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Evaluating the efficacy of liquid organic fertilizers and biofertilizers to diminish the mineral nitrogen doses for spinach plants

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Soil fertility and plant nutrition

Abstract

To mitigate the adverse effects of excessive mineral nitrogen fertilization on vegetative crops, it is imperative to decrease the doses of mineral nitrogen applied and explore alternative nitrogen sources to fulfill the plants' requirements. Therefore, a field experiment was conducted over two consecutive seasons (2022 and 2023) to examine the impact of bio fertilizer (either with seed inoculation with Azospirillum brasilense or without inoculation at 8 kg ha-1), as main factor, on the growth and productivity of spinach plants. The plants were subjected to varying doses of mineral nitrogen (25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of the Nitrogen Recommended Dose NRD) as sub main treatments, while different liquid organic fertilizers [none (control), compost tea at rate of 48 L ha-1, liquid biogas at rate of 48 L ha-1and vermicompost extract at rate of 48 L ha-1]were evaluated as sub-sub treatments. Regarding bio fertilization, the results revealed that all growth and productivity parameters, including yield (Mg ha-1), plant height (cm), and No. of leaves plant-1 as well as the chemical composition of leaves, (N, P, K %) attained their peak values when treated with Azospirillum brasilense inoculation compared to untreated plants. For example, yield of plants treated with bio fertilization were 24.51 and 25.92 Mg ha-1 for 1st and 2nd seasons, respectively,while the yield of the plants grown without bio fertilization were 21.18 and 22.66 Mg ha-1 for 1st and 2nd seasons, respectively. On the other hand, as the nitrogen recommended dose (NRD) decreased, the values of these parameters declined. Among the liquid organic fertilizers studied, biogas emerged as the most effective (yield values of 24.79 and 26.8 Mg ha-1 for 1st and 2nd seasons, respectively), followed by vermicompost extract and then compost tea, all surpassing the control (yield values of 20.03 and 21.61 Mg ha-1 for 1st and 2nd seasons, respectively). Importantly, the presence of bio fertilizer alongside any of the liquid organic fertilizers under 75% NRD resulted in higher values for growth and productivity parameters compared to plants fertilized with 100% NRD without bio fertilizer and liquid organic fertilizer. Concerning soil properties, the interaction among treatments did not have a significant effect on the studied properties. However, there was a noticeable relative improvement in fertility parameters due to the application of both bio fertilizer and liquid organic fertilizer. Finally, it is recommended to incorporate Azospirillum brasilense inoculation and biogas, vermicompost extract, or compost tea as alternatives to mineral nitrogen fertilization, especially at lower NRD levels, to optimize spinach production while maintaining soil fertility.

DOI

10.21608/ejss.2024.282245.1747

Keywords

Azospirillum brasilense, compost tea, Biogas, Vermicompost extract

Authors

First Name

Mahmoud

Last Name

Shabana

MiddleName

Abd Elhay

Affiliation

soil, Water and Environment Research institute- Sakha Agricultural Research Station

Email

shabanamma@gmail.com

City

kafrelshikh

Orcid

0009-0001-7823-4363

First Name

Kholoud

Last Name

El naqma

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Soils,water and environment institute

Email

kholoudelnakma@gmail.com

City

Kafr Elsheikh

Orcid

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First Name

mohamed

Last Name

elsherpiny

MiddleName

atef

Affiliation

Soil, Water and environment Research Institute, Agric. Res. Center, Egypt

Email

m_elsherpiny2010@yahoo.com

City

mansoura

Orcid

9624-6427-0002-0000

First Name

ibrahim

Last Name

elakhdar

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

El moharbeen elgededa Kafr Elshiekh , Egypt . Kafr Elshiekh

Email

dr.elakhdar@yahoo.com

City

Kafr Elshiekh

Orcid

0000-0002-0901-8755

Volume

64

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

46704

Issue Date

2024-09-01

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2024-04-08

Publish Date

2024-09-01

Page Start

1,019

Page End

1,032

Print ISSN

0302-6701

Online ISSN

2357-0369

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19

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Egyptian Journal of Soil Science

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https://ejss.journals.ekb.eg/

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Evaluating the efficacy of liquid organic fertilizers and biofertilizers to diminish the mineral nitrogen doses for spinach plants

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23 Dec 2024