Abstract
This investigation was carried out during the two successive seasons of 2016 and 2017 at the private orchard of the modern agriculture company (PICO), El Behera governorate, Egypt, to study the effect of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB) and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB) and different rates of N and P as mineral fertilizers (i.e. 50% and 75% of recommended dose), compared to the standard recommended mineral fertilization on the growth, yield, fruit quality and leaf mineral contents of Williams banana plants. Results showed that T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) enhanced plant growth i.e. pseudostem length and perimeter also, it increased bunch weight and yield and improved most physical parameters (i.e. finger no./hand, finger length, finger weight, pulp weight, pulp weight and pulp ratio) and chemical characters (T.S.S, total sugar % and reducing sugar %), leaf mineral content (N, P, and K) and chlorophyll a and b were also significantly affected by treatments compared to the control during two season of study. The results suggest that, the utilized biofertilizers can partially substitute the amount of mineral fertilizers, leading to cleaner environment.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
T8 and T7 biofertilizer plus mineral treatments enhanced banana pseudostem length and perimeter.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Treatment
- T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P)e1
- Interactor
- Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB)e0symbiont
- Second interactor
- Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB)e0symbiont
- Outcome
- pseudostem length and perimetere2
- Direction
- enhancede2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB) and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB)”
e1“T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P)”
t0“BANANA”
e2“enhanced plant growth i.e. pseudostem length and perimeter”
Claim · model-written summary
T8 and T7 increased banana bunch weight and yield.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Treatment
- T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P)e1
- Interactor
- Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB)e0symbiont
- Second interactor
- Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB)e0symbiont
- Outcome
- bunch weight and yielde2
- Direction
- increasede2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB) and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB)”
e1“T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P)”
t0“BANANA”
e2“increased bunch weight and yield”
Claim · model-written summary
T8 and T7 improved banana finger number per hand, finger length and finger weight.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Treatment
- T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P)e1
- Interactor
- Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB)e0symbiont
- Second interactor
- Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB)e0symbiont
- Outcome
- finger no./hand, finger length, finger weighte2
- Direction
- improvede2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB) and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB)”
e1“T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P)”
t0“BANANA”
e2“improved most physical parameters (i.e. finger no./hand, finger length, finger weight”
Claim · model-written summary
T8 and T7 improved banana pulp weight and pulp ratio.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Treatment
- T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P)e1
- Interactor
- Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB)e0symbiont
- Second interactor
- Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB)e0symbiont
- Outcome
- pulp weight and pulp ratioe3
- Direction
- improvede2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB) and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB)”
e1“T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P)”
t0“BANANA”
e2“improved most physical parameters”
e3“pulp weight, pulp weight and pulp ratio”
Claim · model-written summary
T8 and T7 improved banana fruit T.S.S, total sugar % and reducing sugar %.
- Taxon
- bananat0
- Treatment
- T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P)e1
- Interactor
- Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB)e0symbiont
- Second interactor
- Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB)e0symbiont
- Outcome
- chemical characters (T.S.S, total sugar % and reducing sugar %)e3
- Direction
- improvede2
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria (NFB) and Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria (PSB)”
e1“T8 (50% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P) and T7 (100% bio N + 50% bio. P + 50% mineral N and P)”
t0“BANANA”
e2“improved”
e3“chemical characters (T.S.S, total sugar % and reducing sugar %)”
Claim · model-written summary
Banana leaf mineral content (N, P and K) was significantly affected by the treatments compared with the control.
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e1“leaf mineral content (N, P, and K)”
e2“significantly affected by treatments compared to the control”
t0“BANANA”
Claim · model-written summary
Banana chlorophyll a and b were significantly affected by the treatments compared with the control.
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e1“chlorophyll a and b”
e2“significantly affected by treatments compared to the control”
t0“BANANA”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest the biofertilizers can partially substitute mineral fertilizers, leading to a cleaner environment.
Verbatim
e1“the utilized biofertilizers can partially substitute the amount of mineral fertilizers”
t0“BANANA”
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