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Equilibrium Content between Nitrogen and Phosphorus for Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) Grown in a Clay Soil

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Soil fertility and plant nutrition

Abstract

This study aims to investigate the effect of different nitrogen concentrations (60, 120 and 180 mg L-1) applied in the form of ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) through fertigation and, also, phosphorus concentrations (15, 35 and 55 mg L-1) in the form of phosphoric acid (H3PO4), individually or in combination with each other, on the growth parameters and yield of lettuce plants (Lactuca sativa L.), as well as nitrate accumulation in plant tissues. The investigations were conducted under the field conditions during the two growing seasons of 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 at the experimental farm of Dokki site, Giza Governorate, Egypt, following a split plot design. Obtained results indicated that increasing N supplies up to 180 mg L-1 led to concurrent increase in the vegetative characters (i.e., plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves per plant and chlorophyll content) of lettuce plants. While the lowest growth and productivity of plants were obtained by applying 60 mg N L-1. Regarding the effects of P additions, increasing P supply up to 55 mg L-1 increased the growth and productivity of plants during both studied seasons. Interaction effect between N and P levels indicated that 180 mg N L-1 combined with 55 mg P L-1 gave the highest lettuce productivity followed by 180 mg N L-1 combined with 35 mg P L-1. The weight of lettuce head took the same trend of vegetative growth. The chemical analyses revealed that increase N dose led to increase the content of N, K, Ca and Mg as well as N-NO3- in plant tissues. Increase P level led to increase the P content. Finally, increase P level led to decrease N-NO3- and transformation rate of nitrate in plant tissues.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2021.86184.1458

Keywords

fertigation, nitrogen, phosphorus, lettuce yield, nutrient equilibrium, Nitrate accumulation

Authors

First Name

Tarek

Last Name

Younis

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate 12411, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt

Email

tarekzain66@gmail.com

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First Name

Shaimaa

Last Name

Hassan Abd-Elrahman

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Affiliation

Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture 11241, Ain Shams University, Qalubia, Egypt

Email

shaimaa_hassan@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

Faisal

Orcid

0000-0002-8211-417x

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abdrabbo

MiddleName

AA

Affiliation

Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate 12411, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt

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abdrabbo@yahoo.com

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Volume

61

Article Issue

2

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25782

Issue Date

2021-06-01

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2021-07-14

Publish Date

2021-06-01

Page Start

275

Page End

286

Print ISSN

0302-6701

Online ISSN

2357-0369

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Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/

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Equilibrium Content between Nitrogen and Phosphorus for Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) Grown in a Clay Soil

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Created At

22 Jan 2023