Iranian Journal of Field Crop Science

Iranian Journal of Field Crop Science

Study the effect of organic fertility methods on quality and quantity of fodder Amaranth (Amaranthus spp. L.)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
mohammadreza mohammadi tudeshki
Amir Ayeneh band
Esfandiar Fateh
Shahid chamran university
10.22059/ijfcs.2017.125602.653879
Abstract
In order to study the effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on quality and quantity production of fodder Amaranth (Amaranthus spp. L.) a field experiment was conducted in agricultural faculty of Shahid Chamran University in 2015. The experimental design was split plot based on RCB with three replications. Main plots were including Organic 1, Organic 2, Chemical, Integrated and Control and subplot including 2 Amaranth cultivars (Plansman and Koniz). Our results showed that both organic methods and Koniz Cv. had the highest plant height, leaf and stem dry matter and total dry matter. The highest fodder yield (368 gr/m2) belonged to Koniz Cv. with organic 2 methods due to better stem and leaf dry matter. Total dry matter production had the highest significant correlation with stem dry matter. Both organic methods had the highest digestibility, metabolic energy, crude protein and water soluble carbohydrates. No significant differences observed between cultivar for quality characters. Application of integrated method in Koniz Cv. had highest digestibility (57 percent) but had no significant differences with organic 2 methods. The highest crude protein (17 percent) belonged to Cv. Plansman with Organic 1 treatment. Total dry matter had positive correlation with digestibility but negative correlation with crude protein. In conclusion, we found that appling organic fertilizer methods will have good effective on quality and quantity of fodder production from Amaranth in Khuzestan.
Keywords
Amaranth
acid detergent fiber (ADF)
crude protein
digestibility
metabolical energy
Subjects
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Iranian Journal of Field Crop Science
Volume 47, Issue 4 - Serial Number 4
Winter 2017
Pages 585-593

  • Receive Date 13 June 2015
  • Revise Date 10 February 2016
  • Accept Date 16 February 2016
  • Publish Date 19 February 2017