Effect of Sheep Manure Integration with Chicken Manure on Agronomic Traits and Yield of Green Bean under Field Conditions

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Department of Horticulture Science and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture Technology, University of Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Horticulture Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Iran.

10.22034/sps.2026.70177.1024

Abstract

Background and Objectives
Green bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is considered one of the important vegetables due to its high nutritional value and relatively low water requirements, and is cultivated in many regions worldwide. The application of organic fertilizers, particularly livestock and poultry manures, can significantly influence the growth and yield of this crop. So, this study was coducted to evaluate the effects of different rates of sheep manure and poultry manure and their combination on the agronomic traits and yield of green bean cultivar Sunray under field conditions.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Materials and Methods       
A field experiment was conducted using a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with seven treatments and three replications in a farm located in southern Kerman province, Iran. The experimental treatments consisted of a control (no fertilizer application), sheep manure at the rates of 10 and 20 t ha⁻¹, poultry manure at the rates of 3 and 5 t ha⁻¹, and combined applications of sheep manure and poultry manure (3 t ha-1 poultry manure + 7 t ha⁻¹ sheep manure and 5 t ha-1 poultry manure + 15 t ha⁻¹ sheep manure).
 
Results
The results of this study showed that the combined applications of sheep manure and poultry manure had significant effects on plant height, number of leaves, number of side branches, fresh and dry weights of shoot, pod weight, pod length, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, seed weight per pod, and total yield. The results obtained from the correlation between traits showed that all traits studied in this experiment showed a positive and significant correlations with each other. Also, traits such as the number of side branches, pod length, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, and total yield showed their highest values ​​in the treatment of sheep manure integration with poultry manure (3 t ha-1 poultry manure + 7 t ha⁻¹ sheep manure and 5 t ha-1 poultry manure + 15 t ha⁻¹ sheep manure). On the other hand, the amount of poultry manure and chemical fertilizers application can be decreased, which are expensive. In other words, integrated application of sheep manure and poultry manure can be used as an efficient and sustainable method to improve the yield and quality of green bean.
 
Conclusions
The results showed that the integrated application of organic fertilizers, especially sheep manure and poultry manure, significantly improved the agronomic traits and yield of green bean and can contribute to the development of the sustainable agriculture.
 
Author Contributions

Marzizadeh and S. Bolandnazar conceived and planned the experiments. A. Marzizadeh carried out the experiments. A. Marzizadeh and M. Osku analyzed data A. Marzizadeh and S. Bolandnazar wrote the first manuscript. All authors contributed to the interpretation of the results. All authors provided critical feedback and helped shape the research, analysis and manuscript.

 
Data Availability Statement
Data available on request from the authors.
 
Acknowledgements
The authors thank the Research Council of the Feizipour Jiroft Diagnostic-Recommended Soil Laboratory Institute for their cooperation in this research.
 
Ethical considerations
The authors avoided data fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, and misconduct.
 
Conflict of interest
The author declares no conflict of interest.

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