THE EFFECT OF ORGANIC, MINERAL AND BIO-FERTILIZATION ON GROWTH, YIELD AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF PIGEON PEA (Cajanus cajan) UNDER ISMAILIA REGION CONDITIONS

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Fac. Agric. Suez Canal University

2 Ministry of Agriculture.

Abstract

Fertilization of pigeon pea plants with organic, bio and mineral N fertilizers at different rates increased growth and yield compared with control. However mineral N at 80 kg/fed or/with cattle manure at 25 m3/fed or with compost at 8 ton/fed were the best treatments for average pod number/plant, fresh yield and seed yield/fed. Fertilization of pigeon pea plants grown in sandy loam soil during summer plantations with cattle manure at 25 m3/fed increased vine yield as fresh green forage for animals (21.55 ton/fed) followed by fertilization with mineral N at 80 kg/fed (18.75 ton/fed).

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