Compost and its application in Egypt: Effect of Rates and Time on Snap Beans Growth - Softcover

Shehata, Said; Darwish, Omaima; Ahmed, Yasser

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3659175722 ISBN 13: 9783659175725

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural Experimental and Research Station, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt in the two summer successive seasons 2008 and 2009. The present work aims to study the response of snap bean to different rates of compost and time of application in comparison with two different sources of inorganic fertilizers. The experiment included 8 treatments, the recommended mineral fertilizer (MF) as a control, Natural fertilizer (NF), i.e. 4, 6 and 8 tons of compost as organic sources were applied once through soil preparation (O). These treatments were applied at two equal splits at soil preparation and 30 days after sowing (S). The same rate of (N: P: K, 50:45:60 kg/ fed) was applied either in MF or NF treatment. The N source in both treatments was ammonium sulfate, super phosphate (P) and potassium sulfate (K) in MF treatment and phosphate rock (P) and natural potassium (K) in NF treatment. Results showed that MF, NF, 4 tons compost O and S treatments produced significantly taller plants in combined over seasons.

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Prof. Dr. Said Abdalla Shehata Professor of Vegetable Crops, Fac. Agric., Cairo UniversityOmaima Darwish Saleh Darwish (M.Sc.)Assistant Lecturer of Vegetable Crops, Fac. Agric., Cairo UniversityDr. Yasser Mohamed Ahmed Lecturer of Vegetable Crops, Fac. Agric., Cairo University

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659175722
• ISBN 13: 9783659175725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 84