INFLUENCE OF MINERAL AND ORGANIC NITROGEN FERTILIZERS ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF SOME WHEAT VARIETIES AND SOME SOIL PROPERTIES - NORTH DELTA .

Document Type : Research articles.

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Soils, Water and Environment Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt.

Abstract

Two field experiments were conducted at the Experimental
Research Station in El-Serw, Agricultural Research Center during the
seasons 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 to study the effect of mineral nitrogen
and organic nitrogen of compost combination treatments on grain and
straw yield and N, P, K- uptake in grain and straw of some wheat
varieties. The experiments were carried out in a split plot design with
three replicates. Main plots were assigned to three wheat cultivars i.e.,
Sakha 93, Gemmiza 9 and Gemmiza 10. The sub main plots were
devoted to mineral nitrogen and compost combination treatments as
follows: 100% inorganic nitrogen (90 kg fed
-1), 75% inorganic nitrogen
(67.5 kg fed
-1 ) + 25 % organic nitrogen (22.5 kg fed-1), 50% inorganic
nitrogen (45.0 kg fed
-1 ) + 50 % organic nitrogen (45.0 kg fed-1 ), 25 %
inorganic nitrogen (22.5 kg fed
-1 ) + 75% organic nitrogen (67.5 kg fed-
1
) and 100 % organic nitrogen (90 kg fed-1). Obtained results showed
that the greatest values of wheat grain , straw yields , N, P and K uptake
in both grain and straw were those of Gemmeza 10, Gemmeza 9 and
Sakha 93, respectively and 100% inorganic nitrogen, 75% inorganic
nitrogen + 25% organic nitrogen, 50 % inorganic nitrogen + 50%
organic nitrogen, 25% inorganic nitrogen + 75% organic nitrogen and
100% organic nitrogen, respectively. 100% inorganic nitrogen for
Gemmiza 10 gave the highest wheat grain and straw yields and N, P, and
K uptake in grain and straw. While, applying 75% inorganic nitrogen
with 25% organic nitrogen produced economic wheat grain and straw
yields for Sakha 93 only. So, 25% inorganic nitrogen, could be saved,
and environmental pollution with mineral- N fertilizers could also be
reduced. As well as improved soil properties i.e increased hydraulic
conductivity,on the contrary,bulk density,Ece and pH values were
decreased.


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