Effect of Salicylic Acid and Fertile Phosphate 2 Biofertilizer on Yield and Essence of Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Mill)

Subject Areas : Journal of Plant Ecophysiology

Aida Farhangi ¹ (دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد ملکان، ایران)
Moosa Arshad ² (استادیار گروه علوم باغبانی ، واحد مهاباد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، مهاباد، ایران)

Received: 2016-04-18 Accepted : 2017-01-30 Published : 2018-02-20

Keywords: Grain yield, Foliar application, harvest index, inflorescence,

Abstract :

To study the response of some morphological traits, yield and essence of fennel, to foliar application of salicylic acid and phosphate 2 bio-fertilizers, an experiment was conducted in Research Farm of Islamic Azad University Branch of Malekan in 2013. The experimental was conducted as randomized complete blocks with three replications. The factors was included foliar application of salicylic acid at three concentrations (non-foliar and foliar application of 30 and 60 mmol/lit), and fertile phosphate 2 (non-inoculation and inoculation). Results showed that foliar application of salicylic acid with biofertilizer had significant effects on traits including plant height, shoot dry matter, grains per plant, thousand grain weight, grain yield, harvest index and yield essential oil. The highest grains per plant (2274), plant height (63.6 cm), percentage of essential oil (3.24%) and yield essential oil (0.96 g/plant) were obtained with application of 60 mmol/lit salicylic acid. Also the highest grain yield (3215.6 kg/ha), grains per plant (2215), plant height (63.18 cm) and yield essential oil (0.85 g/plant) were achieved with application of fertile phosphate 2. It seems that application of salicylic acid and fertile phosphate 2 bio-fertilizers due to the improvement of some traits such as grain yield, essence and grains per plant can be recommended for profitable fennel production.

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