RESPONSE OF PEARL MILLET TO FERTILIZATION BY MINERAL PHOSPHORUS, HUMIC ACID AND MYCORRHIZA UNDER CALCAREOUS SOILS CONDITIONS

In this article is showing, that the irrigation mountain brown carbonate soils prone methods of irrigation and grassing comes the rapid growth and development of natural vegetation, which leads to intensive humus accumulation. Humus content in the upper layer is increased by 0.98% and a significantly smaller severely eroded. Increasing the amount of humus promotes accumulation mainly humic acids, that conducts to expansion of relations the content of humic acid: The content of folic acid. When grassing of soil traced sharp increase in the number associated with the related and R2 O3 humic acid.

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High forage yield and quality of sudan grass ( Sorghum bicolor L.) and pearl millet ( Pennisetum glaucum L.) cultivated in calcareous soils

Acta Agronomica Hungarica ◽

10.1556/aagr.56.2008.3.14 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 371-375

Author(s):

M. Selim

Keyword(s):

Pearl Millet ◽

Field Experiments ◽

Pennisetum Glaucum ◽

Calcareous Soils ◽

Forage Quality ◽

Forage Yield ◽

Dry Matter Accumulation ◽

Sudan Grass ◽

Yield And Quality

Sudan grass and pearl millet are major warm season dryland crops, primarily grown for grain production and used as a major source of dietary energy. Both crops are highly water use efficient and belong to the C 4 group of species with high photosynthetic efficiency and dry matter accumulation rates. Both sudan grass and pearl millet have good forage quality, with an adequate crude protein content; that of pearl millet (8.7%) is higher than that of sorghum (6.0%). Therefore, the present investigation was conducted in the Western Delta Region at El-Naubaria, 40 km south of Alexandria, over two successive seasons to evaluate the forage yield and quality of sudan grass and pearl millet. Field experiments were established on calcareous soils, with five fertilization treatments. The results indicate that pearl millet surpassed sudan grass in fresh (6.56 t/ha) and dry yield (2.91 t/ha), which was 8.89% and 5.26% more, respectively, than for sudan grass. As regards the forage quality, pearl millet had good digestibility and was lower in fibre than sudan grass.

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Impact of municipal compost on soil phosphorus availability and mineral phosphorus fractions in some calcareous soils

Environmental Earth Sciences ◽

10.1007/s12665-011-1482-1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 67 (1) ◽

pp. 91-96 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

A. R. Hosseinpur ◽

Sh. Kiani ◽

M. Halvaei

Keyword(s):

Soil Phosphorus ◽

Calcareous Soils ◽

Phosphorus Availability ◽

Phosphorus Fractions ◽

Mineral Phosphorus ◽

Municipal Compost

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Application of Single Superphosphate with Humic Acid Improves the Growth, Yield and Phosphorus Uptake of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in Calcareous Soil

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy10091224 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (9) ◽

pp. 1224 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Muhammad Izhar Shafi ◽

Muhammad Adnan ◽

Shah Fahad ◽

Fazli Wahid ◽

Ahsan Khan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Humic Acid ◽

Calcareous Soil ◽

Block Design ◽

Calcareous Soils ◽

Growth Yield ◽

P Uptake ◽

Water Soluble ◽

P Availability ◽

Single Superphosphate ◽

P Fertilizers

In calcareous soil, the significant portion of applied phosphorus (P) fertilizers is adsorbed on the calcite surface and becomes unavailable to plants. Addition of organic amendments with chemical fertilizers can be helpful in releasing the absorbed nutrients from these surfaces. To check out this problem, a field experiment was conducted for two years to determine the effect of P fertilizers and humic acid (HA) in enhancing P availability in soil and their ultimate effect on growth, yield and P uptake of wheat in calcareous soils. The experiment was comprised of five levels of P (0, 45, 67.5, 90 and 112.5 kg P2O5 ha−1) as a single superphosphate (SSP) and 2 levels of locally produced humic acid (with and without HA) arranged in a two factorial randomized complete block design (RCBD) with three replications. Wheat plant height, spike length, number of grains per spike, 1000-grain weight, grain, straw and biological yield were significantly improved by the addition of HA with SSP. Very often, the performance of 67.5 kg P2O5 ha−1 with HA were either similar or better than 90 or even 112.5 kg P2O5 ha−1 applied without HA. Post-harvest soil organic matter, AB-DTPA extractable and water-soluble P, plant P concentration and its uptake were also significantly improved by the addition of HA with SSP compared to sole SSP application. It was evident that P efficiency could be increased with HA addition and it has the potential to improve crop yield and plants P uptake in calcareous soils.

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Impact of Humic Acid on Yield and Quality of Sugar Beet (Beta vulgaris L.) Grown on Calcareous Soil

Notulae Scientia Biologicae ◽

10.15835/nsb739568 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 367-371

Author(s):

Ghorbanali RASSAM ◽

Alireza DADKHAH ◽

Asghar KHOSHNOOD YAZDI ◽

Maryam DASHTI

Keyword(s):

Humic Acid ◽

Sugar Beet ◽

Acid Concentration ◽

Sugar Content ◽

Calcareous Soils ◽

Sugar Yield ◽

Yield Traits ◽

Root Yield ◽

North East ◽

The North

A field experiment was performed to determine the effects of using humic acid with irrigation on quantitative and qualitative yield traits of sugar beet grown on calcareous soils in Esfaraen, located in the North-East of Iran. Treatments consisted of three levels of humic acid concentration (zero or control, 2.5 and 5 L ha-1) and the number of applications (once 45 days after planting; twice, 45 and 75 days after planting; three times, respectively 45, 75 and 105 days after planting). The effect of the two experimental factors on sugar beet yield traits such as the content of sucrose, refined sugar, molasses forming substances, root yield and refined sugar yield were evaluated. The results proved the existence of a significant interaction between humic acid concentration and the number of applications on all parameters under study. The application of humic acid caused a significant increase of sucrose, refined sugar, root yield and refined sugar yield and a reduction in molasses forming substances content, compared to the control. The increased amount of sucrose and refined sugar content in all applications in concentration of 2.5 L ha-1 humic acid was more than with 5 L ha-1. Similarly, the content of molasses forming substances showed more reduction in 2.5 L ha-1 than in 5 L ha-1 treatment. However, the results revealed that the highest root yield and refined sugar yield, as the main qualitative and quantitative parameters of sugar beet yield, were achieved by three times application of 5 L ha-1 that had 24 and 37% increase compared to control.

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