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A Comparison of Some Traditional and Nontraditional Organic Fertilizers for Murcott Tangerine Trees Production and Fruit Quality

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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This study was conducted during 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons to assess the efficacy of some types and levels of nitrogen on vegetative growth, mineral content, yield and fruit quality of 5 years old Murcott tangerine trees (Citrus reticulate, Blanco.) budded on Volkamer lemon rootstock and cultivated in “Hegazi orchard" located in Cairo to Alexandria desert road, Egypt at 2.5 × 5m apart. The experiment contain two factorsThe first factor was added nitrogen at two levels i.e., 90 and 120 kg actual N/fed while the second factor was added 5 types of nitrogen i.e., 100% Mineral nitrogen fertilizer (MNF), 50% Commercial plant residues compost (CRC) +50% (MNF), 50% Bagasse compost (BC) +50% (MNF), 50% Waterhyacinth compost (WHC) +50% (MNF) and 50% Chicken manure (CHM) +50% (MNF). A great increase in fruits number, fruit weight, yield, pulp weight, juice weight, pulp: fruit %, juice: pulp %, ascorbic acid and (N, K, Zn leaf content) were recorded by120 Kg actual N/fed. Generally, 50% WHC + % 50 MNF and 50 % CHM + %50 MNF gave the highest values of most characters followed closely by control. Therefore, it could be recommended by fertilizing young Murcott trees with (120 Kg actual N/fed) added as (50%WHC + %50 MNF) or (50 % CHM + %50 MNF) enhanced yield, fruit quality and it is an effective method for get rid of Water hyacinth weed by easier way.

DOI

10.21608/ejoh.2021.80073.1176

Keywords

Bagasse compost, chicken manure, Commercial plant residues compost, fruit quality, Mineral nitrogen fertilizers, Murcott tangerine trees, water hyacinth compost, yield

Authors

First Name

Noha

Last Name

Mansour

MiddleName

Ibrahim

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Department of horticulture faculty of Agricultur Ain Shams University

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noha_mansour@agr.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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0000-0002-3727-9303

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Nasser

MiddleName

abd elhamed

Affiliation

Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.

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mohamed_21884@agr.asu.edu.eg

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0000-0002-0328-2969

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48

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2

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23490

Issue Date

2021-08-01

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2021-06-10

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2021-08-01

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241

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255

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1110-0206

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2357-0903

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137

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Egyptian Journal of Horticulture

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22 Jan 2023