EFFECT OF N-SOURCES ON GROWTH AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF Dieffenbachia maculata CV."EXOTICA”
El-Khateeb, M., Nasr, A., Hagag, A., Dorgham, A. (2009). EFFECT OF N-SOURCES ON GROWTH AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF Dieffenbachia maculata CV."EXOTICA”. EKB Journal Management System, 34(8), 8989-8999. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2009.118849
M. A. El-Khateeb; Amal A. M. Nasr; Amal A. Hagag; Abla H. Dorgham. "EFFECT OF N-SOURCES ON GROWTH AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF Dieffenbachia maculata CV."EXOTICA”". EKB Journal Management System, 34, 8, 2009, 8989-8999. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2009.118849
El-Khateeb, M., Nasr, A., Hagag, A., Dorgham, A. (2009). 'EFFECT OF N-SOURCES ON GROWTH AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF Dieffenbachia maculata CV."EXOTICA”', EKB Journal Management System, 34(8), pp. 8989-8999. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2009.118849
El-Khateeb, M., Nasr, A., Hagag, A., Dorgham, A. EFFECT OF N-SOURCES ON GROWTH AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF Dieffenbachia maculata CV."EXOTICA”. EKB Journal Management System, 2009; 34(8): 8989-8999. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2009.118849

EFFECT OF N-SOURCES ON GROWTH AND CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF Dieffenbachia maculata CV."EXOTICA”

Journal of Plant Production
Article 8, Volume 34, Issue 8, August 2009, Page 8989-8999  XML PDF (727.76 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2009.118849
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Authors
M. A. El-Khateeb1; Amal A. M. Nasr1; Amal A. Hagag2; Abla H. Dorgham2
1Ornamental Horticulture Dept., Fac. of Agric, Cairo Univ.,Egypt.
2Bot.Garden,Hort.Res.Instit.,Agric.Res.Centre.,Ministry of Agric.,Egypt.
Abstract
This study was carried out at the greenhouse of Ornamental Hort. Depart, Fac. of Agric.,Cairo Univ.,during two seasons : 2002 and 2003 to investigate the response of Dieffenbachia maculata cv."Exotica” to some nitrogen sources.On 3rd March, 2002 and 2003, uniform  terminal rooted cuttings (4 leaves and 20 cm height) were planted in 18 cm plastic pots filled with a mixture of peat moss + sand + perlite (4 : 2  : 1  v / v / v).The fertilizer treatments of N-sources were applied, as a soil drench at the rate of 1gm N./pot,at 2-week intervals, starting from 15 th April and were continued till 15 th November. The results revealed that the tallest plants were obtained  when amm. nitrate, amm. sulphate  and their mixture were used as N-sources. These N-sources also increased the formation and dry weight of leaves and length as well as fresh weight of the roots. amm. nitrate gave the thickest and the heaviest stems. The combined treatment of  amm. sulphate + amm.  nitrate was the   most effective in increasing  the area and fresh weight of leaves. The application of  amm.  sulphate or amm.  nitrate markedly increased  the percentages of chlorophyll-a and b, whereas, the percentage of total carbohydrates in the leaves was greatly increased  to amm. sulphate, calcium nitrate or urea. All N-sources increased the N- percentage of leaves and amm. sulphate was the most effective. Fertilizing the plants  with calcium nitrate increased the accumulation of P in leaves. The treatments of amm. nitrate, urea and the mixture of amm. nitrate + amm. sulphate gave the highest accumulation of K  in leaves.
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