Effect of Fertigation on Soil Microbiological Activity and Productivity of Apple Orchard
Abstract
A field experiment was conducted at Fruit Research Institute Cacak (Serbia) to evaluate the influence of fertigation on development of soil microorganisms and production of apple 'Gloster', 'Hapke Delicious' and 'Morens Jonagored'. The experiment involved three variants of treatment: high water-soluble mineral fertilizer NPK 16: 8: 32, high water-soluble mineral fertilizer NPK 12: 0: 43; microbiological fertilizer (inoculum on associative nitrogen-fixing bacteria, Klebsiella species). Unfertilized soil served as the control. Fertilizers were incorporated with Venturi Injector three times over the growing season. The effect of the applied fertigation measures on soil biological parameters was monitored by determining the number of soil microorganisms by indirect dilution methods of growing on adequate culture media. Of all the variants examined, the most stimulatory effect on development of soil microorganisms was expressed in fertigation treatment that involved microbiological fertiliz...er in all the examined cultivars. The results of the investigation suggest that incorporation of microorganisms contributes to more productive, nutrient-efficient and environmentally safe orchard management system.
Keywords:
mineral fertilizers / microorganisms / irrigation / biofertilizersSource:
Acta Horticulturae, 2012, 981, 1, 231-236Publisher:
- International Society for Horticultural Science
Funding / projects:
- Content of bioactive components in small and stone fruits as affected by cultivar specificities and growing conditions, and obtaining biologically valuable products by improved and newly developed technologies (RS-MESTD-Technological Development (TD or TR)-31093)
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.35
ISSN: 0567-7572
WoS: 000323698800035
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84879216876
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Institut za voćarstvoTY - JOUR AU - Pešaković, Marijana AU - Miletić, Rade AU - Karaklajić-Stajić, Žaklina AU - Luković, Jelena PY - 2012 UR - https://refri.institut-cacak.org/handle/123456789/260 AB - A field experiment was conducted at Fruit Research Institute Cacak (Serbia) to evaluate the influence of fertigation on development of soil microorganisms and production of apple 'Gloster', 'Hapke Delicious' and 'Morens Jonagored'. The experiment involved three variants of treatment: high water-soluble mineral fertilizer NPK 16: 8: 32, high water-soluble mineral fertilizer NPK 12: 0: 43; microbiological fertilizer (inoculum on associative nitrogen-fixing bacteria, Klebsiella species). Unfertilized soil served as the control. Fertilizers were incorporated with Venturi Injector three times over the growing season. The effect of the applied fertigation measures on soil biological parameters was monitored by determining the number of soil microorganisms by indirect dilution methods of growing on adequate culture media. Of all the variants examined, the most stimulatory effect on development of soil microorganisms was expressed in fertigation treatment that involved microbiological fertilizer in all the examined cultivars. The results of the investigation suggest that incorporation of microorganisms contributes to more productive, nutrient-efficient and environmentally safe orchard management system. PB - International Society for Horticultural Science T2 - Acta Horticulturae T1 - Effect of Fertigation on Soil Microbiological Activity and Productivity of Apple Orchard EP - 236 IS - 1 SP - 231 VL - 981 DO - 10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.35 UR - conv_1742 ER -
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Pešaković, M., Miletić, R., Karaklajić-Stajić, Ž.,& Luković, J.. (2012). Effect of Fertigation on Soil Microbiological Activity and Productivity of Apple Orchard. in Acta Horticulturae International Society for Horticultural Science., 981(1), 231-236. https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.35 conv_1742
Pešaković M, Miletić R, Karaklajić-Stajić Ž, Luković J. Effect of Fertigation on Soil Microbiological Activity and Productivity of Apple Orchard. in Acta Horticulturae. 2012;981(1):231-236. doi:10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.35 conv_1742 .
Pešaković, Marijana, Miletić, Rade, Karaklajić-Stajić, Žaklina, Luković, Jelena, "Effect of Fertigation on Soil Microbiological Activity and Productivity of Apple Orchard" in Acta Horticulturae, 981, no. 1 (2012):231-236, https://doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2013.981.35 ., conv_1742 .