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An attempt to use Moringa products as a natural nutrients source for Lettuce organically production

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

Lettuce is an important leafy vegetable crop, which contains many essential elements and vitamins for human health. The field experiments were conducted at the experimental station of the National Research Centre, Nobaria, Beheira Governorate, (Egypt) during the cultivation seasons of 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 to evaluate lettuce productivity (cv. Balady) using moringa seed cake as natural nutrients source comparing with other organic fertilizer (vermicompost) and chemical fertilizer (Ammonium sulfate) as well as a foliar application at two concentrations (5 and 10 g/L) of moringa leaf extract compared to untreated control. The obtained results showed positive effects for soil fertilizer application of moringa seed cake treatment on vegetative characters, i.e., fresh weight (g/plant) and leaf neck width (cm) as well as chemical contents, i.e., dry matter (%) and nitrate content (mg kg-1). Moringa seed cake treatment recorded the same value as Ammonium sulfate treatment on their effects on plant height, leaf width and N, P and K content. The foliar application of moringa leaf extract at a higher rate (10g/L) ranked first followed by the rate of 5g/L for improving the vegetative growth characteristics of the lettuce plant and its chemical contents. Concerning the interaction treatments between soil additions and foliar applications of moringa leaf extract, the highest values of fresh weight, plant height, leaf length, leaf width and leaf neck width leaf dry matter, chlorophyll content and macronutrients (NPK) as well as the lowest value of nitrate content were resulted from fertilized lettuce with moringa seed cake and foliar spraying with a higher rate (10g/L) of moringa leaf extract.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.171286.7126

Keywords

lettuce, Ammonium sulfate, nitrate, moringa leaf extract, moringa seed cake, Quality

Authors

First Name

Ahmed S.

Last Name

Mohamed

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Affiliation

Horticultural Crops Technology Dept., National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.

Email

ahmed_salem352@yahoo.com

City

Dokki, Giza

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First Name

Saber

Last Name

Saleh

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Horticulture Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University (Assiut Branch), Assiut, Egypt.

Email

dr.salehsaid@gmail.com

City

Assiut

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First Name

Said

Last Name

Saleh

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Horticultural Crops Technology Dept., National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.

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said_abohesham@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0001-6485-6922

First Name

Ahmad

Last Name

Suliman

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Horticultural Crops Technology Dept., National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt.

Email

a_elsagheer2006@yahoo.com

City

Dokki, Cairo

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Volume

65

Article Issue

13

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37459

Issue Date

2022-12-01

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2022-10-27

Publish Date

2022-12-01

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0449-2285

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2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_272470.html

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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

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An attempt to use Moringa products as a natural nutrients source for Lettuce organically production

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22 Jan 2023