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Abstract
Moringa oleifera is the most widely cultivated species of the genus Moringa, which is the only genus in family Moringaceae. It is a fast- growing evergreen /deciduous tree reaching 10-12 m, height and 45 cm trunk diameter. The tree has an open crown of dropping fragile branches holding feathery foliage. The leaves are small (1-2 cm). The flowers are fragment, 2-5 cm long and 2 cm broad in spreading or drooping flower clusters, 10- 25 cm long. Flowering begins within six months after planting. The fruit is 20- 25 cm long. The seeds have three whitish papery wings and are dispersed by wind and water.
The present experiment was carried out to explore the effect of three irrigation intervals and six organic and/ or mineral fertilization treatments on vegetative growth characters and chemical constituent parameters of Moringa oleiofera.
It is recommended to irrigate Moringa oleifera plants every 14 days and supplied them with organic fertilization in form of poultry manure, at the rate of 4 kg/ tree in order to obtain the highest yield of leaves with higher nutritive contents minerals, vitamins and amino acids. However, and from the practical an economical point of view, it might be irrigated every 21 days and supplied with 75% organic fertilizer + 25% NPK mineral fertilization under the environmental and soil type conditions prevailed in Luxor and upper Egypt regions.