N. M. Mahrous(1), Amany M. Sallam(2), Jacklin G. Sadek(3)
and Kh. A. Shaban(3)
( 2010). IMPROVING WHEAT PRODUCTION AND GRAIN QUALITY BY INORGANIC, ORGANIC FERTILIZERS WITH SOME MICRONUTRIENTS UNDER SALINE CONDITIONSMinufiya J.Agric. Res.Vol.35 No. 5:1931-1949
Abstract: Two field experiments were conducted during two successive seasons in 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 at Gelbana district Sahl – el Tina plane (North Sinai ) to study the response of two Egyptian wheat varieties namely Sakha 93 and Sids 1 to inorganic, organic and foliar spray with micronutrients either singly or in combination. Split plot design was used. wheat plants were sprayed two times with mixture of Zn +Mn +Fe at a rate of 0.3g/l for each nutrient, first sprayed at tillering stage (30 dys from sowing) and secondly at the head development stage (70 days from sowing). It was found that NPK fertilizer was more effective than compost or micronutrients mixture (Fe +Zn +Mn) in increasing wheat yield and yield components of both studied varieties. Sakha 93 was more affected by this treatment and surpassed Sids 1 for all growth characters except plant height. Corresponding increases in macronutrients (NPK) and micronutrients (Fe+ Zn+ Mn) in wheat grains. NPK treatment produced high significant effect in crude protein % and total carbohydrates in grains, shoot length, radical length, EC and seedling dry weight for both studied varieties while germination percent, was increased but non significant for both varieties. The obtained data declared that the combination treatment NPK+ compost + Fe+ Zn+ Mn produced highest significant increases for all studied characters except germination percent for Sakh93 and Side 1 wheat
Keywords: (wheat plant, NPK fertilizer, compost EDTA (Zn+ Mn+ Fe))
