Fertilization with Magnesium- and Sulfur-Supplemented Digestate Increases the Yield and Quality of Kohlrabi
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Pot Experiment
2.2. Determination of Nitrates in the Bulbs
2.3. Determination of Ascorbic Acid in the Bulbs
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Weight of Single Bulbs
3.2. Content of Nitrates in the Bulbs
3.3. Content of Ascorbic Acid in the Bulbs
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Treatment | Description | Rate of Nutrients (mg/pot): N-P-K-Mg-S | Fertilizer Used |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Control | 0 | - |
2 | Digestate | 1,500-240-1,350-140-50 | digestate |
3 | Digestate + Mg + S | 1,500-240-1,350-280-240 | digestate, EPSO TOP * |
4 | Digestate + S | 1,500-240-1,350-140-240 | digestate, elementary S * |
Treatment No. | Description | 2014 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|
Rel. % | Rel. % | ||
1 | Control | 33.1 | 46.9 |
2 | Digestate | 100.0 | 100.0 |
3 | Digestate + Mg + S | 115.7 | 110.2 |
4 | Digestate + S | 103.1 | 107.4 |
Treatment No. | Description | 2014 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|
Rel. % | Rel. % | ||
1 | Control | 41.2 | 32.0 |
2 | Digestate | 100.0 | 100.0 |
3 | Digestate + Mg + S | 90.2 | 91.9 |
4 | Digestate + S | 92.0 | 88.2 |
Treatment No. | Description | 2014 | 2015 |
---|---|---|---|
Rel. % | Rel. % | ||
1 | Control | 102.6 | 94.5 |
2 | Digestate | 100.0 | 100.0 |
3 | Digestate + Mg + S | 97.8 | 95.7 |
4 | Digestate + S | 101.1 | 97.8 |
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Lošák, T.; Válka, T.; Elbl, J.; Kintl, A.; Keutgen, A.; Keutgen, N.; Demková, L.; Árvay, J.; Varga, L.; Hnátková, H.; et al. Fertilization with Magnesium- and Sulfur-Supplemented Digestate Increases the Yield and Quality of Kohlrabi. Sustainability 2020, 12, 5733. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145733
Lošák T, Válka T, Elbl J, Kintl A, Keutgen A, Keutgen N, Demková L, Árvay J, Varga L, Hnátková H, et al. Fertilization with Magnesium- and Sulfur-Supplemented Digestate Increases the Yield and Quality of Kohlrabi. Sustainability. 2020; 12(14):5733. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145733
Chicago/Turabian StyleLošák, Tomáš, Tomáš Válka, Jakub Elbl, Antonín Kintl, Anna Keutgen, Norbert Keutgen, Lenka Demková, Július Árvay, Ladislav Varga, Hana Hnátková, and et al. 2020. "Fertilization with Magnesium- and Sulfur-Supplemented Digestate Increases the Yield and Quality of Kohlrabi" Sustainability 12, no. 14: 5733. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145733