Published in Scientific Papers. Series A. Agronomy, Vol. LXII, Issue 1
Written by Ioannis ROUSSIS, Antigolena FOLINA, Ioanna KAKABOUKI, Varvara KOUNELI, Stella KARIDOGIANNI, Maria CHRONI, Dimitrios BILALIS
Teff [Eragrostis tef (Zucc.) Trotter] has the potential to be one of those crops hat have gained the interest of people of the Western world due to their beneficial health effects. The purpose of the resent study was to evaluate the effect of organic and inorganic fertilization on yield and yield components of teff crop. A ield experiment was laid out according to a randomized complete block design, with three replicates and three ertilization treatments [untreated, organic fertilizer (Bokashi) and inorganic fertilizer (34.5-0-0)]. The results howed that the higher plant height (85.9 cm), panicle length (33.4 cm), number of branches per panicle (9.3), number of rains per panicle (815.6), grain yield (1652 kg ha-1) and straw yield (3793 kg ha-1) were achieved through the pplication of inorganic fertilizer; however, the differences between the organic and inorganic fertilization were not tatistically significant. The number of panicles per plant (9.6-10.4) and thousand grain weight (0.316-0.327 g) were not affected y fertilization. Finally, the results indicated that the organic fertilizer (Bokashi) should be considered as an lternative to chemical fertilizers for teff production.
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