The Integration of Microbial Inoculation and Organic Fertilization to Improve the Productivity of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in New Land

Authors

  • Mostafa A. S. AbdElgalil Central Laboratory of Organic Agriculture (CLOA), Agricultural Research Center, 9, Cairo University, St., Giza, Egypt.
  • Osama M. S. Harb Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo Branch, Egypt.
  • Abd El-Rahim S. Abo-Elhamd Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Egypt.
  • Mustafa M. Ibrahim Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Assiut Branch, Egypt.
  • Atef A. Hassan Central Laboratory of Organic Agriculture (CLOA), Agricultural Research Center, 9, Cairo University, St., Giza, Egypt.

Keywords:

Compost, Trichoderma, Bacillus, Biological yield, Wheat productivity

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the integration between the microbial inoculation and organic fertilization to improve the wheat productivity. Therefore, two wheat varieties (Misr-1 and Seds-12) were tested under three rates (8, 10 and 12 tons/fed) of supported compost and various microbial inoculation treatments during of 2012/2013 and 2013/2014 seasons. The main obtained results revealed that the Misr-1 wheat variety recorded significant increases in yield and its components except average of grains number/spike during the two seasons. Moreover, the interaction among three experiment factors showed that Misr-1 wheat variety, 10 ton/fed of supported compost and microbial inoculation by Trichoderma + Bacillus subtilis gave the greatest values for number of spike/m2, spike weight, average grain weight per spike, 1000-grain weight, biological yield, total yield/fed and protein content. However, highest number of grains per spike were recorded with Seds-12 wheat variety and 10 tons/fed of supported compost + inoculated by Trichoderma + Bacillus subtilis.

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AbdElgalil, M. A. S., Harb, O. M. S., Abo-Elhamd, A. E.-R. S., Ibrahim, M. M., & Hassan, A. A. (2016). The Integration of Microbial Inoculation and Organic Fertilization to Improve the Productivity of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in New Land. Advances in BioScience, 7(3), 66–75. Retrieved from https://journals.sospublication.co.in/ab/article/view/210

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