Abstract
Using chemical fertilizers or organic manure alone as amendments may bring negative effects to the quality of crops. Neither of these alone can sustain productivity. Hence, judicious uses of organic manure with chemical fertilizers are essential to augment productivity of crops. Scattered references can be found in this paper on the effects of the integrated use of organic manure and chemical fertilizers on cultivation of crops. How this particular fertilization treatment affects the changes in physical properties of the soil, water use efficiency, nitrogen use efficiency and plant growth is also being covered. This paper is to review the importance of organic manure application with chemical fertilizers in crop production. Also, we unravel the works of others on different types of crops that showed positive correlation with the use of organic manure with chemical fertilizers.
Highlights
Combination organic manure and chemical fertilizers: Revolution in agriculture activitiesDuring the last decades, agricultural activities have vastly grown resulting in the application of different chemical and organic fertilizers
It can be concluded that integrated use of organic manure and recommended dose of chemical fertilizers resulted in significant improvement in crop yields and quality despite being an active practice in nutrient management
Organic manure used with chemical fertilizers can maintain crop yield and meet the nutrient requirements to grow
Summary
El Sheikha1,2* 1Department of Biology, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada 2Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Food Science and Technology, Minufiya University, Egypt. Received date: 08 Feb 2016; Accepted date: 15 Feb 2016; Published date: 20 Feb 2016
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