EFFECT OF IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZATION ON GROWTH OF ZAHDI DATE PALM OFFSHOOT | ||
| The Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Science | ||
| Article 1, Volume 45, Issue 1, January 2014, Pages 53-64 | ||
| Authors | ||
| N. A. Ahmed; I. M. Rasheed; J .A. Shamsallah; A. H. Salman | ||
| Abstract | ||
| An experiment was conducted during 1/9/2006 until 1/11/2009 at Al–Rabi date palm station/ Zafaraniah/ Baghdad to study the effect of two irrigation systems (drip and furrow), four nitrogen levels (0, 72, 108, 144) gm N/offshoot and potassium (0, 50, 75, 100) gm K2O/offshoot on the growth of date palm offshoot. The results indicated that the best growth in treatment under drip irrigation (144 gm N/offshoot /year + 100 gm K2O/offshoot /year) under the drip irrigation system. This treatment was suprior in content of N, P and K in leaves, number of leaves and their tall. The drip irrigation system led to significant increase content of N and P in leaflets, while do not effect on the K content in leaflets, number of leaves and their tall. Addition of nitrogen and potassium fertilizers caused insignificant increases in N and K contents in leaflets, while this increase did not be significant for P pinnae content. With 0-30 cm depth there was a significant increase in nitrogen content under drip irrigation in this layer, the addition nitrogen and potassium fertilizers caused a significant increases in nitrogen soil content, while this increase did not be significant for phosphorus soil content in the same layer, in the same time there was a significant deference in N, P, and K soil contents in the same layer. Addition of nitrogen and potassium fertilizers caused a significant increase in leaves number and there tall, while the irrigation system did not record difference in plant growth. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Phoenix dactylifera L; drip and furrow irrigation; fertilization; macronutrients content in leaves | ||
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