ISMAIL, A., MOHAMED, S., MOHMOUD, S., ZOHDY, N. (2007). RESPONSE OF SWEET SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR L.) TO MINERAL NITROGEN AND BIOFERTILIZATION. test, 85(2), 573-586. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2007.218020
AHMED M. M. ISMAIL; SHABAN A. MOHAMED; SAMIA Y. MOHMOUD; NAHED O. ZOHDY. "RESPONSE OF SWEET SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR L.) TO MINERAL NITROGEN AND BIOFERTILIZATION". test, 85, 2, 2007, 573-586. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2007.218020
ISMAIL, A., MOHAMED, S., MOHMOUD, S., ZOHDY, N. (2007). 'RESPONSE OF SWEET SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR L.) TO MINERAL NITROGEN AND BIOFERTILIZATION', test, 85(2), pp. 573-586. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2007.218020
ISMAIL, A., MOHAMED, S., MOHMOUD, S., ZOHDY, N. RESPONSE OF SWEET SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR L.) TO MINERAL NITROGEN AND BIOFERTILIZATION. test, 2007; 85(2): 573-586. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2007.218020

RESPONSE OF SWEET SORGHUM (SORGHUM BICOLOR L.) TO MINERAL NITROGEN AND BIOFERTILIZATION

Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research
Article 17, Volume 85, Issue 2, July 2007, Pages 573-586    PDF (3.44 M)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejar.2007.218020
Authors
AHMED M. M. ISMAIL1; SHABAN A. MOHAMED2; SAMIA Y. MOHMOUD3; NAHED O. ZOHDY4
1Agronomy Department, Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
2Agronomy Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
3Natural Resources Department, African Researches and Studies Institute, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
4Physiology and Chem. Department, Sugar Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
Two field experiments were carried out on a clay loamy soil at the experimental field of the Agricultural Research Station Sabaheia, Alexandria during 2001 and 2002 seasons, to study the effect of three levels of a mineral nitrogen fertilizer (40, 60 and 80 kg N/fed in urea form) and three levels of biofertilizer (0, 800 and 1600 g cerealin/fed) on sweet sorghum var. Collier. The experiments design was a split plot with four replications. The results showed that leaf area (cm2), stalk yield (ton/fed), juice yield (ton/fed), total soluble solids % and sucrose % were significantly responded to the mineral nitrogen fertilizer in both seasons and plant length, stalk diameter, purity % and extraction percentage in the 1' season. Cerealin application significantly increased stalk diameter, leaf area (cm2), stalk yield (ton/fed), juice yield (ton/fed), sucrose %, purity % in both seasons while total soluble solids % was significantly affected by cerealin in the lst season and plant length in the 200 season. Interaction effect between nitrogen and cerealin fertilizers significantly increased sucrose % and purity % in both seasons and juice yield and stalk yield in the 1' season. Otherwise, stalk length, diameter, leaf area and extraction % were insignificantly affected by interaction between nitrogen and cerealin fertilizers. This study recommends the application of nitrogen fertilizer at 80 kg N/fed and/or 1600 g cerealin/fed to yield the highest value of stalk yield of sweet sorghum.
 
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