PHYSIOLOGICAL STUDIES ON Ficus benjamina PLANTS: 2:EFFECT OF PHOSPHORUS FERTILIZATION AND BIOFERTILIZERS ON SEEDLING GROWTH | ||||
| Journal of Plant Production | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 29, Issue 2, February 2004, Page 787-797 PDF (1.78 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2004.238509 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| F. A. Attia,; M. A. Abdou; M. A. Mohamed | ||||
| Dept. of Horticulture, Faculty of Aqriculture, Minia University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Ficus benjamina, L. plants which known as a weeping fig, is an important shade as well as a component of indoor ornamental plant. Since growth of plants is greatly improved by fertilization this experiment was carried out for two seasons 2002 and 2003 to investigate the effect of 1, 2, 4 and 8 g/pot of calcium superphosphate and biofertilizers; Biogen, Microbein, Phosphorene. Biogen + Phospho rene or Microbein +Phosphorene. One-year-old F. benjamin a transplants were transplanted in clay pots filled with 8 kg of a sandy soil and oeatrnoss (95: 5 by volume). Calcium superphosphate and 5 g of biofertilizers were mixed with the soil before transplanting. Both phosphorus fertilization and biofertilizers significantly improved plant growth. Plant height, stem thickness, and branch and leaf number were increased by increasing the level of calcium superphosphate from 1 to 4 g/pot and decreased when was added at 8 g/pot. Microbein significantly increased most measured parameters over the non-biofertilized plants. However, there was no significant difference between Biogen and non-biofertilized plants. The highest plant height, stem thickness, branch and leaf number and shoot and root biomass were obtained when F. benjamina plants were fertilized with 4 ghot of calcium superphosphate + Microbein + Phosphorene. | ||||
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