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http://dx.doi.org/10.5338/KJEA.2018.37.1.06

Effects of Incorporation of Green Manure Crops on the Growth of Watermelonand Soil Nitrate Nitrogen Concentration  

Lim, Tae-Jun (Division for Korea Program on International Agriculture, Rural Development Administration)
Park, Jin-Myeon (Horticultural and Herbal Crop Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
Le, Seong-Eun (Horticultural and Herbal Crop Environment Division, National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture / v.37, no.1, 2018 , pp. 28-33 More about this Journal
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In this study, we evaluated the effects of soil incorporation of hairy vetch (HV) or ryeas a green manure on the growth and yields of watermelon and soil nitrate nitrogen in a green house.. METHODS AND RESULTS: HV and rye were cultivated for 151 days after sowing on October 30th and incorporated into soil before transplanting watermelon. The amount of N added by soil incorporation of HV and rye were 79 kg/ha and 88 kg/ha, respectively. Five different N treatments for each of HV and rye were included as follows: green manure, green manure with urea at 25%, 50%or 75%, and 100% ureafor the N recommendation rate. The growth and fruit yield of watermelon were not different among the treatments of both HV and rye. Soil nitrate N content at both HV and rye treatments decreased continuously with the lapse of days after planting (DAP) and was lowest at 75 DAP: 44 mg/kg and 52 mg/kg the for the HV and rye treatment without urea, respectively. CONCLUSION: These results indicate that the N mineralized from the soil incorporated HV or rye accounts for an important portion of N available for the growth and fruit yield of watermelon. It can be suggested that the green manures, comparable to ureacould ensure the yield of watermelon, if soil nitrate N content isabove 40 mg/kg by soil incorporation of HV and rye during watermelon cultivation. However, further studies on the relationship between soil nitrate N content during cultivation periods and the fruit yield of watermelon are required.
Keywords
Fruit yield; Hairy vetch; N recommendation; Rye; Soil nitrate; Watermelon;
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