Effects of Different Organic Soil Amendments on Yield Parameters of Brassica rapa L. subsp. sylvestris

Authors : Halil KON, Lina AL BITAR, Hailemelekot KIDANE, Mulugheta SOLOMON, Justyna WIECZYNSKA, Sereen BOU ZEİN EL DEEN

Pages : 16-21

Doi:10.21657/tsd.64179

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Publication Date : 2016-03-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Brassica rapa L. subsp. sylvestris is one of the widely consumed vegetable in Puglia region of Italy. An experiment was conducted in experiment field of CHIEAM The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(IAMB); to assess the effects of different organic amendments on yield parameters of turnip. Amendments used insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(a); coffee chaff compost, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b); coffee chaff insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(raw material);, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(c); control, insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d); the commercial organic fertilizer. The rates of application were 6.3 tons ha-1 for coffee chaff compost, 7.5 tons ha-1 for coffee chaff and 9.3 tons ha-1 for the commercial organic fertilizer. The result indicated that the commercial organic fertilizer had highest values on number of leaves, plant height, fresh weight, dry weight and marketable yield insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05); and there were no significant difference between other soil amendments. The commercial organic fertilizer was suitable in short term for turnip production when compared with compost and coffee chaff. It is recommended that Brassica rapa L. subsp. sylvestris can be grown successfully using the commercial organic fertilizer.
Keywords : Brassica rapa L subsp sylvestris, coffee chaff, compost, organic applications, yield