RESPONSE OF THE SLOW-GROWING MISTLETOE FIG (FICUS DELTOIDEA JACK. ) PLANT TO FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS AND GROWTH ACTIVATOR 2. HUMIC ACID LIQUID FERTILIZER TREATMENT
El-Fouly, A., Abdel-Moneim, A., Ibrahim, H. (2014). RESPONSE OF THE SLOW-GROWING MISTLETOE FIG (FICUS DELTOIDEA JACK. ) PLANT TO FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS AND GROWTH ACTIVATOR 2. HUMIC ACID LIQUID FERTILIZER TREATMENT. EKB Journal Management System, 1(1), 25-34. doi: 10.21608/sjfop.2014.4002
Amal El-Fouly; Azza Abdel-Moneim; Hanan Ibrahim. "RESPONSE OF THE SLOW-GROWING MISTLETOE FIG (FICUS DELTOIDEA JACK. ) PLANT TO FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS AND GROWTH ACTIVATOR 2. HUMIC ACID LIQUID FERTILIZER TREATMENT". EKB Journal Management System, 1, 1, 2014, 25-34. doi: 10.21608/sjfop.2014.4002
El-Fouly, A., Abdel-Moneim, A., Ibrahim, H. (2014). 'RESPONSE OF THE SLOW-GROWING MISTLETOE FIG (FICUS DELTOIDEA JACK. ) PLANT TO FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS AND GROWTH ACTIVATOR 2. HUMIC ACID LIQUID FERTILIZER TREATMENT', EKB Journal Management System, 1(1), pp. 25-34. doi: 10.21608/sjfop.2014.4002
El-Fouly, A., Abdel-Moneim, A., Ibrahim, H. RESPONSE OF THE SLOW-GROWING MISTLETOE FIG (FICUS DELTOIDEA JACK. ) PLANT TO FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS AND GROWTH ACTIVATOR 2. HUMIC ACID LIQUID FERTILIZER TREATMENT. EKB Journal Management System, 2014; 1(1): 25-34. doi: 10.21608/sjfop.2014.4002

RESPONSE OF THE SLOW-GROWING MISTLETOE FIG (FICUS DELTOIDEA JACK. ) PLANT TO FERTILIZATION TREATMENTS AND GROWTH ACTIVATOR 2. HUMIC ACID LIQUID FERTILIZER TREATMENT

Scientific Journal of Flowers and Ornamental Plants
Article 3, Volume 1, Issue 1, March 2014, Page 25-34  XML PDF (665.7 K)
Document Type: Original Research Article
DOI: 10.21608/sjfop.2014.4002
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Authors
Amal El-Fouly; Azza Abdel-Moneim; Hanan Ibrahim
Ornamental Plants and Landscape Gardening Res. Dept., Hort. Res. Inst., ARC, Giza, Egypt.
Abstract
A series of pot experiments was conducted under plastic house at the nursery of Hort. Res. Inst., ARC, Giza, Egypt during 2012 and 2013 seasons to reveal the individual and combined effects of actosol (a humic acid NPK liquid fertilizer) when applied monthly as a foliar spray at the rates of 0.0, 2.5 and 5.0 ml/l and as a soil drench at the rates of 0.0, 10.0 and 15.0 ml/l on growth and chemical composition of mistletoe fig (Ficus deltoidea Jack.) transplants (6- months-old) grown in 20-cm-diameter plastic pots filled with about 2.5 kg of a mixture of sand, clay and peatmoss (1:1:1, v/v/v).
The obtained results indicated that all vegetative and root growth parameters, the photosynthetic pigments (chlorophyll a, b and carotenoids) in the leaves, as well as N, P, K, Fe, Zn and Mn concentration in the leaves and roots were markedly improved in response to spraying or drenching with humic acid liquid fertilizer at various levels, with the superiority of the combination between 5.0 ml/l level as foliar spray and 10.0 ml/l level as soil drench, which gave, in general the highest records in the two seasons compared to control and all other treatments. Hence, it could be recommended to apply humic acid liquid fertilizer (actosol) monthly during the active growing period at the rate of 5.0 ml/l as foliage spray combined with 10.0 ml/l level as soil drench in order to get good and healthy mistletoe fig (Ficus deltoidea Jack.) plants suitable for commercial marketing. 
Keywords
fertilization; Humic acid; Ornamental plants; Ficus deltoidea Jack
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