SIAM WEED (Chromolaena odorata) AND COWDUNG COMPOST EFFECTS ON  PHYSICOCHEMICAL  PROPERTIES,   YIELD and MINERAL NUTRITION OF  TOMATOES(Lycopersicon esculentum L)

Greenhouse trials were conducted to evaluate the effects of siam weed (chromolaena odorata) and cowdung compost on physicochemical properties, yield and mineral nutrition of tomatoes(lycopersicon esculentum l). The nutritional value of tomato makes it one of the crop that is a daily household consumption by every family.Compost was prepared in this study from Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) and cowdung. Three compost samples were prepared from Cowdung and siam weed at ratio 100g: 100g (sample A), 200g chopped siam weed (sample B) and 200g cowdung (sample C). These three samples were composted in plastic drums perforated for aeration and each sample was replicated three times. The content in the drums were regularly turned and monitored at 1, 10, 30 and 60 days for physicochemical properties. The physicochemical and mineral element analyses of the compost were carried out using standard procedures.The pH of the composted samples ranged between 5.8 to 6.9. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium contents increased with days of composting while those of heavy metals decreased. The result of plant height for the two varieties ranges between 5.31-119.8, number of fruits is between 11-21 and the yield (kg) parameter ranges between 0.76-1.91. Treatment. A gave higher mineral element over other treatment applied. The order of mineral elements contributed to the fruits were as follows treatments A>C>B>D

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CHANGES IN MICROBIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES DURING COMPOSTING OF SIAM WEED (Chromolaena odorata) AND COWDUNG

Journal of Natural Sciences Engineering and Technology ◽

10.51406/jnset.v14i2.1753 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 40-48

Author(s):

A K AKINTOKUN ◽

P O AKINTOKUN ◽

A O OBAWUSI ◽

O R LAWAL

Keyword(s):

Micrococcus Luteus ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Fungal Species ◽

Cow Dung ◽

Chromolaena Odorata ◽

E Coli ◽

Standard Procedures ◽

Physico Chemical ◽

Three Samples ◽

Phosphorus And Potassium

Three compost samples were prepared in this study from Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) and cowdung. Sample A was prepared from Cow dung and siam weed at ratio 100g: 100g, Sample B was prepared from 200g chopped siam weed and sample C contained 200g cowdung. These three sam-ples were composted in plastic drums perforated for aeration and each sample were replicated three times. The content in the drums were regularly turned and monitored at 1, 10, 30 and 60 days for mi-crobiological and physicochemical properties. The microbiological and physicochemical analyses of the compost were carried out using standard procedures. Bacterial, Coliform and Fungal count in-creased from day 1 to the 30th day and thereafter decreased from 30th day to the 60th day in all the composting samples. The bacteria species isolated and identified were Pseudomonas fragilis, Pseu-domonas nitrificans, Proteus mirabilis, E. coli, Streptococcus faecium, Micrococcus luteus, Clostridium perfringes, Bacillus cereus, Proteus morganii, Micrococcus acidophilus. Fungal species were Aspergil-lus flavus, Aspergillus fumigatus, Fusarium oxysporium, Penicillum chrysogenum, Aspergillus niger, Mucor sp. and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The pH of the composted samples ranges between 5.8 to 6.9. The nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content increased with days of composting but the heavy metals decreased with days of composting. The sulfatase, phosphatase, dehydrogenase, amyl-ase and cellulose enzymes in the three samples increased from day 1 to the 60th day. Sulfatase en-zyme which was the highest ranged from 25 to 76.5% in the three sample, phosphatase (14 to 60.5%), dehydrogenase (20.5 to 55.0%), cellulose (16.5 to 49%) and amylase which was the least enzyme recorded ranged from 5.0 to 38%.

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THE EFFECTS OF NITROGEN, PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM ON THE CANNING QUALITY OF TOMATOES (LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM) IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA

Acta Horticulturae ◽

10.17660/actahortic.1977.53.23 ◽

1977 ◽

pp. 171-180 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

R.A. Sobulo ◽

A.O. Olorunda

Keyword(s):

Lycopersicon Esculentum ◽

Phosphorus And Potassium ◽

Nitrogen Phosphorus ◽

Canning Quality

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Accumulation and distribution of mineral elements in the annual lupins Lupinus albus L. and Lupinus angustifolius L

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.1071/ar9780267 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 267 ◽

Cited By ~ 39

Author(s):

PJ Hocking ◽

JS Pate

Keyword(s):

Lupinus Albus ◽

Sufficient Conditions ◽

Mineral Elements ◽

Sand Culture ◽

Dry Matter Accumulation ◽

Phosphorus And Potassium ◽

Calcium Iron ◽

Potassium Magnesium ◽

Nitrogen Phosphorus ◽

Iron And Manganese

The mineral nutrition of L. albus and L. angustifolius was studied under nutrient-sufficient conditions in sand culture. Mineral accumulation by both species was closely synchronized with dry matter accumulation. Fruits acquired major proportions of the nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and zinc of both species. Leaflets were major sites of accumulation of calcium, iron and manganese; stem and petioles accumulated substantial amounts of potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, copper and sodium. Intensities of intake of calcium, magnesium and iron by roots of L. angustifolius were higher than in L. albus. The situation was reversed for sodium. Cotyledon reserves of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and zinc were mobilized to seedling parts with 85–97% efficiency, other elements much less effectively. During fruiting, vegetative parts of the shoot showed net losses of 60–80% of their nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, 20–50% of their magnesium, iron, zinc, manganese and copper, and less than 15% of their calcium and sodium. Mobilization from vegetative structures was generally more efficient in L. albus than in L. angustifolius. Leaflets showed higher mobilization efficiencies than stem and petioles. Post-anthesis mobilization furnished the equivalent of 23–59% of the fruit's intake of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and manganese, 10–25% of the zinc, calcium, iron and copper, and 2% or less of the sodium. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium attained higher concentrations in fruits than in mature, non-reproductive parts; less mobile elements (calcium, sodium, iron and manganese) showed the opposite effect. Concentrations of sodium and manganese were especially low in fruits of L. angustifolius compared with L. albus.

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Optimization of mineral nutrition of maize hybrids on the basis of plant diagnostics

PLANT AND SOIL SCIENCE ◽

10.31548/agr2020.03.022 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 22-32

Author(s):

N. M. Asanishvili ◽

Keyword(s):

Mineral Nutrition ◽

Potassium Content ◽

Mineral Fertilizers ◽

Forest Steppe ◽

Chemical Calculation ◽

Maize Hybrids ◽

Maize Plants ◽

Phosphorus And Potassium ◽

The Impact ◽

Nitrogen Phosphorus

The article presents the results of research conducted during 2016-2019 on the impact of different rates of mineral fertilizers and by-products of the predecessor on the content of chemical nutrients in plants and the yield of maize hybrids in the Forest-Steppe. The aim of the research was to establish the peculiarities of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium accumulation in maize plants in ontogenesis in relation to the yield of hybrids of early and middle-early maturity groups to optimize the mineral nutrition of the crop. The research was conducted on dark gray wooded soil using field, chemical, calculation-weight and mathematical-statistical methods. According to the stages of growth and development of BBCH, the peculiarities of the dynamics of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content in plants of hybrids with FAO 190 and 280 depending on the agrochemical load of growing technology are established. Varietal regularities of concentration of chemical elements in maize plants in connection with the accumulation of dry matter by crops in ontogenesis and yield were revealed. Hybrids with the corresponding genetically determined level of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content in plants have been identified and its influence on the realization of genotype productivity potential has been shown. The decisive role of potassium and nitrogen in the formation of the corn crop on dark gray wooded soil has been experimentally proved and confirmed on the basis of statistical and correlation analyzes. All hybrids were characterized by high tightness of correlations between yield and content in plants of nitrogen (r = 0.760–0.934) and potassium (r = 0.755–0.943) during the growing season as opposed to phosphorus, where these connections were of medium strength (r = 0.334–0.589) and only partially close (r = 0.702–0.806). According to the results of plant diagnostics of mineral nutrition of plants, the most effective growing technologies with different agrochemical loading are singled out, which ensure the yield of early and middle-early maize hybrids in agro-climatic conditions of the Forest-Steppe at 9.56–10.39 and 11.21–12.10 t/ha.

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Phosphatase activities of spruce stand soils after serpentinite fertilisation in combination with nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilisers

Folia Forestalia Polonica ◽

10.1515/ffp-2015-0008 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 57 (2) ◽

pp. 82-89 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ewa Błońska ◽

Kazimierz Januszek ◽

Tomasz Wanic ◽

Stanisław Małek

Keyword(s):

Physicochemical Properties ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Chemical Properties ◽

Molar Ratio ◽

Mineral Horizon ◽

Spruce Stands ◽

Phosphorus And Potassium ◽

Nitrogen Phosphorus ◽

Forest District ◽

Properties Of Soil

Abstract The aim of this study was to assess the condition of soil after serpentine fertilisation by determining the activity of phosphatase and some physicochemical properties of soil. The study was conducted in southern Poland in the Wisła Forest District (49°8’12.92N 18°58’56.36E). The following variants: C - control - no fertiliser; S - ground serpentinite; SN - serpentinite + nitrogen; SP - ground serpentinite + P; SNP - ground serpentinite + NP; SNPK - ground serpentinite + NP (as above) + K. Fertilisation of serpentinite stimulates the activity of phosphatase in soil under spruce stands. The positive impact is reflected in the organic horizon. Less activity was noted in the humus-mineral horizon (AE) in all the fertiliser combinations three years after the fertilisation. Fertilisation of serpentinite improves the chemical properties - pH was increased, reduction of molar ratio of exchangeable calcium to magnesium form was noted.

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The dynamics of the accumulation of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in maize and peas in the first growth phases at constant mineral nutrition

Biologia Plantarum ◽

10.1007/bf02921733 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 149-157 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

J. Minář ◽

Z. Laštůvka

Keyword(s):

Mineral Nutrition ◽

Growth Phases ◽

Phosphorus And Potassium ◽

Nitrogen Phosphorus

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Quality of Organic Vegetables Grown in Two Certified Sites on the Outskirts of Bucharest Municipality

Present Environment and Sustainable Development ◽

10.1515/pesd-2017-0035 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 173-185

Author(s):

Mihaela Lungu ◽

Sorin Liviu Ștefănescu ◽

Monica Dumitrașcu

Keyword(s):

Mineral Composition ◽

Mineral Nutrition ◽

Plant Protection ◽

Mineral Elements ◽

Nutrition Status ◽

Yield Quality ◽

High Concentrations ◽

Phosphorus And Potassium ◽

Certified Organic ◽

The One

Abstract Soil fertility properties, irrigation water quality, mineral nutrition, and some vegetables mineral composition were studied in the frame of a project regarding yield quality monitoring in certified organic vegetable farms, in two farms placed on the outskirts of Bucharest Municipality which provide products for the town’s organic market. Chemical analysis of the soil samples collected from the two farms reflects a good fertility, close to the natural one of this region soils, with well-balanced organic matter, total nitrogen, accessible phosphorus and potassium contents. The nitrates contents concord with the plants nutrition demands and don’t present the risk to accumulate in vegetables or to leach into the groundwater. Slightly increased microelements, both total and soluble forms, occur. Soil microbiological properties are favorable for vegetable plants growth. A good biodiversity is noticed. There are differences between soil properties in open field and greenhouses, induced both by the type and degree of mechanical works and materials applied for fertilization and plant protection. Good conditions are generally created for plants mineral nutrition. Mineral nutrition status of the vegetables grown in organic conditions, assessed by the leaves mineral composition, doesn’t differ from the one of the vegetables grown in conventional conditions. The vegetables (fresh material) harvested from the two studied farms have good, even high, concentrations of mineral elements important for the yield nutritional quality. The excessive microelements quantities noticed in soil don’t transfer in the yield, so the latter quality and nutritional properties are not altered.

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The system of mineral nutrition of tomatoes in the Astrakhan region

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/843/1/012017 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 843 (1) ◽

pp. 012017

Author(s):

M Yu Anishko ◽

A S Ovchinnikov ◽

Zh A Vilkova

Keyword(s):

Mineral Nutrition ◽

Drip Irrigation ◽

Fertilizer Application ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Nitrogen Fertilizers ◽

Mobile Forms ◽

Open Ground ◽

Phosphorus And Potassium ◽

Nitrogen Phosphorus

Abstract The article considers the characteristics of tomato vegetable culture when growing it in the open ground in the soil and climatic conditions of the Astrakhan region. The total demand of tomatoes for macronutrients – nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in the context of the planned yield from 40 to 100 tons per hectare, taking into account the availability of mobile forms of nutrients in the soil, is shown. The average doses of the main fertilizer application during the preparation of the soil for tomatoes, the timing and doses of fertilizing tomatoes with nitrogen fertilizers when they are applied with fertigation during sprinkling and the fertigation program for drip irrigation of tomatoes for processing are presented.

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