Application of Bio-char in Field Experiment Program
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Oiva Niemeläinen & Kari Tiilikkala; Natural Resources Institute, LUKE, Finland Magdy M. Mohamed, Deiaaeldin A. Ahmed & Eslam M. Abbas; Field Crops Research Institute, ARC, Egypt Introduction: As a part of broad our project program to assess the potential of bio-char to enhance field crops productivity; we investigated the impact of wellcharacterized and contrasting bio-char in comparison to available sheep and goats manure and bio-andchemical fertilizers on the growth of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) under drought and saline conditions.
Add of Bio-char (1-kg / m)
Add of Sheep and Goats Manure
Treatments
T1: Bio-char (1-kg/m2). T2: Sheep and Goats Manure T3: Bio-Fertilizers (Phosphorin, Potasin-P and Rizobacterin) T4: Chemical Fertilizers (As Recommended Rates) T5: T1 + 100% of T4 T6: T1 + 50% of T4 T7: T1 + 25% of T4 T8: T2 + 100% of T4
T9: T2 + 50% of T4 T10: T2 + 25% of T4 T11: T3 + 100% of T4 T12: T3 + 50% of T4
Treat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Treat. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
FFY (t/h) 59.760 60.480 32.640 28.320 25.680 80.400 53.760 96.480
Treat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Planting Seeds
T13: T3 + 25% of T4 T14: T1 + T2 T15: T1 + T3 T16:T1 + T2 + T3 Chemical Fertilizers
Forage Fresh Yield (t.h) and Ton Cost FFY (t/h) 63.840 67.680 21.630 33.120 65.280 63.600 64.800 61.400
Treated the Seed by Bacterial Vaccine
T.C. (L.E)
189.85 147.16 297.75 242.75 215.07 205.66 194.44 193.36
Treat. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
T.C. (L.E) 170.23 172.62 253.68 258.47 239.50 198.51 229.91 167.91
Germination Stage-1
Alfalfa Experiment at North Sinai Government
Acknowledgements: The project is supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland EGY/ICI MTT/FCRI-14208006. The Research Work As A Part of Result (4): “Utilization of Bio-char for Agriculture in Sandy Soil Conditions”. NJF-490 Seminar: Nordic Agrifood Expertise for Development, Helsinki, Finland, 22.01.2016 The project “Enhancing Development of Water Use Efficient Crops & Production Methods to Dry and Saline Conditions” is supported by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland.