Liquid Organic Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: Nutrient Uptake of Organic versus Mineral Fertilizers in Citrus Trees

The main objective of this study was to compare the performance of two liquid organic fertilizers, an animal and a plant-based fertilizer, with mineral fertilization on citrus trees. The source of the fertilizer (mineral or organic) had significant effect in the nutritional status of the organic...

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Autores principales: Martínez-Alcántara, Belén, Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus, Bermejo, Almudena, Legaz, Francisco, Quinones, Ana
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6418
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0161619
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author Martínez-Alcántara, Belén
Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus
Bermejo, Almudena
Legaz, Francisco
Quinones, Ana
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Legaz, Francisco
Martínez-Alcántara, Belén
Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus
Quinones, Ana
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Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus
Bermejo, Almudena
Legaz, Francisco
Quinones, Ana
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description The main objective of this study was to compare the performance of two liquid organic fertilizers, an animal and a plant-based fertilizer, with mineral fertilization on citrus trees. The source of the fertilizer (mineral or organic) had significant effect in the nutritional status of the organic and conventionally managed mandarins. Nutrient uptake, vegetative growth, carbohydrate synthesis and soil characteristics were analyzed. Results showed that plants fertilized with animal based liquid fertilizers exhibited higher total biomass with a more profuse development of new developing organs (leaves and fibrous roots). Liquid organic fertilization resulted in an increased uptake of macro and micronutrients compared to mineral fertilized trees. Moreover, organic fertilization positively affected the carbohydrate content (fructose, glucose and sucrose) mainly in summer flush leaves. Liquid organic fertilization also resulted in an increase of soil organic matter content. Animal-based fertilizer, due to intrinsic composition, increased total tree biomass and carbohydrate leaves content, and led to lower soil nitrate concentration and higher P and Mg exchangeable in soil extract compared to vegetal-based fertilizer. Therefore, liquid organic fertilizers could be used as an alternative to traditional mineral fertilization in drip irrigated citrus trees.
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spelling ReDivia64182025-04-25T14:47:01Z Liquid Organic Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: Nutrient Uptake of Organic versus Mineral Fertilizers in Citrus Trees Martínez-Alcántara, Belén Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus Bermejo, Almudena Legaz, Francisco Quinones, Ana F61 Plant physiology - Nutrition The main objective of this study was to compare the performance of two liquid organic fertilizers, an animal and a plant-based fertilizer, with mineral fertilization on citrus trees. The source of the fertilizer (mineral or organic) had significant effect in the nutritional status of the organic and conventionally managed mandarins. Nutrient uptake, vegetative growth, carbohydrate synthesis and soil characteristics were analyzed. Results showed that plants fertilized with animal based liquid fertilizers exhibited higher total biomass with a more profuse development of new developing organs (leaves and fibrous roots). Liquid organic fertilization resulted in an increased uptake of macro and micronutrients compared to mineral fertilized trees. Moreover, organic fertilization positively affected the carbohydrate content (fructose, glucose and sucrose) mainly in summer flush leaves. Liquid organic fertilization also resulted in an increase of soil organic matter content. Animal-based fertilizer, due to intrinsic composition, increased total tree biomass and carbohydrate leaves content, and led to lower soil nitrate concentration and higher P and Mg exchangeable in soil extract compared to vegetal-based fertilizer. Therefore, liquid organic fertilizers could be used as an alternative to traditional mineral fertilization in drip irrigated citrus trees. 2020-05-04T14:49:08Z 2020-05-04T14:49:08Z 2016 article publishedVersion Martinez-Alcantara, B., Martinez-Cuenca, M. R., Bermejo, A., Legaz, F., & Quinones, A. (2016). Liquid organic fertilizers for sustainable agriculture: nutrient uptake of organic versus mineral fertilizers in citrus trees. PloS one, 11(10). 1932-6203 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6418 10.1371/journal.pone.0161619 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0161619 en Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ PLOS electronico
spellingShingle F61 Plant physiology - Nutrition
Martínez-Alcántara, Belén
Martínez-Cuenca, Mary-Rus
Bermejo, Almudena
Legaz, Francisco
Quinones, Ana
Liquid Organic Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: Nutrient Uptake of Organic versus Mineral Fertilizers in Citrus Trees
title Liquid Organic Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: Nutrient Uptake of Organic versus Mineral Fertilizers in Citrus Trees
title_full Liquid Organic Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: Nutrient Uptake of Organic versus Mineral Fertilizers in Citrus Trees
title_fullStr Liquid Organic Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: Nutrient Uptake of Organic versus Mineral Fertilizers in Citrus Trees
title_full_unstemmed Liquid Organic Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: Nutrient Uptake of Organic versus Mineral Fertilizers in Citrus Trees
title_short Liquid Organic Fertilizers for Sustainable Agriculture: Nutrient Uptake of Organic versus Mineral Fertilizers in Citrus Trees
title_sort liquid organic fertilizers for sustainable agriculture nutrient uptake of organic versus mineral fertilizers in citrus trees
topic F61 Plant physiology - Nutrition
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6418
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0161619
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