TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of compost interactions on the alterations in mineral biochemistry, growth, tuber quality and production of Solanum tuberosum
AU - Salem, Mohammed A.
AU - Al-Zayadneh, Wasef
AU - Jaleel, Cheruth Abdul
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements This work was financially supported by the Research Affairs at the UAE University (contract No. 1-1-6-11/07). We thank Mr. Raseed Abdelftah for his indispensable technical support. Also we thank Al Ain compost plant for their assistance in providing us with the compost.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Incorporation of compost in soil will not only protect the environment, but also take advantage of the nutrients and organic matter contained in the compost to enhance soil fertility and crop production. Field experiments were carried out during the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 growing seasons at the College of Food and Agriculture Farm, United Arab Emirates University. The experiments were established in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications. The plot dimension was 3.2m×2.8 m, with four rows per plot. The treatments were designed to study the effect of compost rates on the potato production and soil fertility properties. Five rates of compost were investigated (control, 40, 80, 120 ton compost per hectare; and inorganic fertilizers (250 kg N·ha-1, 250 kg P2O5·ha-1 and 300 kg K2O·ha-1)). Results of the first growing season 2006/2007 showed that marketable tuber yield, plant height and specific gravity were greater in compost amended soil than in non-amended soil even if inorganic fertilizers were added. Application of 120 ton compost per hectare gave the highest total tubers number, marketable tuber yield, height and specific gravity.
AB - Incorporation of compost in soil will not only protect the environment, but also take advantage of the nutrients and organic matter contained in the compost to enhance soil fertility and crop production. Field experiments were carried out during the 2006/2007 and 2007/2008 growing seasons at the College of Food and Agriculture Farm, United Arab Emirates University. The experiments were established in randomized complete block design (RCBD) with four replications. The plot dimension was 3.2m×2.8 m, with four rows per plot. The treatments were designed to study the effect of compost rates on the potato production and soil fertility properties. Five rates of compost were investigated (control, 40, 80, 120 ton compost per hectare; and inorganic fertilizers (250 kg N·ha-1, 250 kg P2O5·ha-1 and 300 kg K2O·ha-1)). Results of the first growing season 2006/2007 showed that marketable tuber yield, plant height and specific gravity were greater in compost amended soil than in non-amended soil even if inorganic fertilizers were added. Application of 120 ton compost per hectare gave the highest total tubers number, marketable tuber yield, height and specific gravity.
KW - Compost
KW - Crop production
KW - Minerals
KW - Soil fertility
KW - Solanum tuberosum
KW - Tuber quality
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U2 - 10.1007/s11703-010-0098-7
DO - 10.1007/s11703-010-0098-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77952293478
SN - 1673-7334
VL - 4
SP - 170
EP - 174
JO - Frontiers of Agriculture in China
JF - Frontiers of Agriculture in China
IS - 2
ER -