Potato production by using different magnesium and vermiwash spray applications | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Agronomy | ||
| Volume 47, Issue 3, September 2025, Pages 619-627 PDF (599.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/agro.2025.338920.1570 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Intsar Essa1; Heba El-Batran2; Yasmin Abd Elmohsen2; Ahmed Hamza2; Khaled Mohamed Abd El-Rheem* 3; Mona El-Azab4 | ||
| 1Plant Nutrition Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| 2Vegetable Research Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| 3Soil and Water use Dept., National Research Centre | ||
| 4Soils and Water Use Dept., National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A field experiment was conducted to study the effects of different concentrations of vermiwash (1, 3 and 6 L fed-1) complemented by foliar application of magnesium (1000, 2000 and 4000 ppm) on growth, yield, nutritional status of potato plant (Solanum tuberosum, L. cv Kara) at the Agricultural Production and Research Station, National Research Centre (NRC), Nubaria Province, Egypt during two successive winter seasons 2023 and 2024. The obtained results revealed that the combination between using vermiwash and Mg foliar application resulted in improved growth and yield parameters of potato plants. As for crop quality, including the protein and starch content of tubers and the total chlorophyll content of leaves, it was noted that spraying magnesium and vermiwash was important in improving these qualities in potato plants during the two successive growing seasons, especially with spraying high concentrations of magnesium and vermiwash. Spraying magnesium increased the tubers’ nitrogen and magnesium content, while there was no significant effect on both phosphorus and potassium. Spraying vermi-wash on plants had little effect on the nitrogen and phosphorus content of tubers, while it did not significantly affect the potassium and magnesium content of tubers. In order to get a high crop with high quality requirements, it is vital to consider spraying plants with magnesium, one of the primary nutrients important for plant life. Vermiwash is another organic material that soil worms can make and that can be utilized to produce a high yield. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Magnesium; Vermiwash; Potato; Productivity; Nutrients content | ||
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