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Effect of Intercropping and Fertilization on The Yield and Quality of Stevia as a Natural Sweetener

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Land and agricultural engineering

Abstract

Due to the need of stevia plants to moderate temperature throughout the year and the high costs of its production inside greenhouses, therefore the Intercropping may be the optimum solved to get up heating in winter and shading in summer in addition to increasing the cropping area. The cultivation of these economic crops is needed to fill the nutritional gap of grains and oils. Field experiment was conducted through 2019/2020 and was replicated at 2020/2021 in the Experimental Farm of Mallawi Agricultural Research Station, El-Minia Governorate, Egypt to investigate the effect of some Intercropping patterns and fertilizers combination on the yield and quality of stevia as a natural sweetener. Randomized complete blocks design in split-plot arrangement was used where, the main plots consisted of five Intercropping patterns, while the fertilizers combinations were assigned in sub plot. Results showed that Intercropping pattern had a significant effect on most aspects of growth in both seasons. It was noticed that the treatment of 80% N mixed with Biofertilizers, and compost surpassed the other treatments in both seasons. The net profit of using mixing biofertilizer + Compost plus 80 % mineral N fertilizer for stevia and wheat intercrop recorded 651.075 &691.403 L.E. fed in the1st and 2nd successive seasons, respectively.

DOI

10.21608/nvjas.2023.204066.1192

Keywords

Intercropping, fertilization Steviarebaudiana, glycosides, stevioside, rebaudioside

Authors

First Name

Basma

Last Name

Rashwan

MiddleName

R.A.

Affiliation

Plant Nutrition Department, Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt.

Email

drbasmarashwan2014@gmail.com

City

El-Minia Governorate

Orcid

0009-0004-3627-8212

First Name

Reem

Last Name

Abd- El Raouf

MiddleName

Mohamed elhussieny

Affiliation

Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Research Department, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Giza, Egypt.

Email

reem.alhusseiny122@gmail.com

City

El-Minia Governorate

Orcid

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First Name

Nagwa

Last Name

Ahmed

MiddleName

R

Affiliation

Field Crops Rese. Inst., A.R.C., Giza, Egypt.

Email

drnagwarefat2014@gmail.com

City

El-Minia Governorate

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Volume

3

Article Issue

8

Related Issue

40586

Issue Date

2023-04-01

Receive Date

2023-04-04

Publish Date

2023-06-03

Page Start

781

Page End

805

Print ISSN

2805-2420

Online ISSN

2805-2439

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https://nvjas.journals.ekb.eg/article_301851.html

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3

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Original Research

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2,101

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Publication Title

New Valley Journal of Agricultural Science

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https://nvjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of Intercropping and Fertilization on The Yield and Quality of Stevia as a Natural Sweetener

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28 Dec 2024