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EFFECT OF COMPOST AND NPK WITH BIOFERTILIZERS ON GROWTH AND ESSENTIAL OIL PRODUCTION OF LEMONGRASS (CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS)

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Abstract

A field experiment was carried out at the Nursery of Fac. Agric., Minia Univ. during the two successive seasons of 2011/2012 and 2012/2013 to explore the effect of three compost levels (0, 4 and 8 ton/fed) and four mineral NPK/biofertilization treatments on vegetative growth and essential oil of lemongrass plants.
Obtained results proved that vegetative growth characters (plant height, number of tillers/plant, fresh and dry weights of leaves/fed and essential oil percent and yield per fed were considerably augmented due to the use of both low and high compost levels, with the high one (8 ton/fed) being much more effective. Concerning mineral/biofertilization treatments, both 100% NPK and 75% NPK  + E.M. + yeast treatments out grew the other two treatments (75% NPK + E.M. and 75% NPK + yeast) in producing higher values of growth and essential oil parameters. The best overall results were obtained when lemongrass plants were supplied with compost at the level of 8 ton/fed and fertilized with 75% NPK combined with E.M. and yeast.

DOI

10.21608/sjfop.2014.4156

Keywords

Lemongrass, Cymbopogon citratus, compost, NPK, biofertilizer, E.M, yeast, Vegetative growth, essential oil

Authors

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Abdou

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Horticulture Dept., Fac. Agric., Minia Univ., Egypt

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Minia

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First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

El-Sayed

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Horticulture Dept., Fac. Agric., Minia Univ., Egypt

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City

Minia

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First Name

Ragaa

Last Name

Taha

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Horticulture Dept., Fac. Agric., Minia Univ., Egypt

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City

Minia

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First Name

Marwa

Last Name

El-Nady

MiddleName

K.

Affiliation

Hort. Res. Inst., ARC, Egypt

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Volume

1

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

700

Issue Date

2014-12-01

Receive Date

2014-11-04

Publish Date

2014-11-11

Page Start

243

Page End

252

Print ISSN

2356-7864

Online ISSN

2536-9296

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https://sjfop.journals.ekb.eg/article_4156.html

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Original Research Article

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328

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Publication Title

Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants

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https://sjfop.journals.ekb.eg/

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EFFECT OF COMPOST AND NPK WITH BIOFERTILIZERS ON GROWTH AND ESSENTIAL OIL PRODUCTION OF LEMONGRASS (CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS)

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22 Jan 2023