Papers by Hanadi El Dessougi
Maǧallaẗ ǧāmi’aẗ al-H̲arṭūm li-l-’ulūm al-zirā’iyyaẗ, Sep 5, 2021
<jats:p>This experiment was conducted at the Demonstration Farm of the Faculty of Agricultu... more <jats:p>This experiment was conducted at the Demonstration Farm of the Faculty of Agriculture University of Khartoum at Shambat, Sudan, in 2016. The aim of the experiment was to study the effect of nitrogen and potassium fertilization on growth, yield and sugar content of two genotypes of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench). The treatments consisted of three levels of nitrogen (0; 50 and 100 kg N/Fed), potassium (0; 50 and 100 kg K/Fed) and two sweet sorghum genotypes;G1, RNF 1107 white colored seeds from El Gazira Aba and G2, El Banjadeed, black colored seeds from Kordofan. The experiment was arranged in a randomized complete block design with three replications. Studied parameters were plant height, number of leaves, leaf area, stem diameter, plant, leaf, stem and head fresh weights, baggasse and juice weights. The results showed that nitrogen application had a significant (P≤0.05) effect on plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaf area, stem diameter, plant and leaves' fresh weight, baggasse and juice weights. Potassium application affected plant height significantly (P≤0.05) but had no significant (P≤0.05) effect on number of leaves per plant, leaf area and stem diameter. Also potassium application had no significant effect on all studied yield parameters. The results indicated significant (P≤0.05) differences for most interactions. G2 showed better performance than G1 for plant height, leaf number, leaf area, stem diameter and yield parameters at N1K1</jats:p>
Springer eBooks, 2004
Growth and Phosphorus Nutrition of Maize in Pot and Field Experiments as Affected by other Plants... more Growth and Phosphorus Nutrition of Maize in Pot and Field Experiments as Affected by other Plants Grown in Association or in Rotation Alexander zu Dreele, Hanadi El Dessougi, Gary Schlosser, Juergen Kroschel &amp;amp; Norbert Claassen 1 Introduction A viable practice to ...
Maǧallaẗ ǧāmi’aẗ al-H̲arṭūm li-l-’ulūm al-zirā’iyyaẗ, Sep 19, 2021
<jats:p>A set of laboratory tests was conducted in 2015, at the Central Seed laboratory See... more <jats:p>A set of laboratory tests was conducted in 2015, at the Central Seed laboratory Seed Administration, Ministry of Agriculture andForestry, Khartoum, Sudan, with the objective to investigate the effect of late sowing and hydro priming times on some seed vigour attributes of five chickpea lines ( DR1-27-5; DR1-44; DR1-109; DR1-114 and DR1- 115). Seeds were provided by Hudeiba Research Station, from planting at optimum sowing date (November); late sowing (January) of the harvest of season 2011/2012. The experiment was conducted in completely randomized design with four replications. Treatments were sowing dates(2), hydropriming time (4) and chickpea lines (5) Data were collected on initial moisture content, 100 seed weight, germination percentage and rate, seedling fresh and dry weights. The results indicated that late sowing had highly significant (P ≤ 0.01) effect on seed vigour by affecting seed moisture content, 100 seed weight, germination percentage and seedlingdry weight. The lines and hydropriming time showed significant (P ≤ 0.01) effect on all studied parameters. There were positive significant (P ≤ 0.01) correlation between moisture content, 100-seed weight, germination percent and seedling fresh and dry weights; but all these parameters were negatively correlated with rate of germination. Further studies are neededto investigate, in depth, the mechanism of heat tolerance and determination of the appropriate hydro-priming time for chickpea seeds </jats:p>
Maǧallaẗ ǧāmi’aẗ al-H̲arṭūm li-l-’ulūm al-zirā’iyyaẗ, Mar 28, 2023
The objective of this work was to study K efficiency of different crops and determine the plant p... more The objective of this work was to study K efficiency of different crops and determine the plant parameters affecting it. The study was carried out using 14 different crops and cultivars grown on a sandy soil rich in humus, with two potassium fertilisation levels under controlled conditions. The studied crops showed different K efficiency reflected in different dry matter yield production in unfertilised relative to fertilised treatments. All crops had, at low K supply, less than optimum K concentration in dry matter, indicating that the soil K concentration did not meet the K requirement of the plants. Thus, the ability to produce high dry matter yield indicated superior adaptability to K deficiency. The efficiency mechanisms employed by the different crops were low shoot growth rate and/or high root length-shoot weight ratio and a high uptake rate per unit root, i.e. the influx, or low internal K requirement. Crops with high influx had higher calculated concentration gradients, since they caused further decrease of the concentration at the root surface. As such, they were able to create steeper concentration gradients between bulk soil solution and root surface. This resulted in higher diffusive flux to the roots.
Maǧallaẗ ǧāmi’aẗ al-H̲arṭūm li-l-’ulūm al-zirā’iyyaẗ, Mar 28, 2023
This study was conducted to investigate the potassium (K) efficiency of wheat and sugar beet unde... more This study was conducted to investigate the potassium (K) efficiency of wheat and sugar beet under field conditions and to identify the varying mechanisms or factors behind their efficiency. Data were obtained from a long term fertilizer experiment, on a K "fixing" sandy clay loam in Bavaria, southern Germany, in which K fertilization rates varied from 0 to 1000 kg K haP-1 P yearP-1 P with the last K application in 1986. In 2003, sugar beet and spring wheat were sown on March 13P th P and April 4P th P , respectively. At 4 and 5 harvests for wheat and sugar beet, respectively, random samples of shoots, roots and soil of each species from the unfertilized (-K) and the highest fertilizer level of 1000 kg K haP-1 P (+K) treatments were analyzed. Sugar beet and wheat had similar K efficiency producing 76 % and 80 % beet and grain yield on unfertilized compared with fertilized treatments, respectively. As compared to wheat, sugar beet had a higher internal K requirement, two times higher shoot growth rate (GRs), 34% to 48 % of the wheat root length (RL), and consequently a larger GR/RL, that is higher demand for K uptake on the roots. However, sugar beet showed an exceptionally high uptake efficiency of the single roots or influx, which was 5 times higher in unfertilized treatments, as compared with wheat. Wheat K efficiency was attributed to a higher utilization efficiency or lower internal requirement, slow growing shoots and a large root system. Further investigations are necessary to study the mechanism by which sugar beet was able to achieve a higher influx than wheat.
Maǧallaẗ ǧāmi’aẗ al-H̲arṭūm li-l-’ulūm al-zirā’iyyaẗ, Mar 28, 2023
An experiment was carried out to determine and compare the performance traits of turkeys under se... more An experiment was carried out to determine and compare the performance traits of turkeys under semi-intensive and extensive systems of management in Khartoum State, Sudan. A commercial breed of turkey (BUT Big 6) was used. Birds were kept in an open-sided, deep litter poultry house (semi intensive system) and fenced enclosures (extensive system) from week 17 to weeks 24 and 28 and fed on turkey finisher and supplement diets, respectively. Parameters assessed were feed intake, body weight, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio (for each feed), mortality and cost and profit. Results of feed intake indicated a consistent increase with increase in age in both systems of management up to week 22 followed by a consistent decrease in feed intake up to the end of the experiment at week 28. Body weight increased with increase in age in both systems of management up to week 24 followed by a slight increase up to week 28. Turkeys kept under semi-intensive system of management consumed higher amounts of feed, gave heavier finishing weight, average weight gain, heavier carcass weight and higher profit than those kept under extensive system up to week 24 and lower mortality percentage and profit from week 25 to week 28. No difference between treatments was found in dressing percentage and wholesale cuts. The study concluded that the semi-intensive system is better for turkey production up to week 24.
Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, Jul 1, 2005
Abstract Ten potato cultivars were grown in low potassium soil with and without potassium (K) in ... more Abstract Ten potato cultivars were grown in low potassium soil with and without potassium (K) in a pot experiment to test their K efficiency. Two harvests (29 and 83 days after planting) were taken to obtain final dry matter (shoot+tubers) accumulation (DMA) rates of shoot and root growth and K uptake rate per unit root (K influx). Under K deficiency, DMA of different cultivars varied by a factor of more than 2. Based on absolute DMA without K, the cultivars, Linda, Oktan, Ponto, and Maas were more K efficient than Quarta and Belana. Results show that with the same root length, more K efficient cv. Oktan had higher relative shoot growth rate and produced more DMA than less K efficient cv. Quarta in the absence of K by taking up more K per plant from soil and maintaining higher shoot K concentration. The more K efficient cv. Oktan could take up more K per plant due to its higher K influx, and its higher influx was because of its capacity to use higher nonexchangeable soil K. The DMA, K uptake, and K influx in 10 cultivars were more correlated to the quantity of nonexchangeable K depleted (r=0.850, 0.981, and 0.608) than to that of exchangeable K (r=0.284, 0.363, and 0.315, respectively). Stepwise regression analysis indicated that capacity to use nonexchangeable K is the main factor controlling K efficiency of different cultivars followed by root length to DMA ratio and K influx.
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Apr 1, 2003
Intercropping or rotating of P-efficient crop species which mobilize sparingly soluble P by their... more Intercropping or rotating of P-efficient crop species which mobilize sparingly soluble P by their root exudates can have beneficial effects on growth and P uptake of P-inefficient species. We aimed at studying the effect of intercropping or incorporating of crop residues of P-efficient crops on the components of maize P-uptake, i.e. the root-system size and P influx (P-uptake rate per unit root length). This was studied in 3 pot experiments in a low-P sandy soil. In the first experiment, maize was intercropped with white lupine, sugar beet or oilseed rape, and with groundnut in the second experiment. In the third experiment, maize was grown after incorporating the crop residues of white lupine, sugar beet or oilseed rape. Maize growth and yield was strongly inhibited when intercropped with white lupine, sugar beet or oilseed rape, probably because of competition for nutrients. But with groundnut as the accompanying species, maize yield was increased by a factor of 3, mainly because of an enhanced P influx. Crop residues of oilseed rape and sugar beet increased the yield of maize by factors 2 and 1.6, respectively, because of a 3 and 2 times higher P uptake as compared to maize grown after maize without incorporation of crop residue. The reason for the higher maize P-uptake after oilseed rape was an 11 times higher P influx as compared to maize without crop residues, and after sugar beet residues because of an enhanced root growth and a 4 times higher P influx. Lupine residues did not improve maize growth, mainly because of a low P influx, which was even less than that of maize grown without crop residues. The soil solution P concentration and calcium acetate lactateextractable P (CAL P) measured in this study did not reflect the P availability as indicated by the plants (P uptake, P influx). This indicates that other mechanisms such as P mobilization in the rhizosphere by root exudates or cell-wall components were responsible for the increased P availability. These mechanisms need further investigation. Wachstum und Phosphataufnahme von Mais in Monokultur, in Mischkultur mit anderen Pflanzenarten oder nach Einarbeitung ihrer Ernterückstände Der Anbau von P-effizienten Pflanzen, die schwer lösliches P durch ihre Wurzelexudate mobilisieren können, mit P-ineffizienten Pflanzen in einer Mischkultur oder Fruchtfolge kann die P-Aufnahme der ineffizienten Pflanzen erhöhen. Ziel dieser Untersuchung war es, die P-Aufnahmekomponenten, d.h. die Gröûe des Wurzelsystems und den P-Influx (P-Aufnahmerate pro Einheit Wurzellänge) von Mais zu bestimmen, der in Mischkultur oder nach der Einarbeitung von Pflanzenresten von P-effizienten Pflanzen kultiviert wurde. Hierzu wurden 3 Gefäûversuche mit einem P-armen sandigen Boden durchgeführt. Im ersten Experiment wurde Mais mit weiûer Lupine, Zuckerrübe oder Raps in Mischkultur angebaut, im zweiten Versuch war die begleitende Pflanze Erdnuss. In einem dritten Versuch wurde Mais nach Einarbeitung von Pflanzenresten von weiûer Lupine, Zuckerrübe oder Raps angebaut, um eine Fruchtfolge mit Ernterückständen zu simulieren. Wachstum und Ertrag von Mais waren bei Mischkultur mit weiûer Lupine, Zuckerrübe oder Raps stark eingeschränkt, was vermutlich auf Nährstoffkonkurrenzeffekte zurückzuführen war. Im Gegensatz dazu stieg der Maisertrag um den Faktor 3 an, wenn Erdnuss die begleitende Pflanze war. Dies war vor allem in einem höheren P-Influx begründet. Ernterückstände von Raps und Zuckerrübe erhöhten den Maisertrag um den Faktor 2 bzw. 1,6. Dies beruhte auf einer drei-bzw. zweifach höheren P-Aufnahme gegenüber Mais ohne Einarbeitung von Ernterückständen. Die Ursache für die höhere P-Aufnahme nach Einarbeitung von Rapsernterückständen war ein elfmal höherer P-Influx im Vergleich zu Mais ohne Ernterückstände. Ernterückstände von Zuckerrübe führten zu einem verbesserten Wurzelwachstum und einem viermal höheren P-Influx. Ernterückstände von weiûer Lupine verbesserten das Maiswachstum nicht. Der P-Influx war sogar niedriger als bei der Kontrolle ohne Ernterückstände. Weder die P-Konzentration in der Bodenlösung noch der P-CAL-Gehalt des Bodens spiegelten die veränderte P-Verfügbarkeit wider, wie sie von den Pflanzen (P-Aufnahme, P-Influx) angezeigt wurde. Dies deutet darauf hin, dass andere Mechanismen wirksam waren, wie die P-Mobilisierung durch Wurzelexudate oder Zellwandbestandteile, welche die P-Verfügbarkeit in der Rhizosphäre beeinflussen.
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Maǧallaẗ ǧāmi’aẗ al-H̲arṭūm li-l-’ulūm al-zirā’iyyaẗ, Mar 28, 2023
A set of laboratory tests and field experiments were conducted for two consecutive seasons (2009/... more A set of laboratory tests and field experiments were conducted for two consecutive seasons (2009/10 and 2010/11) to investigate the effect of seed source on seed quality attributes of the sorghum cultivar Tabat. Simple correlation coefficients were calculated to determine the degree of association between the different vigour tests and seedling emergence under field conditions. Seeds were obtained from four locations: two rainfed (Damazin and Habeela) and two irrigated (Khashm El Girba and El Gezira). Data were collected on initial seed moisture content, 1000-seed weight, germination percentage, rate of germination, seedling shoot length, seedling root length, seedling shoot to root length ratio, seedling fresh weight, seedling dry weight, plant height, number of leaves per plant, leaf area per plant and plant fresh and dry weight. The results indicated that, under laboratory conditions, seed source had significant effect on seedling root length and fresh weight in the first season, on germination percentage and rate of germination in the second season and on seed moisture content and 1000 seed weight in both seasons. Significant differences were found in seedling shoot length and plant height under field conditions. Seeds from Habeela and Damazin performed well with regard to germination percentage, rate of germination and field seedling emergence. Also, seeds from the rainfed areas produced taller plants than those from irrigated areas (Khashm El Girba and El Gezira). The results also showed that field seedling emergence was positively correlated with the estimate, under laboratory
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Dec 1, 2002
Plant species differ in their potassium (K) efficiency, but the mechanisms are not clearly docume... more Plant species differ in their potassium (K) efficiency, but the mechanisms are not clearly documented and understood. Therefore, K efficiency of spring wheat, spring barley, and sugar beet was studied under controlled conditions on a K fixing sandy clay loam. The effect of four K concentrations in soil solution ranging from low (5 and 20 mM K) to high (2.65 and 10 mM K) on plant growth and K uptake was investigated at 3 harvest dates (14, 21, and 31 days after sowing). The following parameters were determined: shoot dry matter (DM), K concentration in shoot dry matter, root length (RL), root length/shoot weight ratio (RSR), shoot growth rate/average root length ratio (GR s /aRL), K influx, and soil solution K concentrations. Wheat proved to have a higher agronomic K efficiency than barley and sugar beet, indicated by a greater relative yield under Kdeficient conditions. As compared to both cereals, sugar beet was characterized by higher K concentrations in the shoot dry matter, only 30±50 % of the root length, 15±30 % of the RSR and a 3 to 6 times higher GR s /aRL. This means that the shoot of sugar beet had a 3 to 6 times higher K demand per unit root length. Even at low K concentrations in the soil solution, sugar beet had a 7 to 10 times higher K influx than the cereals, indicating that sugar beet was more effective in removing low available soil K. Wheat and barley were characterized by slow shoot growth, low internal K requirement, i.e. high K utilization efficiency, and high RSR, resulting in a low K demand per unit root length. At low soil K concentrations, both cereals increased K influx with age, an indication of adaptation to K deficiency. The mechanism of this adaptation merits closer investigation. Model calculations were performed to estimate the K concentration difference between the bulk soil and the root surface (DC L) needed to drive the measured K influx. For the two cereals, the calculated DC L was smaller than the K concentration in the soil solution, but for sugar beet, DC L was up to seven times higher. This indicates that sugar beet was able to mobilize K in the rhizosphere, but the mechanisms responsible for this mobilization remain to be studied.
Plant Nutrition, 2001
Potassium uptake of sugar beet and wheat grown in the field was simulated with a mechanistic mode... more Potassium uptake of sugar beet and wheat grown in the field was simulated with a mechanistic model in an attempt to understand the underlying mechanisms of nutrient uptake by these plants. The model calculated only 34% of the measured K uptake by sugar beet throughout the growing season and only 40% of that of wheat in the period 24 July–8 August. Sensitivity analysis showed that under low K concentrations, the soil solution K concentration, (CLi) was the most important factor controlling K uptake, specially for sugar beet. This indicates that roots may have increased the K concentration in soil solution by chemical mobilization.
Plant and Soil, 2004
Phosphorus acquisition efficiency of maize (Zea mays L.) and groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) was ... more Phosphorus acquisition efficiency of maize (Zea mays L.) and groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) was investigated in a flowing nutrient solution culture at constant P concentrations of 0.2, 1 and 100 µM. To calculate the P influx and study changes in plant growth and P uptake in relation to plant age, four harvests were taken. Phosphorus uptake kinetics of the roots, i.e. maximum influx, I max , the Michaelis constant, K m , and the minimum concentration, C Lmin (the concentration at which no net uptake occurs) were estimated in a series of short-term experiments, based on the rate of depletion of P from solution over a range of concentrations. At 1 µM P, maize was more P efficient producing up to 90% of its maximum yield as compared to groundnut with only 20% of maximum yield. A 3 times faster P uptake rate was the reason for the maize P efficiency. In contrast for groundnut at 1 µM P, a net efflux was observed at some development stages of this crop indicating a much higher P requirement at the root surface for maximum growth. Maize had a 6 times higher I max value and a 2 times higher K m value as compared to groundnut. The higher influx of maize was mainly because of the higher I max. Maize previously grown at low P concentrations had a C Lmin of 0.1 µM, while groundnut had values of 0.2 and 0.6 µM. Furthermore groundnut previously grown at 100 µM, was not able to absorb P even at 40 µM. Acclimation to low P concentrations in solution by increasing I max or decreasing K m was not evident in this study. Differences in P acquisition efficiency between maize and groundnut in solution culture were mainly because of differences in P-uptake kinetics, and to a lesser extent to the size of the root system.
To investigate the effect of seed size and salinity stress on the germination and vegetative grow... more To investigate the effect of seed size and salinity stress on the germination and vegetative growth of wheat variety Imam, a laboratory and a pot experiment were conducted during the winter season of 2016. The experiments were conducted at the Seed Laboratory of Agronomy Department and at the Nursery, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Khartoum, (Shambat). Seed size treatments were selected on the basis of seed diameter, and were categorized into three classes of small; medium and large. Salinity concentrations were: EC0 (control); EC2 (0.24 mM NaCl L-l); EC4 (0.28 mM NaCl L-l); EC6 (0.39 mM NaCl L-l); EC8 (0.41 mM NaCl L-l) and EC10 (0.59 mM NaCl L-l). The experiments were conducted using a completely randomized design with two replicates for the germination test and three replicates for the pot experiment. Data were collected on: germination percentage on the 4 th and 8 th day after planting; plant height; number of leaves per plant; leaf area; number of tillers per plant and dry matter yield. The data were statistically analyzed using ANOVA and mean separation using LSD. The results revealed that seed size class did not show significant (p ≤ 0.05) effect on germination percent of wheat. However, salinity significantly (p ≤0.05) affected germination at both readings. Small seed class registered higher germination at EC4 and EC10. For the pot experiment, the results revealed that seed size class did not have a significant (p ≤ 0.05) effect on the studied parameters. However, better performance was observed for the large seed size class as compared to the other seed size classes. Salinity had a significant (p ≤ 0.05) adverse effect on all measured growth parameters and reduced dry matter yield by 10.4 %, 11.7 %, 47.7% , 38.5 % and 72.2 % at EC2 and EC4, EC6, EC8 and EC10, respectively, as compared to EC0. Except for leaf number, most of the interactions between seed size and salinity were significant (p ≤ 0.05). Further research is needed to confirm the reported effect of salinity on growth and yield of wheat variety Imam.
University of Khartoum Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Water stress is one of the limiting factors of soybean yield in eastern Sudan. The objective of t... more Water stress is one of the limiting factors of soybean yield in eastern Sudan. The objective of this study was to obtain basic information on soybean cultivation using two irrigation systems in eastern Sudan. This study examined the leaf area index, yield and irrigation water productivity (IWP) response using two soybean cultivars: Sudan1 (V1) and Sudan2 (V2) under drip (DS1) and furrow (DS2) irrigation systems. The experiment was carried out in the summer seasons of 2016 and 2017. Three irrigation intervals, every 4, 8 and 12 days designated as W1, W2 and W3, respectively, were used. A randomized complete block design was used as strip-split plot arrangement with three replications. The data were statistically analyzed using STATISTICS 10; mean separation was computed using LSD. The results showed that cultivar Sudan1 gave higher leaf area index values under four days irrigation interval particularly with furrow irrigation system. Four days irrigation interval treatment increased s...
University of Khartoum Journal of Agricultural Sciences
The objective of this study was to compare simulated andactual potassium uptake by two crops, usi... more The objective of this study was to compare simulated andactual potassium uptake by two crops, using soil and plant parametersobtained from a field experiment conducted in 2003, in Bavaria, southernGermany. Sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. cv. Kawetina) and wheat (Triticumaestivum L.cv. Star) were grown on a sandy clay loam in the field. The Ktransport in soil and uptake by the plants were simulated by a mechanisticmodel which encompasses uptake by root hairs as well. A sensitivityanalysis was carried out in an attempt to understand the significance ofsingle soil and plant parameters for nutrient uptake. The simulation modelcalculated only 34 % of the measured sugar beet uptake throughout thegrowing period. The lowest calculated K influx (only 9 % of measuredvalue) corresponded to the period June 24th–July 8th of highest actualuptake. Sensitivity analysis showed that, under low K concentrations, Kconcentration in the soil solution was the most important factorcontrolling K uptake, especi...
Journal of Life Sciences, 2020
A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive seasons during 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 on th... more A field experiment was conducted for two consecutive seasons during 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 on the Demonstration Farm of the Faulty of Agriculture, University of Kassala at New Half. Nitrogen use efficiencies (i.e. agronomic AE, internal IE, physiological PE and recovery RE) and grain protein content were investigated at different level of watering regimes and organic manure application of wheat (Triticum aestivum L). The watering regime treatments were irrigation every 7, 14 and 21 days, and the nitrogen fertilizer levels were zero, 43, 86 kg N ha-1 without or with 4 tons of chicken manure ha-1. Frequent irrigation, addition of high N level and organic manure significantly increased AE, IE, PE, RE and grain protein content compared to their respective treatments. Mixing of organic manure and nitrogen fertilizer increased AE, IE and RE but resulted in a slightly increase in PE than both treatments when they were added solely. Further, the magnitude of organic manure on AE, IE, RE an...
The aim of this study was to compare simulated and actual K uptake by three crops, under differen... more The aim of this study was to compare simulated and actual K uptake by three crops, under different K concentrations in the soil solution, in order to try to explain the underlying mechanisms of nutrient uptake by these crops. In 2002, wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv. Star), barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Madras) and sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L. cv. C+ T) were grown on a sandy clay loam, with various K concentrations in soil solution, in the growth chamber at the Institute of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Germany. Data were collected on K transport in soil and uptake by the three crops and used for simulation by a mechanistic model which encompasses uptake by root hairs as well. To quantify the significance of single soil and plant parameters for nutrient uptake, a sensitivity analysis was carried out. Under sufficient K in the soil solution, where transport was not limiting uptake, the model predicted the actual K uptake correctly. At deficient K concentrations, t...
This study was conducted to investigate the potassium (K) efficiency of wheat and sugar beet unde... more This study was conducted to investigate the potassium (K) efficiency of wheat and sugar beet under field conditions and to identify the varying mechanisms or factors behind their efficiency. Data were obtained from a long term fertilizer experiment, on a K "fixing" sandy clay loam in Bavaria, southern Germany, in which K fertilization rates varied from 0 to 1000 kg K haPP yearP P with the last K application in 1986. In 2003, sugar beet and spring wheat were sown on March 13PP and April 4PP, respectively. At 4 and 5 harvests for wheat and sugar beet, respectively, random samples of shoots, roots and soil of each species from the unfertilized (-K) and the highest fertilizer level of 1000 kg K haP P (+K) treatments were analyzed. Sugar beet and wheat had similar K efficiency producing 76 % and 80 % beet and grain yield on unfertilized compared with fertilized treatments, respectively. As compared to wheat, sugar beet had a higher internal K requirement, two times higher shoot...
Land Use, Nature Conservation and the Stability of Rainforest Margins in Southeast Asia, 2004
Growth and Phosphorus Nutrition of Maize in Pot and Field Experiments as Affected by other Plants... more Growth and Phosphorus Nutrition of Maize in Pot and Field Experiments as Affected by other Plants Grown in Association or in Rotation Alexander zu Dreele, Hanadi El Dessougi, Gary Schlosser, Juergen Kroschel &amp;amp; Norbert Claassen 1 Introduction A viable practice to ...
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