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Reducing chemical fertilizers partially by using natural alternative sources of organic fertilizers and its impact on “Hass” avocado trees.

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

This research was conducted on avocado trees (Persea americana, Mill.) “Hass" cv. during 2020/2021 seasons in a private orchard located at El-Nubaria region, El-Beheira Governorate, Egypt. It was an attempt to substitute chemical fertilizers (CF) such as N, P, K and Mg with organic fertilizers such as compost (COM) and natural fertilizer sources (NFS) followed by a study of its impact on vegetative growth, yield, fruit quality, and nutritional status. Organic fertilizer was used alone or in combination with CF to fulfill the requirements of each tree. It contains an identical amount of compost (20 kg/tree) in combination with four levels of NFS to cover 100%, 75%, 50% and 25% of the tree's requirements. Considering that, the natural fertilizer sources (NFS) were granulated organic N fertilizer and natural raw rocky materials for P, K and Mg. The previous treatments were compared with 100% mineral recommended doses of N, P, K and Mg (control). Results indicated that mineral fertilization significantly improved values of all tested properties compared with all treatments in both seasons of the study with no significant differences between it and 50% organic fertilizer (20kg COM+NFS) + 50% CF treatment in the 2nd season with regard to the following traits (shoot length, shoot number/branch, fruit weight and pulp weight).

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.135737.5978

Keywords

Avocado, Hass, Growth, yield, fruit quality and nutritional status

Authors

First Name

Eman A.A.

Last Name

Abd El-Moniem

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Affiliation

Horticultural Crops Technology Department, Agricultural and Biological Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Email

eman_abdel_moniem@yahoo.com

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Orcid

0000-0003-2737-4398

First Name

A.Y.I.

Last Name

Thabet

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Pomology Department, Agricultural and Biological Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Email

ahmed.yahiaibrahim@gmail.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0003-3489-472X

First Name

Adel M.R.A.

Last Name

Abdelaziz

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Central Lab of Organic Agriculture CLOA, Agricultural Research Center ARC, Giza, Egypt.

Email

dr.adel.organic@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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-

First Name

M.H.M.

Last Name

Baiea

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Horticultural Crops Technology Department, Agricultural and Biological Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Email

mh.baiea@nrc.sci.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0001-5223-865X

First Name

O.A.

Last Name

Amin

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Horticultural Crops Technology Department, Agricultural and Biological Institute, National Research Centre, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Email

osamaelashry36@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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Volume

65

Article Issue

13

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37459

Issue Date

2022-12-01

Receive Date

2022-04-25

Publish Date

2022-12-01

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Reducing chemical fertilizers partially by using natural alternative sources of organic fertilizers and its impact on “Hass” avocado trees.

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22 Jan 2023