Effect of magnetically treated water irrigation and manure on vegetative growth parameters and yield of cauliflower

	Effect of magnetically treated water irrigation and manure on vegetative growth parameters and yield of cauliflower
journal of kerbala university
Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 0, 2013, Pages 43-49 PDF (0 K)
Abstract
An experiment was conducted in field belong to Plant Production Department / Kufa Technical Institute during the period from 15/9/2011 till 12/1/2012 . The aim was to study the effect of four levels of magnetically treat water irrigation ( i.e.without treatment , 500 , 1000 , and 1500 Gaus ) and three levels of organic fertilizer (i ,e ,without fertilization,100 and 200 g/plant ) on some vegetative growth parameters and curd characteristics at harvesting of cauliflower cv. Ruba . Results showed that irrigation with magnetically treated water in general reduced the values of soil EC and pH ; P , K , and Ca were more or less reduced or increased depending on water treatments . Meanwhile , organic fertilizer that added to the soil reduced the values of P , K , Ca , Na and Cl . and the effect increased with the increase in the level of added organic fertilizer . Soil EC and pH recorded a slight increase with the increase of organic fertilizer . On the other hand , the highest values for vegetative growth parameters and curd characteristics were produced from the use of treated water with 1000 Gause accompanied with the use of 200g/plant of organic fertilizer . The highest values for the measured parameters were : 25.2 leaves , 1155.0g . , 128.0g . , 17.2cm . and 832.0g . for leaf number and its weight , stem fresh weight ; curd diameter and its fresh weight , respectively , compared to 19.0 leaves ; 515.0g .; 50.0g . ; 9.8cm . and 239.7g . respectively , for the above studied parameters obtained from plants of control treatment .

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