IMPACT OF BIO-CHEMICAL PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION AND LITHOVIT REGIMES ON SOME QUALITATIVE TRAITS OF VARIOUS BERSEEM VARIETIES

Ibrahim, Heba H.A. Ibrahim1 H.A.; Ramadan, I.E.; Abdelsalam, A.; Hassan, H.H.M.; El-Khawaga, A.A.H. El-Khawaga1

doi:10.21608/zjar.2023.297652

IMPACT OF BIO-CHEMICAL PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION AND LITHOVIT REGIMES ON SOME QUALITATIVE TRAITS OF VARIOUS BERSEEM VARIETIES

Document Type : Original Article

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¹ Agron. Dept., Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Egypt

² Forage Crops Res. Dept., Field Crops Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Cent. (ARC), Egypt.

10.21608/zjar.2023.297652

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at the Agric. Res. Station, Fac. Agric., Zagazig Univ., Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, during the winter seasons of 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. The investigation aimed at studying the impact of ten bio-chemical phosphorus fertilization and lithovit regimes on some qualitative traits of forage for 1^stand 3^rd cuts of six Egyptian clover varieties (Berseem, Trifolium alexandrinum L.) q.e. Helaly, Sakha 4, Gemmeiza 1, Giza 6, Serw 1, and local variety. The ten bio-chemical phosphorus fertilization and lithovit regimes were F₁, control; F₂, chemical phosphorus, 15.5 Kg P₂O₅/fad., F₃, bio-phosphorus fertilizer “Phosphorien”; F₄,50% of F₂ + phosphorien; F₅, 25% of F₂ + phosphorien; F₆, F₂ + lithovit; F₇, F₃+ lithovit; F₈, F₄ + lithovit; F₉, F₅ + lithovit; F₁₀, sole lithovit. Results disclosed varietal differences in each of phosphorus content (P%), digestible energy (DE Kcal/g dry matter), protein yield (Kg/fad.), as well as carbohydrate and fiber yields (Kg/fad.) in both the 1^st and the 3^rd cuts. The ten bio-chemical phosphorus fertilization and lithovit regimes resulted in a significant impact on the above cited traits in both the 1^st and the 3^rd cuts.

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