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Title:
Potentiality Assessment of Fertilization Levels, Plant Population Densities and Cladodes Planting Direction on Opuntia ficus-indica as Non – Traditional Fodder Sources
Authors: M.A. Osman
Year: 2021
Keywords: Opuntia ficus-indica Fertilization Densities Cladodes Reflection Cultivation Yield Productivity and chemical content non-traditional
Journal: World Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Volume: 17
Issue: (6)
Pages: 491-508
Publisher: M.A. Osman
Local/International: International
Paper Link: Not Available
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Abstract:

This study was conducted at the Agricultural Research and Experiments Farm at the Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University during the seasons (2018/2019& 2019/2020). The experiment was designed with the objective of evaluating growth, yield and chemical content of Opuntia ficus-indica under three fertilization rates of (NPK), which were (30:20:10, 60:40:20 and 90:60:30 kg/fed.) in addition to the control (without fertilization), as well as three plant population densities 4200 plants/fed.(P1), 8400 plants/fed.(P2) and 16800 plants/fed.(P3). The third factor was cultivation trends of the cladodes (north to south & east to west) and their different interactions. The experimental design was split-split plot where fertilization rates were in the main plots and plant density in the sub plots, while the cultivation trends in the sub-sub. The obtained results showed that all data of the vegetative growth, yield and chemical content responded well all the three levels of fertilization and densities with the direction of cultivation of the cladodes from north to south in both seasons under study. The increase in the studied characters was significant with the high level of fertilization, which resulted in the highest productivity and high chemical content of plant cladodes and use them as non-traditional fodder to reduce the gap in the shortage of animal feed.

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