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N USE AND PARTITIONING IN CORIANDER (CORIANDRUM SATIVUM L.) AFTER ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL N FERTILIZATION

Carrubba, Alessandra; Militello, Marcello and Catalano, Caterina (2009) N USE AND PARTITIONING IN CORIANDER (CORIANDRUM SATIVUM L.) AFTER ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL N FERTILIZATION. In: Sequi, P.; Ferri, D.; Montemurro, F.; Vonella, Alessandro Vittorio and Fornaro, F. (Eds.) MORE SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTURE: NEW FERTILIZERS AND FERTILIZATION MANAGEMENT, Fertilitas Agrorum, pp. 345-350.

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Summary

In coriander, a well known spice herb, many studies concerning the effect of N fertilization have been conducted in special areas where the cultivation of such plant has a major importance, such as India. Limited information is available as concerns the response of coriander to N fertilization under Mediterranean climatic conditions, above all when organic N fertilizers (mandatory when organic cropping management is chosen) are used. This work refers about some observations realised from 2004 to 2006 by an experiment on organic and mineral N fertilization techniques in coriander, carried on in the experimental farm “Sparacia”
(Cammarata, AG, Sicily). Similarly to what suggested for other species, each year at harvest time, for each fertilizer treatment, seeds yield and plant biomass were weighed and the respective N content was determined in order to compare N plant uptake with total and mineral N measured in the soil before and after cropping cycle. From such data a few indices were calculated in order to get information about the efficiency of use by plants of the tested N forms. Some differences in N partitioning and use efficiency according to treatment were noticed, suggesting an overall higher efficiency of N chemical fertilizers.


EPrint Type:Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation:Poster
Keywords:Coriander, N fertilizers, organic fertilization, Nitrogen use efficiency.
Subjects: Farming Systems > Farm nutrient management
Research affiliation: Italy > CRA - National Council of Agricultural Research
Italy > Univ. Palermo
ISSN:1971-0755
Deposited By: Carrubba, Prof Alessandra
ID Code:20545
Deposited On:08 Mar 2012 11:33
Last Modified:08 Mar 2012 11:33
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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