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Partial Replacement of Chemical N Fertilizer by Plant Compost Inoculated with Some Strains of Rhizobiain Barhee Date Palms Growing in Sandy Soil

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Last updated: 28 Dec 2024

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Agricultural chemistry and microbiology

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In sustainable agriculture, soil health and productivity depend on integrating bacterial inoculants with fertilizer management systems. Azotobacter-based biofertilizers are proposed as a substitute or supplement for artificial nitrogen fertilizers in crop production to enhance soil nutrient levels. In a laboratory experiment, around three rhizobial strains (two of Rhizobium leguminosarum127k80c and SU157" and one of Brady rhizobium japonicum USDA110spc4) were previously classified as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). Barhee date palms were supplied with these microbial strains at 25 to 75 ml per palm and organic N (plant compost) fertilizers at 25 to 75% of the recommended amount as a partial replacement of chemical N fertilizer (ammonium nitrate) during 2022 and 2023 seasons. Providing Barhee date palms cultivated in sandy soil with nitrogen comprising 50 to 75% chemical nitrogen (ammonium nitrate) and 25 to 50% organic nitrogen (plant compost), along with any one of three nitrogen-fixing bacterial strains at 25 to 50 ml per palm, significantly enhanced growth characteristics, leaf pigments of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, as well as flowering, fruit set, and yield per palm compared to the application of chemical nitrogen alone. The optimal bacterial strain was strain 1, succeeded by St-2, while St-3 ranked last.  Enhancing Barhee date palm output. Fertilize trees with 50% commercial N fertilizer, 50% plant compost, and 50 ml/palm strain 1. 25% ammonium nitrate, 75% plant compost, and 75 ml St-3 gave the vines the best results. 

DOI

10.21608/nvjas.2024.340963.1298

Keywords

plant compost, bacterial strains, growth-yield- quality- Barhee date palms

Authors

First Name

EL-Sayed

Last Name

Qaoud

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Hort. Dept. Fac. of Agric., Suez Canal Univ., Ismailia, Egypt

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s_qaoud@yahoo.com

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First Name

Hamdy

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Organic agriculture lab . Res. ARC, Giza, Egypt

Email

hamdi20052005@yahoo.com

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Abbas

MiddleName

Tawfik

Affiliation

Agricultural Microbiology Dept., Fac. of Agric. and Natural Resources, Aswan Univ. Egypt.

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mohamed.tawfik@agr.aswu.edu.eg

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4

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4

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50937

Issue Date

2024-10-01

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2024-12-02

Publish Date

2024-10-22

Page Start

26

Page End

40

Print ISSN

2805-2420

Online ISSN

2805-2439

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2,101

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New Valley Journal of Agricultural Science

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

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Partial Replacement of Chemical N Fertilizer by Plant Compost Inoculated with Some Strains of Rhizobiain Barhee Date Palms Growing in Sandy Soil

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28 Dec 2024