Impact of Bio- and Chemical Fertilization on Growth, Yield, Essential Oil and Chemical Composition of Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill.) Plant | ||||
Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
Article 2, Volume 29, Issue 3, December 2021, Page 887-900 PDF (345.31 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ajs.2021.77849.1383 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Omniea Allam 1; Soheir Hassan1; Awad Kandil1; Ahmed Abdel Hamid 1; Abdallah Korayem2 | ||||
1Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
2Agricultural Microbiology Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
A pot experiment was carried out in seventeen levels of fertilization to evaluate the effect of the bio-fertilizer mixture alone or in combination with chemical fertilizer (NPK) on Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill). Bio-fertilizer was a mixture of Azotobacter chroococcum, Bacillus circulans and Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza. Results indicated that the use of bio-fertilizer at 3.75 ml/pot four times with 25% of NPK gave the highest significant values of vegetative growth, yield parameters, and NPK uptake; how-ever, fertilizing with bio-fertilizers without NPK application showed the lowest significant values in the two experimental seasons. The same addition of bio-fertilizer gave the highest significant values of total microbial count of soil and increased cumulative CO2; whereas the addition of 100% NPK gave the lowest significant values in both seasons. The full dose of NPK significantly increased volatile oil percentage while the addition of bio-fertilizer only significantly decreased it in both seasons. GC analysis of essential oil showed that the highest percentage of anethol (12.77 %) was obtained by applying 3.75 ml/pot bio-fertilizer added one time + 25% NPK and de-creased estragole (72.78%). | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Fennel; Bio-fertilization; Azotobacter chroococcum; Bacillus circulans; Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza; Essential oil | ||||
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