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Influence of mineral and bio-N fertilization on productivity and fruit quality of Washington navel orange trees

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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HORTICULTURE

Abstract

This study was carried out during the 2019 & 2020 seasons on 15-year-old Washington navel orange trees budded on sour orange rootstock grown at 5 x 5 meters a part in loamy sand soil under surface irrigation on the private farm at Kom Hamada, El-Behera Governorate, Egypt. The main goal of this investigation was directed towards improving productivity and fruit quality of Washington navel orange trees associated with lower production cost through investigating the minimizing of chemical N fertilizers by Bio-N. Anyhow, the eight treatments involved in this study were summarized as follows: T1- Chemical N (adopted N fertilization in the farm) at 3.5kg/tree from (NH4)2SO4, T2- Urea, T3- Ammonium sulphate (NH4)2SO4, T4- Ammonium nitrate (NH4)2NO3, T5- Nitroben (bio-N), T6- Urea + Nitroben (bio-N), T7- Ammonium sulphate + Nitroben (bio-N) and T8- Ammonium nitrate + Nitroben (bio-N). Data obtained revealed that all investigated treatments positively responded to fruit (set % and retention %), and yield/tree and fruit quality were also improved. However, T8- Ammonium nitrate+ Nitroben (bio-N) was statistically superior in this concern. Moreover, T7 - Ammonium sulphate + Nitroben (bio-N) ranked statistically second in this concern. Consequently, it can be recommended that minimizing 50 % chemical N fertilizers by Nitroben at the rate of 500cm3 per tree + 50% chemical-N (Ammonium nitrate 2.5 Kg per tress) enhanced productivity and fruit quality of Washington navel orange trees under the same conditions.

DOI

10.21608/assjm.2022.264181

Keywords

Washington Navel orange, mineral-N, Bio-N, Nitroben Productivity and Fruit Quality

Authors

First Name

Sherif

Last Name

EL-Gioushy

MiddleName

Fathy

Affiliation

Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture (Moshtohor), Benha University, Egypt

Email

sherif.elgioushy@fagr.bu.edu.eg

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0000-0003-0796-7006

Volume

60

Article Issue

3

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36110

Issue Date

2022-09-01

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2022-10-05

Publish Date

2022-09-01

Page Start

887

Page End

894

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1110-0419

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https://assjm.journals.ekb.eg/article_264181.html

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Original Article

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841

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Publication Title

Annals of Agricultural Science, Moshtohor

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https://assjm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Influence of mineral and bio-N fertilization on productivity and fruit quality of Washington navel orange trees

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Created At

22 Jan 2023