EFFECTS OF EARTHWORM MANURE AND FOLIAR FERTILIZER APPLICATION ON SOIL PROPERTIES AND YIELD OF RICE OM18 IN THE WINTER SPRING AND SUMMER AUTUMN SEASONS IN AN GIANG PROVINCE, VIETNAM

Abstract

The study on the effect of earthworm manure and HI-BORON 7-14 foliar fertilizer on chemical properties of soil and yield of rice OM18 was conducted in the Winter-Spring and Summer-Autumn seasons 2019-2020. The field experiments included four treatments and four replications in Long Xuyen City, An Giang province. Each treatment was the area of 48 m2 (8 m x 6 m). Treatments of season 1 (Winter-Spring) included: The control treatment (NT1) only applied NPK (85 kg N - 45 kg P2O5 - 45 kg K2O); (NT2): Incorporation of NPK and Hi-Boron 7-14 foliar fertilizer; (NT3): Incorporation of NPK and earthworm manure Atiga (300 kg ha-1); (NT4): Incorporation of NPK, earthworm manure Atiga (300kg ha-1) and Hi-Boron 7-14 foliar fertilizer. Treatments of season 2 (Summer-Autumn) were carried on the former experiment 1. However, treatments did not apply earthworm manure Atiga and spray Hi-Boron 7-14 foliar fertilizer (only applied 85 kg N-45 kgP2O5-45kg K2O). The results showed that the application of NPK, earthworm manure Atiga (300 kg ha-1) and Hi-Boron 7-14 foliar fertilizer improved organic matter, total nitrogen, available phosphorous and available potassium in soil. On the other hand, the combined fertilization increased the yield of rice OM 18 (11,3%) compared to the control treatment (without applying earthworm manure Atiga and spray Hi-Boron 7-14 foliar fertilizer). In Winter-Spring, the yield of rice OM18 in applying earthworm manure Atiga and spray Hi-Boron 7-14 foliar fertilizer had higher than 14,9% compared with applying only NPK in the Summer-Autumn season in the same treatment. The soil properties were not much improved due to no additional application of earthworm manure Atiga and spraying foliar fertilizer.