NITROGEN AND POTASSIUM STATUS IN SOIL AS AFFECTED BY FYM RATES, POTASSIUM FERTILIZER LEVELS AND SILICATE BACTERIA | ||||
Journal of Soil Sciences and Agricultural Engineering | ||||
Article 10, Volume 33, Issue 1, January 2008, Page 835-846 PDF (835.88 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jssae.2008.166842 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
S. A. Hammad1; E. M. Selim2; M. R. Mohamed3; M. M. EL-Shazly3 | ||||
1Soil Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Egypt . | ||||
2Soils & Water Use Dept., National Res Centre (NRC), Doki, Egypt | ||||
3Plant Nutrition Dept., Soil, Water & Env. Inst., A. R. Centre, Giza. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
To study the effect of farmyard manure rates (0, 10 and 20m3 fed-1), silicate bacteria (without and with inoculation) and potassium fertilizer levels (0, 50 and 100 K kg fed-1) on status of soil-N and K nutrients at different growth stages of potato plants cultivated in alluvial soil, a field experiment was laid out at private farm (Kafr EL-Arab, Talkha, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt during winter 2005/2006 season. The obtained results could be summarized as follows: Obtained results show that increasing rates of farmyard manure from 0 up 10 to 20 m3 fed-1, K fertilizer levels from 0 up 50 to 100 kg fed -1 and inoculation of silicate bacteria (Bacillus circulans) markedly increased tuber yield (ton fed-1) of potato plants at 70, 90 and 110 days after planting during (DAP) 2005/2006 season. Data clear that application of farmyard manure (FYM) had a positive effect on soil-N forms contents i. e. NO-3, NH+4 and total available N (TAN) at 70, 90 and 110 DAP, respectively. Also, data reveal that the contents of soil-NO-3, NH+4 and total available N (mg kg soil-1) slightly affected due to inoculation of silicate bacteria as compared to the control, respectively. Moreover, application of K fertilizer had a slight effect on contents of soil-NO-3 and total available N (mg kg soil-1). Meanwhile, there is a descent trend on soil-NH+4 content due to increasing levels of potassium fertilizer at 70, 90 and 110 DAP during 2005/2006 season. Statistical analysis reveal that, the addition of farmyard manure0 up 10 to 20 m3 fed-1, silicate bacteria (Bacillus circulans) and K-fertilizer from 0 up to 50 and 100 K kg fed-1 caused vigorously enhancing in available soil-K content (mg kg soil-1) at different growth stages of potato crop at 70, 90 and 110 DAP. Multiple linear regression from the following equation revealed that N-forms and available soil-K had a pronounced effect on predicting the tuber yield (ton fed-1) of potato plants (r2 = 88.5%). The expected equation to predict the tuber yield was:- Tuber yield (ton fed-1) = 3.73 + 0.131soil-NO-3 - 0.165 soil-NH+4 + 0.284 soil-TAN + 0.641 available soil-K. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
FYM; Silicate bacteria; K fertilizer; Soil-N forms; Available soil-K | ||||
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