scholarly journals EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SOURCES OF ORGANIC FERTILIZERS AS A PARTIAL SUBSTITUTE FOR MINERAL NITROGEN FERTILIZER OF WILLIAMS BANANA

2008 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 4369-4381
Author(s):  
A. Hosam El-Dein ◽  
E. Boshra
Author(s):  
Alessandra Algeri ◽  
Augusto V. Luchese ◽  
Alessandro J. Sato ◽  
Laércio A. Pivetta

HIGHLIGHTS Combining different sources of organic fertilizers is a viable strategy to balance the nutritional demand for tomato. Tomato can be produced without soluble mineral fertilizers. The effect of organic fertilization depends on the cultivar.


1968 ◽  
Vol 8 (30) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Wetselaar ◽  
DF Beech

Safflower, linseed, and wheat were grown under irrigation at Kimberley Research Station in the 1964 dry season following 6 and 18 month clean and weedy fallows. Four levels of nitrogen fertilizer, as ammonium sulphate and urea, were superimposed. Crop nitrogen yields were highest after 18 months clean fallow, and were highly correlated with the amount of nitrate-nitrogen that had accumulated in the soil profile during the preceding fallow period. For wheat, which was the most efficient user of mineral nitrogen, 160 lb nitrogen an acre as ammonium sulphate was required after 18 months weedy fallow to equal the crop nitrogen yield after 18 months clean fallow without nitrogen fertilizer. The mean crop nitrogen yield with urea was only 76.7 per cent of that with ammonium sulphate. The results indicate that the form, and possibly the distribution, of mineral nitrogen in the soil in the early stages of crop growth could be important factors determining the efficiency of nitrogen for optimum plant performance.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 2848 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesús Chazarra-Zapata ◽  
José Miguel Molina-Martínez ◽  
Francisco-Javier Pérez de la Cruz ◽  
Dolores Parras-Burgos ◽  
Antonio Ruíz Canales

The climate change that plagues the world is causing extended periods of water shortage. This situation is forcing farmers in the region of Murcia in Spain to modernize their irrigation systems to optimize use of the scarce water they have and seek a circular water economy using the recovered water. Moreover, an associated problem is the need for energy that these facilities require in order to pressurize the required water. The use of photovoltaic generation contributes to the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Food produced in this region tends to have guaranteed markets in Europe and, geographically, due to the high quality of phytosanitary controls and traceability during their marketing, their optimal cultivation, and selection and labelling is verified, specifying valuable information such as: collection date, origin, the use of organic fertilizers among others. To maintain market access, it is important to continue implementing other environmental improvements, i.e., reductions in either hydro or carbon footprints. Previous studies have failed to include the prospect of environmental use of isolated facilities to replace existing consumption, seeking the monetarization of the facility as well as prioritizing the reduction of GHG. Previous studies have failed to include the perspective of environmental use of isolated photovoltaic installations, based on existing consumption, thus, going beyond the monetarization of the facility, to prioritize the reduction of GHG applied in practice by environmentally sensitized farmers. This study was conducted in an existing facility with great technical complexity and three different sources of water supply, over 1500 plots and an altitude range in plots and reservoirs of more than 400 m.


1996 ◽  
Vol 126 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Shepherd ◽  
R. Sylvester-Bradley

SUMMARYSoil mineral nitrogen (Nmin) was measured to 90 cm at a total of 12 sites in the UK in the autumn after an oilseed rape experiment, which measured responses to fertilizer N. On average, Nmin, increased by 15 kg/ha per 100 kg/ha fertilizer nitrogen (N) applied to the rape, up to the economic optimum amount of N (Nmin). There were larger increases in Nmin where fertilizer applications exceeded Nopt, thus super-optimal fertilizer applications disproportionately increased the amount of nitrate likely to leach over-winter. The small effects of sub-optimal N on Nmin were associated with large increases in N offtake by the oilseed rape, whereas the larger effects of super-optimal N on Nmin were associated with only small increases in N offtake. Over 70% of the variation in autumn Nmin was explained by the previous rape's N fertilizer rate and the topsoil organic matter content.Nitrogen applied to the rape increased grain yields of the succeeding wheat crops when no further fertilizer N was applied to the wheat. It was concluded that N applied to oilseed rape significantly affected Nmin after harvest, and these effects were not completely nullified by leaching over-winter, so soil N supply to the succeeding wheat crop was significantly increased. Responses in grain yield indicated that each 100 kg/ha N applied to the rape provided N equivalent to c. 30 kg/ha for the following cereal. Each 1% of soil organic matter further contributed N to the wheat, equivalent to 25 kg/ha.It is important to ensure that oilseed rape receives no more than the optimum amount of fertilizer N if subsequent leaching is to be minimized. Reductions below optimum amounts will have only a small effect on leaching. Substantial changes in the economic optimum N for rape production should be accompanied by adjustment in fertilizer N application to following wheat crops. Fertilizer recommendation systems for wheat should take account of the fertilizer N applied to the preceding oilseed rape and the topsoil organic matter content.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nanik Setyowati ◽  
Zainal Muktamar ◽  
Bani Suriyanti ◽  
Marulak Simarmata

Fertility improvement of Ultisol is inevitable to increase growth and yield of chili pepper since the nutrient availability and organic matter of this soil is relatively low. Application of organic fertilizer will enhance microorganism activity in soil, thereafter will improve the availability of nutrients as well as other chemical, physical, biological properties of the soil. Most of manure releases nutrient quite slowly; therefore, addition of nitrogen to soil is expected to speed up the availability of nutrient to plant. Weed based organic fertilizers from Wedelia (Wedelia trilobata) and Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) biomass have potential to substitute inorganic fertilizer. The objective of the experiment was to compare the effects of weed based organic compost and dry leaves compost with or without addition of nitrogen fertilizer on growth and yield of chili pepper. The experiment was carried out using Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with treatments of 200 kg urea ha-1; Wedelia compost (WDC) 20 ton ha-1; WDC 15, 10, and 5 ton ha-1 with addition of 200 kg urea ha-1 respectively; Siam weed compost (SWC) 20 ton ha-1, SWC 15, 10, and 5 ton ha-1 with addition of 200 kg urea ha-1 respectively; and dry leaves compost (DLC) 20 ton ha-1, DLC 15, 10, and 5 ton ha-1 with addition of 200 kg urea ha-1 respectively. The result revealed that composts with or without addition of nitrogen fertilizer had similar responses on the growth of chili pepper. Wedelia and Siam weeds compost at 20 ton ha-1 tended to give better yield of chili pepper as compared to application of urea alone. This result indicated that weed based organic fertilizers could substitute nitrogen fertilizer.


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