Abstract
The present work was carried out during the year of 2012 at two different locations of Maamoura and Montaza Research Branch, Horticulture Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Alexandria, Egypt on Lantana plant. This study was a trial to improve some characters of the calcareous soil with using two natural soil conditioners i. e. compost and sand. Each compost and sand were added alone to the calcareous soil at a ratio of zero, 25% and 50% or with using an equal mixture of the three materials together (33.3% calcareous soil + 33.3% compost + 33.3% sand) to produce six different growing media. Lantana plants were grown in 25 cm diameter clay pots on 15 March 2012 and they left to grow vegetatively for 45 days, then the plants were arranged in an experiment of randomized complete block design and they stayed for seven months for evaluation. Results revealed that using calcareous soil alone or mixed with sand at 25% or 50% gave the lowest values of most of the studied parameters of Lantana plant (vegetative growth, flower characteristics, and chemical analysis of plant leaves). Besides, adding compost at 25% or 50% to the calcareous soil led to significant increase in almost all the studied parameters of Lantana plant, compared with using calcareous soil alone. Furthermore, using an equal mixture of the three materials had no significant effects on the vegetative growth or the flowing characteristics of Lantana plant, while the content of Lantana leaves of chlorophyll, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc were significantly increased, compared with using calcareous soil alone. From the previous results it can be recommended to add compost at 25% to the calcareous soil for obtaining a suitable growing medium for planting and growing Lantana plant with good quality.
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Claim · model-written summary
Calcareous soil alone or with sand gave the lowest growth, flower, and leaf chemistry values.
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- Lantana plante0
- Treatment
- mixed with sand at 25% or 50%e0
- Outcome
- vegetative growth, flower characteristics, and chemical analysis of plant leavese0
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e0“using calcareous soil alone or mixed with sand at 25% or 50% gave the lowest values of most of the studied parameters of Lantana plant (vegetative growth, flower characteristics, and chemical analysis of plant leaves)”
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Compost at 25% or 50% significantly increased most Lantana parameters versus calcareous soil alone.
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e0“adding compost at 25% or 50% to the calcareous soil led to significant increase in almost all the studied parameters of Lantana plant, compared with using calcareous soil alone”
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The equal mixture did not significantly affect vegetative growth or flowering versus soil alone.
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e0“using an equal mixture of the three materials had no significant effects on the vegetative growth or the flowing characteristics of Lantana plant, while the content of Lantana leaves of chlorophyll, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc were significantly increased, compared with using calcareous soil alone”
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The equal mixture significantly increased Lantana leaf chlorophyll, nitrogen, and phosphorus versus soil alone.
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e0“using an equal mixture of the three materials had no significant effects on the vegetative growth or the flowing characteristics of Lantana plant, while the content of Lantana leaves of chlorophyll, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc were significantly increased, compared with using calcareous soil alone”
Claim · model-written summary
The equal mixture significantly increased Lantana leaf potassium and zinc versus soil alone.
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e0“using an equal mixture of the three materials had no significant effects on the vegetative growth or the flowing characteristics of Lantana plant, while the content of Lantana leaves of chlorophyll, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and zinc were significantly increased, compared with using calcareous soil alone”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend adding 25% compost to calcareous soil for quality Lantana cultivation.
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e0“it can be recommended to add compost at 25% to the calcareous soil for obtaining a suitable growing medium for planting and growing Lantana plant with good quality”
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