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Effect of plant density and nanometric fertilization on the productivity of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) crop grown in sandy soil.

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Crop Science

Abstract

The current study took place in the Experimental Farm at the Faculty of Agriculture, AL-Azhar University Nasr City Research Station, Egypt, during the two seasons of 2021 and 2022. The goal was to assess the crop phenology, vegetative growth, and yield of sunflower cv. Sakha-53 under different doses of nanofertilizer (N0:N1:N2:N3:N4) and various plant spacing options (D1: 30 cm, D2: 25 cm, D3: 20 cm, and D4: 15 cm with a constant width of 70 cm). The results indicated significant effects of the applied nanofertilizer, plant spacing, and their interaction on all the traits studied in both seasons. The application of nanofertilizer led to increased seed yield, as well as other beneficial changes in the studied traits. On the other hand, altering the plant spacing from 15 cm to 30 cm showed a gradual increase in various characteristics such as crop phenology, number of leaves per plant, leaf area per plant, stem diameter, head diameter, 1000-seed weight, and seed weight per plant. Interestingly, the narrow spacing of 15 cm resulted in the tallest plants and heaviest seeds, ultimately leading to higher oil yield. The interaction between sowing dates and plant spacing also played a significant role, as it influenced all the traits studied. Specifically, the combination of D4 × N4 resulted in the production of the heaviest seed yield (2010 and 1960 kg/fed) in both seasons.

DOI

10.21608/ajar.2024.238446.1274

Keywords

nanofertilized, Sunflower, head diameter

Authors

First Name

Khaled

Last Name

Maklad

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Affiliation

Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt

Email

khaled.mahmoud@azhar.edu.eg

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Volume

48

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

46331

Issue Date

2023-10-01

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2023-09-23

Publish Date

2023-10-01

Page Start

110

Page End

120

Print ISSN

1110-1563

Online ISSN

2786-0051

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https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/article_340412.html

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340,412

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Original Article

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929

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Al-Azhar Journal of Agricultural Research

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https://ajar.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of plant density and nanometric fertilization on the productivity of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) crop grown in sandy soil.

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Created At

24 Dec 2024