Title

Effect of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium on regional organic substrates in Agave salmiana production in Huichapan, Hidalgo, Mexico

Author

EMILIO RAYMUNDO MORALES MALDONADO

MONICA GUTIERREZ ROJAS

RAMON JAIME HOLGUIN PEÑA

Daniel Ruiz-Juárez

Jorge Luis Vega Chávez

Ana Cristina Reyes Godoy

Access level

Open Access

Publication reference

doi: DOI: https://doi.org/10.56890/jpacd.v24i.511.

ISSN/ISSN: 1938-6648

URL/URL: https://www.jpacd.org/jpacd/article/view/511

Summary or description

"Mexico has 159 species of Agave spp. In the agri-food industry stand out are Agave tequilana, A. angustifolia, and A. salmiana. A limitation to producing maguey seedlings is the low availability of organic substrates that favor plant adaptation in the field. The objective was to evaluate the effect of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) found in substrates in response to vegetative and root growth of A. salmiana in agricultural areas of Huichapan, Hidalgo, Mexico. The treatment consisted of earthworm humus (EH) and leaf compost (LC) substrates with materials from the region with different percentages of EH (100, 75, 50%), LC (5, 10%), and sand (20, 40%). The treatments were applied with 14 random replications in two phases in seeds and 40-day-seedlings. The variables evaluated were NPK amount and pH in substrates. The physiological variables measured were plant height, leaf number, stem diameter, root length, and volume. Significant differences (P≤0.05) were observed in seedling physiology due to the effect of the treatment. The best agronomic responses (plant growth and root length/weight) of Agave seedlings were T5 (75% earthworm humus + 20% sand + 5% leaf-soil) and T6 (50% earthworm humus + 40% sand + 10% leaf-soil); in both treatments, the NPK percentages were different from the control (Haplic Phaeozem soil) group. The final concentration of NPK in T6 was N = 0.04%, P = 398.13 mg Kg-1 and K = 11.88 meq 100g-1 . The results infer that NPK availability in soil and progressive acidification (initial pH = 8.6, final pH = 7.4) of the substrate can favorably influence the plant response. The interactions between NPK availability in the substrate and their use for a better response in maguey seedling adaptability open up new lines of research on the productive systems in the región of Huichapan, Hidalgo, Mexico."

Publisher

Professional Assoc. Cactus Development

Publish date

2022

Publication type

Article

Publication version

Published Version

Format

application/pdf

Source

Journal of the Professional Association for Cactus Development

Language

English

Citation suggestion

Morales-Maldonado, E. R., Gutiérrez-Rojas, M., Holguín-Peña, R. J., Ruiz-Juárez, D., Vega-Chávez, J. L., Reyes-Godoy, A. C. 2022. Effect of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Potassium on regional organic substrates in Agave salmiana production in Huichapan, Hidalgo, Mexico. Journal of the. Professional Association for Cactus Development. 24: 203-219. https://doi.org/10.56890/jpacd.v24i.511.

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Repositorio Institucional CIBNOR

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