PRELIMINARY STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATION OF METHANOL AND PINK PIGMENTED FACULTATIVE METHELOTROPHIC BACTERIA ON COTTON PLANT | ||||
| Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences | ||||
| Article 5, Volume 17, Issue 1, March 2009, Page 63-75 PDF (551.79 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ajs.2008.14790 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| A pot experiment was carried out in summer season of 2006 to evaluate the different concentrations effect of foliar application of methanol and pink pigmented facultative methelotrophic bacteria (PPFM) on some growth parameters and yield of cotton plant. Data showed that, the highest growth rate value was obtained with PPFM isolates from wheat with 1% methanol. The growth rate of PPFM isolates decreased with increasing the methanol concentration. Foliar applications with 20% methanol with PPFM 3 or 4 spraying times gave the significantly highest values of cotton growth and yield parameters. Such two potent treatments increased leaf area index (LAI) by 51.4 and 55.8 %; number of fruiting branches / plant by 53.1 and 58.0 %; number of total bolls / plant by 38.1 and 43.0 %; seed cotton weight / boll by 37.1 and 48.2 % and seed cotton yield / plant by 46.1 and 50.8, respectively than the control. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Cotton; Methanol; Pink Pigmented Facultative Methelotrophic Bacteria (PPFM); foliar application; Growth; yield | ||||
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