Evaluation of the Efficiency of Various Organic Fertilizers on the Growth and Head Yield of Cabbage

Abstract

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.) is an important vegetable crop worldwide. In this study, response of Cabbage crop (cv. Korsina) to five different (animal, poultry, plant, plant + animal, poultry + animal) organic manure treatments as compared to the chemical fertilization (control) was evaluated under field conditions in two consecutive seasons of 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. The aim of the experiments was to determine the best organic fertilizer (manure) option (whether plant, animal, poultry) for better growth and head yield of cabbage, and to determine the best organic combination on cabbage growth. Various vegetative parameters were measured including head length with and without wrapper leaves, stem length, inner and outer stem diameters, and total head yield. The results of our study showed that some vegetative growth parameters such as stem length, and inner and outer stem diameters were significantly enhanced by the different manure treatments. Cabbage plants fertilized with plant manure had the highest mean values of total head yield. The second best treatment for enhancing total head yield of cabbage was the mixture of plant and animal manure fertilizer. We conclude that plant manure can be used either alone or in combination with animal manure for growing the studied cabbage cultivar.

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“…The harvest index and biological yield showed a similar pattern. According to El-Dkeshy et al [51] conducted that all vegetative growth parameters of cabbage were significantly enhanced by all organic treatments, except for wrapper leaves number. However, plots of plant manure treatment (28 ton/ha) had the highest significant values of head length without wrapper leaves, stem length, and inner stem diameter.…”