Aly, M., Ahmed, N., . A. H, E., Ali, B. (2023). Effect of Nostoc clacicola as bio-fertilizer with plastic mulch on the growth and economic value of sweet pepper. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 101(1), 119-130. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2023.165324.1286
Mona Aly; Nagwa Ahmed; EL-Zawawy H . A. H; B Ali. "Effect of Nostoc clacicola as bio-fertilizer with plastic mulch on the growth and economic value of sweet pepper". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 101, 1, 2023, 119-130. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2023.165324.1286
Aly, M., Ahmed, N., . A. H, E., Ali, B. (2023). 'Effect of Nostoc clacicola as bio-fertilizer with plastic mulch on the growth and economic value of sweet pepper', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 101(1), pp. 119-130. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2023.165324.1286
Aly, M., Ahmed, N., . A. H, E., Ali, B. Effect of Nostoc clacicola as bio-fertilizer with plastic mulch on the growth and economic value of sweet pepper. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 2023; 101(1): 119-130. doi: 10.21608/ejar.2023.165324.1286
Effect of Nostoc clacicola as bio-fertilizer with plastic mulch on the growth and economic value of sweet pepper
1Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt
2Central Laboratory for Agricultural Climate, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt
3Botany Dept. (Microbiology) Fac. of Agric. Al-Azhar Univ. Cairo, Egypt
Abstract
This research was carried out during 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons, at the Experimental Station of the Central Laboratory for Agricultural climate CLAC, A.R.C, Dokki, Giza. This experiment was done under a plastic greenhouse to investigate the growth, fruit quality parameters and yield of sweet pepper plants grown under two different plastic mulch color and three different treatments of Nostocclacicola fertilizations. The plastic mulch treatments were transparent polyethylene and white polyethylene with 100 microns thickness. Bare soil (uncovered soil) was used as a control. Transparent and white polyethylene was laid after the establishment of the double rows (0.80 m width). Beds were manually installed to correspond to treatments and Nostocclacicola fertilization treatments: Nostocclacicola foliar fertilization, Nostocclacicola soil fertilization and Nostocclacicola foliar with soil fertilization (spray+ Soil). Vegetative growth (plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves/ plants, number of branches/ plants, leaves fresh weight and leaf area), as well as fruit yield and quality (total yield, fruit length and fruit diameter), chemical contents (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Leaves dry matter% and Vitamin C) of sweet pepper (Capsicum species) Gedeon F1 Hybrid. Obtained results revealed that using transparent plastic mulch with a combination of Nostocclacicola foliar and soil fertilization enhanced all vegetative growth measurements and increased all assayed chemical constituents of plant leaves, as well as increasing total fruit yield and components