Foliar application of Zinc, Iron and Manganese fertiliZers on yield and yield components of bread wheat cultivars

Subject Areas : New Finding in Agriculture

R.  Sadradi Haghighi ¹ (Agriculture Faculty, Islamic AZad University Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran)
S. S.  Sekhavati ² (Ms. C. student in Agroecology, Agriculture Faculty, Islamic AZad University Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran)

Received: 2019-03-08 Accepted : 2019-03-08 Published : 2016-11-21

Keywords: Plant height, harvest index, Spike length, Number of grains per spike, Micronutrients chelate,

Abstract :

    In order to evaluate the effects of foliar application of elements such as Zinc, Iron and manganese on yield and yield components of bread wheat cv. Pishgam an experiment was conducted based on a RCBD with three replications at Torbat-e-jam in 2015-2016. Factors were foliar application including Iron, Zinc, Manganese, Iron+Zinc, Iron+Manganese, Zinc+Manganese, Iron+Zinc+Manganese and control treatment. Foliar application was done using micronutrients chelates at the amount of one per thousand at stem elongation and flowering stages. The results showed that foliar application had significant effect on plant height, spike length, the number of grains per spike, and harvest index. Foliar application increased plant height significantly. The highest plant height obtained from application of Iron+Manganese, Iron+Zinc+Manganese and Zinc+Manganese. The maximum length of the spike was seen in foliar application of Iron, Zinc, Iron+Manganese which had not significant difference with control treatment. The number of grains per spike in Zinc and Zinc+Iron+Manganese treatments were higher than control. Generally, it seems that none of foliar application treatments could increase the grain yield compared to control treatment.         

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