amounts to meet the corn crop requirements, and still presented deficiency. The explanation of this effect may be the excess of N, because there Table 6 Foliar contents of macronutrients in leaves diagnosis of corn plants treated with sewage sludge Treatments (Mg ha−1 SS) N (g kg−1 ) P (g kg−1 ) K (g kg−1 ) Ca (g kg−1 ) Mg (g kg−1 ) S (g kg−1 ) 0 55 110 167.5 Ideala 35.8 36.3 37 38 27.5–32.5 3.8 3.7 4.3 4.2 2.5–3.5 Note. SS, sewage sludge, dry basis. a Malavolta et al. (1997). 21.9 17.9 21.4 20.4 17.5–22.5 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.6 2.4–4.0 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.7 2.5–4.0 0.9 0.6 0.9 0.6 1.5–2.0 Agronomic Traits of Corn 1797 Table 7 Regression equations expressing the effect of doses of sewage sludge on the concentration of nutrients in corn leaves diagnosis treated with sewage sludge Regression equation VC (%) Determination coefficient R2 — y = −0.000006x3 + 0.0003x2 − 0.0164x + 3.8 y = −0.00005x3 + 0.0032x2 − 0.2117x + 21.9 y = 0.0049x + 4.8 — y = −0.000006x3 + 0.0003x2 − 0.0169x + 0.908 y = 0.0673x + 126.95 y = 0.0005x2 − 0.0241x + 11.315 y = 0.00003x3 − 0.0087x2 + 0.6152x + 52.011 y = 0.0004x2 − 0.0603x + 26.52 y = −0,0000008x2 − 0.0009x + 11.046 y = −0.000006x + 0.0352 2.74 5.79 10.93 8.63 17.37 17.40 ns 0.99∗ 0.99∗ 0.94∗∗ ns 0.99∗∗ 6.07 16.48 5.29 4.15 4.16 20.18 0.87∗ 0.99∗∗ 0.99∗∗ 0.98∗∗ 0.71∗ 0.99∗ Downloaded by [Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florest] at 11:40 28 June 2012 Nutrient N P K Ca Mg S Fe Zn B Mn Cu Mo Note. VC, variation coefficient; ns, not significant. ∗∗ Significant at 1% of probability. ∗ Significant at 5% of probability. Table 8 Foliar contents of micronutrient in leaves diagnosis of corn plants treated with sewage sludge Treatments (Mg ha−1 SS) Fe (mg kg−1 ) Zn (mg kg−1 ) B (mg kg−1 ) Mn (mg kg−1 ) Cu (mg kg−1 ) Mo (mg kg−1 ) 0 55 110 167.5 Ideala 126.9 130.6 134.3 138.2 50–250 11.3 11.5 14.7 21.2 15–50 52.0 64.6 55.4 56.2 15–20 26.5 24.4 24.6 27.3 50–150 11.0 11.0 10.9 10.9 6–20 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.15–0.20 Note. SS, sewage sludge, dry basis. a Malavolta et al. (1997). are reports in literature of ionic competition between these elements. A similar effect was identified by Neves et al. (2005). In relation to micronutrients (Tables 7 and 8), only iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) were within the range considered ideal for corn crop, although these may have been supplied by the original soil, since its mineral composition presents these nutrients in considerable amounts. Molybdenum (Mo) and manganese (Mn) were less than the ideal levels, whereas boron (B) was greater. Zinc (Zn) showed values within the ideal range for corn crop only in the treatment that received the greatest dose of sewage sludge. After Fe, Zn is the micronutrient found in the greatest quantity in the sewage sludge applied, with the Downloaded by [Instituto de Pesquisas e Estudos Florest] at 11:40 28 June 2012 1798 F. G. de Macedo et al. lowest dose being sufficient to meet the corn crop requirements. For this purpose, a series of hypotheses can be raised. The main one is related to the organic matter of waste, which could be complexing this element. Because the P concentration is greater than the ideal levels, literature shows a series of proposals that relate these two elements for concentration, availability, and absorption. The most widely accepted are for the antagonism between nutrients with a predominance of P by inhibiting the Zn absorption, the precipitation of elements with the formation of salts, and finally the dilution factor that occurs by increasing dry-matter content driven by P absorption. Although the crop productivity has reached considerable values, it appears that with the occurrence of imbalances in all treatments, the ideal situation would be to correct the deficiencies via chemical fertilization, and for the balance of excesses, crop rotation should be adopted using more species demanding these nutrients. Conclusions The dose of 110 Mg ha−1 at 30 DAE had greater values for plant height, leaf number, and stem diameter. At 60 DAE, the treatments did not affect the agronomic traits assessed. For the protein content of grains and yield, no influence from treatments was observed either. The dose of 167.5 Mg ha−1 provided greater weight of 100 seeds. 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