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- Title
EFFECTS OF N, P AND K FERTILIZERS ON EDIBLE AMARANTH (Amaranthus spp.) GROWN ON THE RED SOIL OF OKINAWA.
- Authors
AKAMINE, H.; OHSHIRO, M.; HOSSAIN, M. A.
- Abstract
Fertilizer regimes were evaluated on edible amaranths to understand fertilizer management on the red soil (pH 5.1) of Okinawa. Effects of fertilizers 0 (Control), N, P, K, N+P (NP), N+K (NK), P+K (PK) and N+P+K (NPK) were evaluated on red leaf amaranth in two experiments. Each of the N, P and K fertilizers was applied at 50 g m-2. In addition, the effects of NPK (N:P:K=1:1:1) fertilizer at 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 g m-2 were evaluated on red stem amaranth and red leaf amaranth. Growth and yield of amaranth cultivated under N, P, K, NK and PK treatments were very poor, but significantly higher with the NPK followed by NP. Growth parameters and yield greatly increased with the NPK fertilizer at 30-40 g m-2 for red stem amaranth and 20-30 g m-2 for red leaf amaranth. Mineral contents in the amaranths did not clearly differ with the different fertilizers. Mineral contents were higher or same in the amaranths cultivated with the fertilizer NPK at 30-40 g m-2, compared to those under control treatments. The results indicate that combined fertilizer NPK at 30-40 g m-2 is effective for higher yield and quality of amaranth in the red soil.
- Subjects
OKINAWA Island (Japan); RED soils; AMARANTHS; FERTILIZERS; ACID soils; SOIL management
- Publication
Applied Ecology & Environmental Research, 2021, Vol 19, Issue 3, p2333
- ISSN
1589-1623
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15666/aeer/1903_23332346