Effect of mineral fertilizing on growth and flowering of Carnation plant Dianthus caryophyllus L. var.Chabaud | ||
| basrah journal of science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 30, Issue 2, October 2012, Pages 106-121 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Authors | ||
| Azhar Mahdi Abdul Sahib; and Kadem I. Abbas | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was conducted at the department of Horticulture –College of Agriculture-University of Basrah during 15th.Sep., 2005 until 15th. May 2006 on Carnation plants Dianthus caryophyllus L. to investigate the effect of mineral fertilizers Phosphorus at (0,100,200mg P2O5/l) andor Potassium at (0,100,200mg K2O/l) on growth and flowering of this plant. results show that adding Phosphorus and/or Potassium at 100 or 200mg /l improved growth and flowering of this plant and the interaction resulted in the best values in plant height, number of branches /plant, carbohydrates content and N,P,K which were 61.40cm, 8.19, 17.78mg/gm dry wt.,19.63mg/gm, 2.81mg/gm and 17.28mg/gm respectively. It also led to an increase in flower diameter, number of flowers and vase life. | ||
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