EFFECT OF CHEMICALFERTILIZER, POULTRY MANURE AND BIOFERTILIZER ON GROWTH, YIELD AND CHEMICAL CONTENTS OF TOMATO PLANTS. | ||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||
| Article 14, Volume 32, Issue 8, August 2007, Pages 6583-6594 PDF (728.41 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2007.220188 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Z. F. Fawzy,1; A. M. El- Bassiony1; S. A. Saleh2 | ||
| 1Veg. Res. Dept., National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| 2Hort. Technology Dept., National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Two field experiments were carried out during the two successive seasons of 2005 and 2006 at Banha ( Qalubia Governorate ) to study the effect of rates of poultry manure and chemical nitrogen fertilizer with or without Biofertilizer " Nitrobin " at rates of 500 g./fed. on growth, yield, quality and chemical contents of tomato plants cv. Gs 12. Obtained data showed that using 50 % poultry manure + 50 % mineral fertilizer or 25 % poultry manure + 75 % mineral fertilizer increasing significantly all vegetative growth characteristics (plant length, number of leaves / plant and number of shoots / plants) in the two seasons of study. The highest yield and fruit quality (fruit length, fruit diameter, fruit weight and T.S.S) was found by 25 % poultry manure + 75 % nitrogen mineral fertilizer or 50 % poultry manure + 50 % mineral fertilizer. Using biofertilizer (Nitrobin) increased significantly the vegetative growth characters (plant length, number of leaves and shoots/ plant). Also,using biofertilizer increased significantly the total yield and quality of tomato fruits. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Tomato; Biofertilizer; Poultry manure; Growth; Yield; Chemical contents | ||
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