ISHS Acta Horticulturae 205: Symposium on the Development of New Floricultural Crops, XXII IHC
EFFECT OF GROWING MEDIA, NPK FERTILIZATION RATE ON GROWTH OF ASPIDISTRA LURIDA HORT |
| Authors: | A.M. Abou Dahab, E.M. Badawy, A.Z. Sarhan, H.A. Mansour |
| Abstract:
Aspidistra Lurida was planted in different soil media. N P K mixture with a ratio of 3:1:2 was applied every 3 weeks at 4 different rates. Peat / sand mixture significantly increased the number of open leaves/plant; total (open and rolled), number of leaves/plant, fresh and dry weight of leaves, fresh and dry weight of the underground organs and pigments content. The number of open leaves or total number of leaves increased steadily with increasing the fertilizer rate, and highest rate (3.6 gm NPK / pot) gave the highest values. However, the fresh and dry weights reached their highest values when the plants were supplied with N P K fertilizer at the lower rates (0.9 and 1.8 gm NPK / pot). | |
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