A field experiment was carried out during 2003 and 2004 in Edleb
governorate to study the effect of phosphate solubilizing bacteria (Bacillus
megaterium) and cows manure on solubilization of phosphate rock, cotton
productivity, and phosphate uptak
e. The amounts of phosphate rock and
superphosphate were added by the same amount of P2O5.
An amount of nitrogen fertilizer as urea, was added to treatment 1, 2, 3, 4,
5, and 6 , whereas treatment 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 received amounts of organic
fertilizer having the same amount of N added to treatment 1-6 (MAAR
recommendation).