The effect of arbuscular mycorrhiza, rice husk compost and biochar on Iranian borage <em>Echium amoenum</em> Fisch & C. A. Mey and post-harvesting soil properties

Authors

  • Zahra Ahmadabadi Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
  • Mehdi Zarei Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
  • Jafar Yasrebi Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
  • Abdolmajid Ronaghi Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
  • Reza Ghasemi Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
  • Mohammad Jamal Saharkhiz Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
  • Leila Sadegh Kasmaei Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
  • Ewald Schnug Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) – Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Braunschweig, Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5073/JfK.2019.01.02

Keywords:

Rice husk compost, Rice husk biochar, Mycorrhiza, Echium growth, Soil properties

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of rice husk compost (RHC), rice husk biochar (RHB) and mycorrhization (MY) on some properties of Iranian Echium amoenum Fisch & C. A. Mey and also on some selected post-harvesting soil properties. A completely randomized design experiment was conducted with six treatments and six replications. Treatments comprised T1: control, T2: MY, T3: RHC, T4: RHB, T5: RHC + MY and T6: RHB + MY. Studied parameters included; shoot and root fresh weights, root and leaf length, shrub height, leaf number, shoot and root NPK content, shoot and root Fe, Zn, Cu and Mn concentration, root colonization percentage, soil NPK status, soil micronutrients concentrations, soil respiration and microbial biomass. Results revealed that application of RHC, RHB and MY individually or in combination with other treatments significantly affected studied parameters. In all cases except for root colonization, combined application (T5 and T6) had more satisfied impacts compared with a single application of treatments.

DOI: 10.5073/JfK.2019.01.02, https://doi.org/10.5073/JfK.2019.01.02

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Published

2019-01-01

Issue

Vol. 71 No. 1 (2019)

Section

Original Article

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