|
amm. |
ammonium |
|
ARC |
Agriculture Research Center |
|
BCM |
billion cubic metres |
|
CAPMAS |
Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics |
|
d.a.t. |
days after transplanting |
|
DTPA |
di-ethylene triamine-penta-acetate |
|
EC |
exchangeable cations |
|
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
|
Feddan |
0.42 ha |
|
FFS |
Farmers’ Field Schools |
|
FYM |
farm yard manure |
|
GDP |
gross domestic product |
|
ha |
hectare |
|
IPM |
Integrated Pest Management |
|
ISNM |
Integrated Soil and Nutrition Management |
|
kentar |
44.9 kg |
|
LE |
Egyptian pound |
|
MALR |
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation |
|
PBDAC |
Principal Bank for Development and Agricultural Credit |
|
p.i. |
panicle initiation |
|
ppm |
parts per million |
|
RRTC |
Rice Research & Training Center |
|
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|
N: |
Nitrogen |
|
P2O5 or P: |
Phosphate* |
|
K2O or K: |
Potash* |
* Phosphate and potash may be expressed as their elemental forms P and K or as their oxide forms P2O5 and K2O. Nitrogen is expressed as N. In this study phosphate and potash are expressed in their oxide forms.
