Effect of organic nutrition on the nutritional status and yield of red cabbage plants in sandy soil [electronic resource].
تأثير التغذية العضوية على الحالة الغذائية والمحصول لنباتات الكرنب الاحمر في التربة الرملية.
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Includes references.
The objective of this research was to investigate the ability of improving nutritional status and the yield of red cabbage hybrid type(Lisa F1) using organic nutrition with compost, humic acid and effective microorganisms in sandy soil. The experiment was conducted in the Experimental Farm of Arid Land Agricultural Research and Service Center (ALARC), Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; during the two successive winter seasons of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014. Two rates of compost (R1C equal 6.25 and R2Cequal 9.38 ton/feddan as 100 and 150% of recommended nitrogen respectively) with or wUhout additions of humic acid and effective microorganisms (EM) individually or in combinations, were investigated comparing to recommended mineral fertilizers of NPK (control) on nutritional status and yield component of red cabbage. The results showed that R1C and R2C+humic acid + EM and R2C + EM only gave significantly superior in nutrient concentrations and yield component of red cabbage compared to recommended mineral fertilizer. It is recommended that organic nutrition of red cabbage in sandy soil can be performed successfully by applying 9.38 ton/feddan ofcompost with adding EM, as well as using 6.25 ton/feddan of compost with adding humic acid and EM to improve nutritional status and yield of red cabbage. Keywords: Red cabbage, Organic nutrition, Compost, Humic acid, Effective microorganisms (EM), Sandy soil.