The effect of zeolite, organic and inorganic fertilizers on soil chemical properties, growth and biomass yield of apple trees

T. Milosevic and N. Milosevic
Additional contact information
T. Milosevic: Department of Fruit Growing and Viticulture, Faculty of Agronomy, University of Kragujevac, Cacak, Serbia
N. Milosevic: Department of Fruit Growing Technology, Fruit Research Institute, Cacak, Serbia

Plant, Soil and Environment, 2009, vol. 55, issue 12, 528-535

Abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of organic (cattle manure) and inorganic fertilizers [composite NPK (15:15:15)] and natural zeolites on soil properties, vegetative growth and yield of apple plants grown on vertisol under Cacak conditions (Western Serbia). The results showed that the combined fertilization induced a decrease in acidity, an increase in humus content, a partial increase in total nitrogen (NTOT), and, primarily, a rise in available phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) levels. A highly significant (P < 0.01) interactive effect of the apple cultivars and nutrients on one-year-old shoot length and trunk cross-sectional area (TCSA) and a significant effect (P < 0.05) on yield per tree and yield per hectare were determined.

Keywords: fertilization; crop yield; vertisol; vegetative growth; zeolites (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (3)

Downloads: (external link)
http://pse.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/107/2009-PSE.html (text/html)
http://pse.agriculturejournals.cz/doi/10.17221/107/2009-PSE.pdf (application/pdf)
free of charge

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:caa:jnlpse:v:55:y:2009:i:12:id:107-2009-pse

DOI: 10.17221/107/2009-PSE

Access Statistics for this article

Plant, Soil and Environment is currently edited by Kateřina Součková

More articles in Plant, Soil and Environment from Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Ivo Andrle ().