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Influence of mineral fertilization and different growing media on the growth and chemical composition of Inga edulis Mart. tree seedling

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Environmental impacts of agriculture and forestry

Abstract

This study was carried out during the 2019 and 2020 seasons at the Agricultural Research Station of Al- Marashda to study the effect of three types of growing media and four levels of NPK fertilization on the growth characteristics and chemical composition of the seedlings of Inga edulis trees. The experiment comprised four NPK treatments; 0 (control), 1.5, 3, and 4.5g NPK/ pot. The applied growing media; sand, clay, and sand: clay (1:1 v/v).  It was set in a split-plot design with four replicates; each contained four plastic pots. The main plot included the three growing media, the sub-plot included the four mineral fertilization treatments; to give 12 treatments. It's obvious that planting of I. edulis seedlings in the sand: clay growing medium resulted in the highest values ​​of growth parameters. Regarding the effects of the used treatments on the leaf content of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, chlorophyll a & b, phenols, and flavonoids, it is clear that growing seedlings in the sand: clay mixture; with 4.5 g/ pot of NPK fertilization gives the highest values ​​of these components. It can be concluded that to obtain vigorous seedlings with a high content of nutrients, phenols, and flavonoids of Inga edulis, they should be grown in a mixture of sand and clay (1: 1 v/v) with monthly fertilizing by 4.5 g/ pot of NPK.

DOI

10.21608/svuijas.2021.68858.1094

Keywords

Inga edulis, Mineral fertilization, growing media, Phytochemical analysis

Authors

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A.M.M.

Last Name

Mahmoud

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Department of Botanical Gardens, Agriculture Research Institute, ARC, Egypt.

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Nagwa R.A.

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Hussein

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Department of Botany and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, 83523 Qena, Egypt

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nagwa_hussein@sci.svu.edu.eg

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Qena

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0000-0001-6924-0828

Volume

3

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3

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24104

Issue Date

2021-07-01

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2021-03-21

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2021-07-01

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16

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29

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2636-3801

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2636-381X

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1,132

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SVU-International Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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https://svuijas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Influence of mineral fertilization and different growing media on the growth and chemical composition of Inga edulis Mart. tree seedling

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22 Jan 2023