Effect of specific mixing fertilizer on fruit and vegetable crops.
He YongQun, Long ShuZhen, Liao ShengRen, Peng WuZhen, Wei ChangBi, Li Zhi
Author Affiliation: Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangxi Nanning 530007, China.
Southwest China Journal of Agricultural Sciences 18 : 739-743
Abstract : A specific compound fertilizer was developed according to the nutrient requirement of fruit and vegetable, which met not only nutritional balanced demand for fruit and vegetable crop for high yield and growth, but also significantly increased yield, economic and quality. Results of field trials showed that compared with imported compound fertilizer and general compound fertilizer under the same total N, P, K, the treatment with specific compound fertilizer increased by 10.81-20.28% for Litchi sp. and mango, 1.50-16.28% for watermelon and banana, 5.85-12.82% for pepper and tomato, respectively. Also, the quality of crops were improved such as sugar, protein and Vitamin C content.