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Impact of tuber soaking types and fertilization rates on growth and productivity of potato

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To address the current challenge of rising fertilizer costs and limited expansion of cultivated areas in Egypt, a field experiment was conducted for two successive seasons (2021 and 2022) to evaluate the effect of different tuber soaking techniques before planting and various rates of NPK recommended doses on potato growth and quality attributes. A split plot design with complete randomized blocks, consisting of 15 treatments; the soaking types included no soaking, soaking in normal water, and soaking in magnetized water, while the fertilization rates comprised 100% NPK of the recommended dose, fulvic acid+ 75% NPK from the recommended dose, fulvic acid+ 50% NPK of the recommended dose, biochar+ 75% NPK from the recommended dose, and biochar+ 50% NPK from the recommended dose. The results indicated that soaking tubers in magnetized water before planting yielded the highest values in terms of vegetative growth parameters, chlorophyll contents, ion percentage, potato yield, and quality. Furthermore, plants fertilized with 100% NPK of the recommended dose exhibited the maximum vegetative growth and yield. Likewise, the treatment involving fulvic acid+ 75% NPK showed the maximum values in terms of chlorophyll contents, nutrients percentage, and tuber quality. Based on these findings, it is recommended to soak tubers in magnetized water before planting and fertilize the plants with fulvic acid+ 75% NPK of the recommended dose. This approach can help reduce production costs by 25% while still achieving high potato yield and quality.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2023.214870.1603

Keywords

magnetized water, soaking types, Fulvic acid, Biochar

Authors

First Name

Mahomoud

Last Name

Abd El-Hady

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Horticulture Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Damietta University, Egypt

Email

m_abdelhady@du.edu.eg

City

New Damietta

Orcid

0000-0002-5402-0774

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

abdelhameed

MiddleName

salah

Affiliation

Soils and water Department, Faculty of Agriculture- Damietta faculty of agriculture

Email

ahmedsalah@du.edu.eg

City

damietta

Orcid

0000-0001-9383-9179

First Name

Ibrahim

Last Name

Mosaad

MiddleName

Saied

Affiliation

Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Research Department - Soil, Water and Environmental Research Institute - Agricultural Research Centre, Giza , Egypt

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dribrahim1981@yahoo.com

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0000-0001-9060-6281

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63

Article Issue

3

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42643

Issue Date

2023-09-01

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2023-06-01

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2023-09-01

Page Start

367

Page End

380

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0302-6701

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2357-0369

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Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

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Impact of tuber soaking types and fertilization rates on growth and productivity of potato

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23 Dec 2024