Potential of Integrated Nutrient Management to Rehabilitate the Dieback-Affected Mango Cultivar Sammer Bahisht Chaunsa

Fatma Bibi, Asifa Hameed (), Noor Muhammad, Khurram Shahzad, Iftikhar Ahmad, Tawaf Ali Shah, Abdel-Rhman Z. Gaafar, Mohamed S. Hodhod, Mohammed Bourhia () and Hiba-Allah Nafidi
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Fatma Bibi: Mango Research Institute, Multan P.O. Box 60000, Pakistan
Asifa Hameed: Mango Research Institute, Multan P.O. Box 60000, Pakistan
Noor Muhammad: Central Cotton Research Institute, Multan P.O. Box 60000, Pakistan
Khurram Shahzad: Department of Soil Science, Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal P.O. Box 00150, Pakistan
Iftikhar Ahmad: Soil and Water Testing Laboratory, Multan P.O. Box 60000, Pakistan
Tawaf Ali Shah: Department of Biotechnology, University of Okara, Okara P.O. Box 56300, Pakistan
Abdel-Rhman Z. Gaafar: Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh P.O. Box 11451, Saudi Arabia
Mohamed S. Hodhod: Faculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Sciences & Arts (MSA), 6th of October City P.O. Box 12451, Giza, Egypt
Mohammed Bourhia: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ibn Zohr University, Laayoune 70000, Morocco
Hiba-Allah Nafidi: Department of Food Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Laval University, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-14

Abstract: The mango cultivar Summer Bahisht (SB) Chaunsa is the most sensitive and susceptible to dieback disease among other cultivars. Despite the environmental variables, low nutritional value contributes to the drastic prevalence of the disease. Therefore, it was hypothesized that providing balanced nutrition through an integrated nutrient approach could rehabilitate plants affected by dieback disease. Treatments were NPK at the recommended dose (control), NPK + farmyard manure, NPK + press mud, NPK + poultry litter, and NPK + city effluent, and NPK + sulfur. Sulfur was applied at 3 kg per plant, while the organic amendments were applied at 100 kg per plant NPK was applied at the recommended dose per square feet of tree canopy. Leaf samples were taken 5 months after treatment application. Results were analyzed through two-way ANOVA analysis using R statistical language software. Although the disease recovery rate was slow and we did not find any plant that recovered one year after treatment application, the reduction in disease was prominent in the treatment where poultry litter + NPK was applied. The poultry litter with the recommended NPK treatment showed 20% and 50% reductions in disease intensity in the 2nd and 3rd years of the experiment, respectively, as compared to NPK alone.

Keywords: EC; fertilizer; nitrogen; organic matter; phosphorous; plant nutrients; potassium; poultry litter; soil pH (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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