THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC, BIO AND MINERAL ORE MIXTURE FERTILIZERS ON YIELD AND QUALITY OF TOMATO UNDER NORTH SINAI CONDITIONS | ||||
Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research | ||||
Article 1, Volume 43, Issue 2, March 2016, Page 349-362 PDF (250.76 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/zjar.2016.101516 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Tagreed A.M. Badawi ![]() | ||||
Plant Prod. Dept., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., El-Arish, Suez Canal Univ., Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
A field study was carried out during summer seasons of 2014 and 2015 at the Experimental Farm of the Faculty of Environmental Agricultural Sciences, El-Arish, Suez CanalUniversity. It aims to study the effect of organic, bio and a mixture of natural mineral ore fertilizers on the productivity and quality of tomato fruits using local hybrid "Alisa" under sandy soil conditions using drip-irrigation system. The experiment included nine treatments as follows: T1= 5.7 ton of compost/ fad. (40 kg N) + 80kg N/ fad., from ammonium sulfate (20.5% N) as control, T2= 11.4 ton of compost/fad. (80kg N), T3= 17.1 ton of compost/fad. (120kg N), T4= 11.4 ton of compost/fad. (80kg N) + 1 ton mixture of natural mineral ore /fad., T5= 17.1 ton of compost/fad. (120kg N) + 1 ton mixture of natural mineral ore /fad., T6= 11.4 ton of compost/fad. (80kg N) + 400 g/fad. nitrogen fixing bacteria containing (NFB) Azotobacter chroococcum, T7= 17.1 ton of compost/fad. (120kg N) + NFB, T8= 11.4 ton of compost/fad. (80kg N) + 1 ton/fad. mixture of natural mineral ore, T9=- 17.1 ton of compost/fad., (120kg N) + 1 ton/fad. mixture of natural mineral ore + NFB. Application of 17.1 ton of compost/fad. (120 kg N/fad.) + one ton/ fad., mixture of natural mineral ore + NFB recorded the highest significant values of total fresh and dry weight, leaf area/ plant, growth attributes, photosynthetic pigments, early and total yield as well as fruit quality. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Organic fertilizer; bio-fertilizer; mineral ore mixture; yield; tomato | ||||
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