The influence of biofertilization on the vegetative growth, yielding and nutritional status of 'Sampion' apple trees in first years after planting

Waldemar Treder, Krzysztof Klamkowski, Lidia Sas-Paszt, Katarzyna Wójcik, Anna Tryngiel-Gać, Mateusz Frąc, Anna Lisek, Krzysztof Górnik, Edyta Derkowska and Augustyn Mika
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Waldemar Treder: Laboratory of Plant Irrigation, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
Krzysztof Klamkowski: Laboratory of Plant Irrigation, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
Lidia Sas-Paszt: Department of Microbiology and Rhizosphere, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
Katarzyna Wójcik: Laboratory of Plant Irrigation, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
Anna Tryngiel-Gać: Laboratory of Plant Irrigation, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
Mateusz Frąc: Department of Microbiology and Rhizosphere, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
Anna Lisek: Department of Microbiology and Rhizosphere, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
Krzysztof Górnik: Department of Microbiology and Rhizosphere, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
Edyta Derkowska: Department of Microbiology and Rhizosphere, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland
Augustyn Mika: Department of Microbiology and Rhizosphere, The National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland

Horticultural Science, 2023, vol. 50, issue 2, 91-100

Abstract: The effects of biofertilizers on the growth, yielding, and nutritional status of apple trees (in comparison with the standard mineral fertilization) was evaluated in 3-years experiment (2018-2020). The experiment included the following treatments: (i) Super Fos Dar, (ii) Polifoska 6, (iii) Super Fos Dar + fungi (Aspergillus niger, Purpureocillium lilacinum), (iv) Urea enriched with fungi, (v) Urea dose reduced to 60% enriched with fungi, (vi) Super Fos Dar + bacteria applied on their own to the soil (Bacillus sp., Bacillus amyloliquefaciens, Paenibacillus polymyxa), (vii) Super Fos Dar enriched with bacteria, (viii) Super Fos Dar 60% enriched with bacteria, (ix) Polifoska 6 enriched with bacteria, (x) Polifoska 6 60% enriched with bacteria. The application of mineral fertilizers (even in reduced doses) enriched with beneficial microorganisms enhanced the growth of apple trees. The most abundant flowering was recorded when fertilization (with Super Fos Dar) was supplemented with beneficial microorganisms applied to the soil. No significant differences in plant yielding were noted (due to damages caused by spring frosts), but the highest fruit weight was recorded in the case of the trees fertilized with microbiologically enriched Super Fos Dar.

Keywords: beneficial microorganisms; tree vigour; Malus domestica; fruit quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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