Effects of Trigonella foenum – graecum seed powder on emergence and some early growth parameters of Zea mays ( corn) and Ficia faba (broad bean)

	Effects of Trigonella foenum – graecum seed powder on emergence and some early growth parameters of Zea mays ( corn) and Ficia faba (broad bean)
journal of kerbala university
Article 1, Volume 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 173-181 PDF (0 K)
Abstract
An experiment was conducted in the green house belonging to Biology Department / college of science / kufa university for the period from 1 / 11 / 2009 till 15 / 12 / 2009 to assess the effect of addition of dried seed powder of fenugreek at the concentrations of (10 , 20 , 30 , 40 g / kg) of soil besides control treatment on emergence and some growth parameters of corn and broad bean after 14 and 45 day-old, the results show that :- 1- corn plants produced higher parameters values of shoot length , leaf number and leaf area , chlorophyll content as compared with broad bean . 2- plants of 45 day – old show higher values of leaf number and area , shoot length and fresh weight , chlorophyll content than plants of 14 day –old for both studied plants. 3- concentrations of 30 and 40 g / kg of soil reduced plants length , fresh weight of shoot , leaf number and leaf area while there was a stimulation at concentration of 10 in leaf number and area , shoot length as compared to control treatment . 4- some growth parameters were stimulated only at concentration of 10 for 14 day - old while other 45 day – old pants stimulated at concentration of 10 , 20 , 30 . 5- increase concentration reduced dry , fresh and length of broad bean roots and root elongation of corn at 45 day - old , also there was no development of radical or plumule in broad bean at concentrations of 30 and 40 gm / kg of soil.

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