Effects of soil types and fertilizers on growth, yield, and quality of edibleAmaranthus tricolor linesin Okinawa, Japan
Autor: | Masanobu Ohshiro, Ichiro Nakamura, Masanobu Tamaki, Md. Amzad Hossain, Prasanta C. Bhowmik, Akihiro Nose, Hikaru Akamine |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
fertilizers Amaranth lcsh:Plant culture Biology engineering.material 01 natural sciences chemistry.chemical_compound lcsh:SB1-1110 Management practices Amaranthus Soil classification 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences minerals yield Nitrogen fertilizer Agronomy chemistry Soil water 040103 agronomy & agriculture engineering 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries soil types Fertilizer Red soil Agronomy and Crop Science 010606 plant biology & botany |
Zdroj: | Plant Production Science, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 61-72 (2016) |
ISSN: | 1349-1008 1343-943X |
Popis: | Soil types and fertilizer regimes were evaluated on growth, yield, and quality of Amaranthus tricolor lines, IB (India Bengal), TW (Taiwan), BB (Bangladesh B), and BC (Bangladesh C) in developing management practices in Okinawa. Growth and yield of all amaranth lines were higher in gray soil (pH 8.4) than in dark red soil (pH 6.6) and red soil (pH 5.4). The combined NPK fertilizer resulted in highest growth parameters and yield of amaranths in all soils. Nitrogen fertilizer alone did not affect growth parameters and yield of amaranths in dark red and red soils. Growth parameters and yield increased similarly with the 30, 40, and 50 g m−2 of NPK fertilizer in BB line, and with the 20, 30, 40, and 50 g m−2 in BC line. Agronomic efficiency of NPK fertilizer at 50 g m−2 was not prominent on the amaranths, compared to the fertilizer at 40 g m−2. Amaranth lines had higher Na in dark red and red soils, while K and Mg in gray soil, Ca in gray and red soils, and Fe in dark red soil. The NPK fertilizer resulted in higher Na, Ca, Mg, and P in BB line in glasshouse. These minerals in BB line were not clearly affected, but in BC line were lower with NPK fertilizer at 20–50 g m−2 in field. These studies indicate that gray soil is best for amaranth cultivation and combined NPK fertilizer at 20–40 g m−2 is effective in gray soil in Okinawa for higher yield and minerals of amaranth. |
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