Abstract
Recently ecological intensification is introduced as a modern approach for enhancing the productivity of organic farming systems to maximize their economic returns. For this purpose, a pot experiment was conducted during the autumn season of 2018 at the Experimental and Agricultural Research Center, Mansoura University in order to evaluate the efficiency and applicability potential of engineered organic blocks derived from mineral and organic additive combination for improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions. In a split-split plot design with three replicates, 36 treatments were arranged to represent three combinations of compost application (i.e. 100% compost, 75% compost + 25% rice straw and 50% compost + 50% rice straw), organic additives (control, seaweed (SW), chicken manure (CM), and seaweed + chicken manure combination) and three mineral additives (control, natural mineral ores (rock phosphate and feldspar) and a partial dose of NPK fertilizers. The obtained results cleared that 100% compost, (SW) + (CM) combination and the partial mineral NPK application were the superior treatments for increasing marketable yield productivity (Mg Fed-1), quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits. The mutual interaction among mineral and organic constitutions of the engineered blocks introduced mineral ores application as an efficient treatment with a high capability to improve the uptake of plant nutrients (N and P in particular). It is recommended, therefore, using the combination of organic additives (e.g. CM, SW) as well as mineral additives (e.g. rock phosphate, feldspar or partial dose of NPK) to achieve the ecological intensification in organic farming systems.
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Claims 11
Claim · model-written summary
100% compost was superior for marketable yield productivity in cucumber under sandy soil conditions.
- Taxon
- cucumber
Cucumis sativuse1 - Treatment
- 100% composte2
- Outcome
- marketable yield productivitye2
- Direction
- superiore2
- Setting
- sandy soil conditionse1
Not reportedComparatorValue
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Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e2“100% compost, (SW) + (CM) combination and the partial mineral NPK application were the superior treatments for increasing marketable yield productivity (Mg Fed-1), quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
100% compost was superior for quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) in cucumber under sandy soil conditions.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- 100% composte2
- Outcome
- quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter)e2
- Direction
- superiore2
- Setting
- sandy soil conditionse1
Not reportedComparatorValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e2“100% compost, (SW) + (CM) combination and the partial mineral NPK application were the superior treatments for increasing marketable yield productivity (Mg Fed-1), quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
100% compost was superior for nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits in cucumber under sandy soil conditions.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- 100% composte2
- Outcome
- nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruitse2
- Direction
- superiore2
- Setting
- sandy soil conditionse1
Not reportedComparatorValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e2“100% compost, (SW) + (CM) combination and the partial mineral NPK application were the superior treatments for increasing marketable yield productivity (Mg Fed-1), quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
(SW) + (CM) combination was superior for marketable yield productivity in cucumber under sandy soil conditions.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- (SW) + (CM) combinatione2
- Outcome
- marketable yield productivitye2
- Direction
- superiore2
- Setting
- sandy soil conditionse1
Not reportedComparatorValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e2“100% compost, (SW) + (CM) combination and the partial mineral NPK application were the superior treatments for increasing marketable yield productivity (Mg Fed-1), quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
(SW) + (CM) combination was superior for quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) in cucumber under sandy soil conditions.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- (SW) + (CM) combinatione2
- Outcome
- quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter)e2
- Direction
- superiore2
- Setting
- sandy soil conditionse1
Not reportedComparatorValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e2“100% compost, (SW) + (CM) combination and the partial mineral NPK application were the superior treatments for increasing marketable yield productivity (Mg Fed-1), quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
(SW) + (CM) combination was superior for nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits in cucumber under sandy soil conditions.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- (SW) + (CM) combinatione2
- Outcome
- nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruitse2
- Direction
- superiore2
- Setting
- sandy soil conditionse1
Not reportedComparatorValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e2“100% compost, (SW) + (CM) combination and the partial mineral NPK application were the superior treatments for increasing marketable yield productivity (Mg Fed-1), quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
partial mineral NPK application was superior for marketable yield productivity in cucumber under sandy soil conditions.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- partial mineral NPK applicatione2
- Outcome
- marketable yield productivitye2
- Direction
- superiore2
- Setting
- sandy soil conditionse1
Not reportedComparatorValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e2“100% compost, (SW) + (CM) combination and the partial mineral NPK application were the superior treatments for increasing marketable yield productivity (Mg Fed-1), quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
partial mineral NPK application was superior for quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) in cucumber under sandy soil conditions.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- partial mineral NPK applicatione2
- Outcome
- quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter)e2
- Direction
- superiore2
- Setting
- sandy soil conditionse1
Not reportedComparatorValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e2“100% compost, (SW) + (CM) combination and the partial mineral NPK application were the superior treatments for increasing marketable yield productivity (Mg Fed-1), quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
partial mineral NPK application was superior for nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits in cucumber under sandy soil conditions.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- partial mineral NPK applicatione2
- Outcome
- nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruitse2
- Direction
- superiore2
- Setting
- sandy soil conditionse1
Not reportedComparatorValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e2“100% compost, (SW) + (CM) combination and the partial mineral NPK application were the superior treatments for increasing marketable yield productivity (Mg Fed-1), quality of fruits shape (weight, length and diameter) as well as nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) concentrations in fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Mineral ores application improved plant nutrient uptake, especially N and P, in cucumber.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Treatment
- mineral ores applicatione3
- Outcome
- uptake of plant nutrientse3
- Direction
- improvee3
- Qualifier
- N and P in particulare3
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e3“The mutual interaction among mineral and organic constitutions of the engineered blocks introduced mineral ores application as an efficient treatment with a high capability to improve the uptake of plant nutrients (N and P in particular)”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend combining organic additives with mineral additives to achieve ecological intensification in organic farming.
- Taxon
- cucumberCucumis sativuse1
- Outcome
- using the combination of organic additives (e.g. CM, SW) as well as mineral additives (e.g. rock phosphate, feldspar or partial dose of NPK)e4
- Qualifier
- to achieve the ecological intensification in organic farming systemse4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“improving cucumber productivity under sandy soil conditions”
e4“It is recommended, therefore, using the combination of organic additives (e.g. CM, SW) as well as mineral additives (e.g. rock phosphate, feldspar or partial dose of NPK) to achieve the ecological intensification in organic farming systems”
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