Impact of Dry Cow Dung and NPK Fertilizers on Growth and Productivity of Triticum aestivum L. (Variety, Somps. 90) in a Semi-Arid Region | ||
| Alexandria Science Exchange Journal | ||
| Article 26, Volume 44, Issue 4, December 2023, Pages 815-822 PDF (299.91 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2023.335174 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hamza A. Ousman* 1; Ahmed shaalan* 2; Fatime Batoul* 1; Mahamat Moustapha* 3 | ||
| 1Department of Life and Earth Sciences, Higher N’Djamena Institute for training teachers. P. O. Box: 460, N’Djamena, Chad. | ||
| 2Plant Production Department, Faculty of Desert and Environmental Agriculture, Matrouh University, Mersa Matrouh 51512, Egypt | ||
| 3National Institute of Agricultural Research and Development, N'Djamena, Chad | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted during the winters of 2021 / 2022 in the research farm of the Higher Institute for Training Teachers in N'Djamena City, Chad. It is regarded as the first field experiment for the wheat crop ever implemented in N'Djamena. The purpose of the experiment was to compare the effects of chemical and organic fertilizers on wheat crop productivity. We used soft wheat, Triticum aestivum (variety, Somps. 90), that was obtained from (SODELAC). Dry cow dung and NPK fertilizers were applied at recommended doses of 40 tons ha-1 and one tons ha-1, respectively. These fertilizers were applied separately three weeks before planting. In comparison to the control, the addition of dry cow dung and NPK significantly increased the following: leaf surface area (27.19 and 24.21 cm2), weight of grains/m2 (349.66 and 264.44 g), dry weight of the crop (284.44, 277.33 g), and the total productivity were 3.50 and 2.64 tons ha-1, respectively. The outcomes also showed that there were no significant differences between the investigated treatments concerning leaves number, spike length, number of spikelets and grains per spike. Our study led to the conclusion that applying organic fertilizer (dry cow dung) with chemical fertilizer (NPK) gave the best result in the production of T. aestivum (variety, Somps. 90) so, we recommend using dry cow dung and NPK fertilizers to increase vegetative growth and obtain the highest wheat crop productivity in N'Djamena city. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Triticum aestivum; dry cow dung; NPK fertilizers; vegetative growth and crop productivity | ||
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