Efficiency of Using some Soil Supplements on Sweet Pepper Productivity under Delta Region Conditions | ||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||
| Article 12, Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2017, Pages 1153-1158 PDF (652.78 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2017.41137 | ||
| Authors | ||
| E. A. Abd El-Basir* 1; W. M. E. Swelam2 | ||
| 1Self-Pollination Vegetables Crops Research Dept., Hort. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Giza, Egypt. | ||
| 2Veget. and Flori. Dept. Fac. Agric., Mans. Univ., Egypt. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Two investigations were carried out in the open field to study the effects of some soil stimulating supplements, i.e., humic and fulvic acids, zeolite, chicken manure as well as compost on vegetative growth, chemical contents and productivity of sweet pepper plants under drip irrigation system. Results indicated that all applied soil substances significantly enhanced vegetative growth parameters, chemical constituents, endogenous phyto-hormones of leaves, yield and fruit quality compared to the control in both growing seasons of study. Soil applications of either zeolite or compost are the best treatments in enhancing most of the aforementioned parameters. Additionally, our results undoubtedly confirm that the application of zeolite or compost could decrease chemical fertilizers through improving the efficiency of both fertilizers and irrigation water which in turn increase vegetable crops production, minimize economic costs as well as limit environmental contamination. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sweet pepper – zeolite; compost – organic manure – productivity | ||
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