IMPROVING SAFFLOWER (Carthamus tinctorius L.) GROWTH AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES UNDER SALINE WATER IRRIGATION BY USING IRON AND ZINC FOLIAR APPLICATIONS
Taha, M., Shalaby, E., Shanan, N. (2013). IMPROVING SAFFLOWER (Carthamus tinctorius L.) GROWTH AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES UNDER SALINE WATER IRRIGATION BY USING IRON AND ZINC FOLIAR APPLICATIONS. EKB Journal Management System, 4(8), 1219-1234. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2013.73784
M. H. Taha; E. A. Shalaby; Nermeen T. Shanan. "IMPROVING SAFFLOWER (Carthamus tinctorius L.) GROWTH AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES UNDER SALINE WATER IRRIGATION BY USING IRON AND ZINC FOLIAR APPLICATIONS". EKB Journal Management System, 4, 8, 2013, 1219-1234. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2013.73784
Taha, M., Shalaby, E., Shanan, N. (2013). 'IMPROVING SAFFLOWER (Carthamus tinctorius L.) GROWTH AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES UNDER SALINE WATER IRRIGATION BY USING IRON AND ZINC FOLIAR APPLICATIONS', EKB Journal Management System, 4(8), pp. 1219-1234. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2013.73784
Taha, M., Shalaby, E., Shanan, N. IMPROVING SAFFLOWER (Carthamus tinctorius L.) GROWTH AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES UNDER SALINE WATER IRRIGATION BY USING IRON AND ZINC FOLIAR APPLICATIONS. EKB Journal Management System, 2013; 4(8): 1219-1234. doi: 10.21608/jpp.2013.73784

IMPROVING SAFFLOWER (Carthamus tinctorius L.) GROWTH AND BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES UNDER SALINE WATER IRRIGATION BY USING IRON AND ZINC FOLIAR APPLICATIONS

Journal of Plant Production
Article 7, Volume 4, Issue 8, August 2013, Page 1219-1234  XML PDF (980.9 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2013.73784
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Authors
M. H. Taha1; E. A. Shalaby2; Nermeen T. Shanan3
1Depts. of Agronomy , Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt 12613.
2Biochemistry, Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt 12613.
3Ornamental Horticulture.,Fac. of Agric., Cairo Univ., Giza, Egypt 12613.
Abstract
The present study aimed to evaluate growth and biological activities ofSafflower Carthamus tinctorius L. treated with Iron and Zinc foliar applicationunder Irrigation with saline water at Wadi El-Natrown, El-Behera Governate Egypt during two winter seasons; 2011/ 2012 and 2012/ 2013. It aimed to find out the individual and combination effects of foliar application of Iron (Fe) and Zinc (Zn) on vegetative growth, reproductive and yield characters, in addition to some chemical constituents of Safflower plants. All the vegetative growth characters; plant height, number of primary and secondary branches were significantly affected by the foliar application. Foliar application by Zn at 0.6% significantly promoted the plant height followed by application by the combination between Fe: Zn at 0.3:0.6%. The later treatment gave the greatest number of primary and secondary branches followed that of Zn at 0.6% where there was no significant difference between the two treatments. The highest number of inflorescences and seed yield per plant or plot or fadd was obtained by using the combination between Fe : Zn at a ratio of 0.3:0.6% or by Zn only at 0.6%. The percentage of Zinc, Iron, lipid, protein and pigments in addition to biological activity in different plant treatment were determined. All of chemical parameters were significantly affected by Zn, Fe foliar application at different concentration.
Keywords
Carthamus tinctorius; Growth; yield; Chemical composition; biological activities
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