Saturday, 15 July 2006
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Effect of Organic Manure and Hydrogels and their Mixtures on the Nutritional and Botanical Properties of Tomato.

Abd El-Kader Abd El-Fattah, National Research Center - Soils and Water use Dept., Tahrir st., Cairo, Egypt

The present study aimed to explore the Effect of organic manure and or hydrogels on the nutritional and botanical properties of Tomato. Two successive field experiments were conducted in sandy soil, at El-Saff area, Giza governorate, in 2004 and 2005 seasons. Nine different soil treatments were examined i.e. 1- no conditioned soil, 2 to 3- soils conditioned with two rates of organic compost (OM) –( 1 and 2 kg/ plant pit); 4 to 5- soils conditioned with two rates of hydrogels (G) (2 and 4g/ plant pit); 6 to9- soils treated with different 4 mixture of both types of 1 kg OM+2g G and 2kgOM+ 2g G/plant pit). Obtained data showed higher and earlier fruit yield with hydrogel treatments. Soil conditioning with either organic composts or hydrogels increased yielded, and fertilizers use efficiency by plants. Higher application rates yield higher production. - applying mixture of both types of conditioners i.e. OM + G is more effective than using each conditioner solely. Increasing G in conditioners mixtures may be give reversible action. Anatomical character of stem and leaf blade include cross sectional areas of tomato stem, thickness of epidermal layer, cortex layer; vascular bundles and pith tissues, leaf blade thickness; mesophyll tissues thickness, dimension of vascular bundles and average of diameter of xylem vessels were greatest with hydrogel and organic composts compared to individual treatment. Key words: Soil conditioners, nutritional status, botanical properties.


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