EFFECT OF COMPOST, NITROGEN AND MICRONUTRIENT COMPOUNDS ON NITROGEN UPTAKE, YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF WHEAT

El-Hamdi, Kh. H.; Ahmed, A. R.; El-Azzony, N. E. S.

doi:10.21608/jssae.2012.54505

EFFECT OF COMPOST, NITROGEN AND MICRONUTRIENT COMPOUNDS ON NITROGEN UPTAKE, YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENTS OF WHEAT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Soils Dept., Fac. of Agriculture, Mansoura Univ., Egypt.

² Soils water and Environ. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Center, Egypt.

10.21608/jssae.2012.54505

Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the influence of compost, nitrogen and micronutrient compounds fertilization on N-uptake, yield and yield components of wheat. A field experiment was carried out at Met-Dafer; Dekernes, Dakahlia-governerate, Egypt during the two successive winter seasons of 2008/2009 and 2009/2010. The experiment was conducted in a split split plot design; which consisted of three compost treatments (0, 5 and 10 ton fed^-1) as main plots, nitrogen fertilization levels (0, 50 and 75 kg N fed^-1) as sub plots and four treatments of micronutrient compounds (control, sitrin , sitrin + kotingin and kotingin) as sub sub plots. The obtained results indicated that compost and micronutrient compounds fertilization with nitrogen fertilization increased N-uptake, yield and yield components of wheat and 10 ton fed^-1 compost treatment was the superior and the micronutrient compounds treatments excelled control and the sitrin + kotingin treatment was top treatment. The combination of compost and micronutrients along with nitrogen application improved yield, yield components and N-uptake. The best treatment was sitrin + kotingin at 50 kg N fed^-1 with adding compost10 ton fed^-1_.

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