Bodour Mansour ⁽¹⁾, and Hanan Sharaby*⁽²⁾

(1). Engineer, Master of Horticultural Sciences, Organic Agriculture Directorate, Aleppo Agriculture Directorate.

(2). Lecturer, Department of Horticultural Sciences, College of Agriculture, Damascus University.

(*Correspondent: Dr. Hanan Sharaby, hanan.sharaby@damascusuniversity.edu.sy )

Received: 28/11/2023                                 Accepted: 9/5/2024

Abstract: 

This experiment was conducted on a private farm in the Al-Dhahabiya area in the Aleppo countryside during the 2022-2023 agricultural season, with the aim of studying the effect of some natural fertilizers such as “wood vinegar, nettle extract, and compost tea” and the interaction between them on the morphological and productive characteristics of bean plants as one of the methods of recycling according to the principles of Regenerative agriculture. The experiment included 13 treatments (untreated control, wood vinegar at concentrations of 10, 20, and 40 ml/l, nettle extract at concentrations of 100, 200, and 400 ml/l, compost tea at concentrations of 100, 200, and 400 ml/l, and the interaction between them). The experiment was designed according to completely randomized blocks and included 13 treatments, with three replications for each treatment. The results showed the efficiency of treatment with natural organic fertilizers, as the treatment with the highest concentrations of 400 ml/l for both nettle extract and compost tea, and the treatment (wood vinegar 10 ml/l + nettle extract 100 ml/l + compost tea 100 ml/l) recorded a significant superiority compared to the rest of the coefficients increased in the number of branches/plant, reaching 5.74, 5.89, and 5.65 branches/plant, respectively. A significant increase was observed in the average amount of pods/plant with the treatment with higher concentrations of nettle extract and compost tea 400 ml/l and the treatment (wood vinegar 10 ml/l + nettle extract 100 ml/l + compost tea 100 ml/l).

Keywords: regenerative agriculture, wood vinegar, compost tea, nettle extract, beans.

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